directorscut
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So Bastion... A tad overrated, right? It was good but the love and acclaim showered on it I don't get. Gameplay nothing special. A simplified Diablo. Which is saying something. The graphics and art design were "great" and "original" if you haven't played any isometric tactical JRPG in the past ten years. The levels were too small, short and linear. The storyline; trying to hide shallowness with being pretentiously vague. I compare this game to Alice: Madness Returns which is a similar arty title I played recently but was much better in nearly every area: gameplay, storyline, art design and has about 3X as much content. Yet that was responded with "Meh" from most quarters and Bastion got awards up the wazoo. Emperor's new clothes, indeed. I am aware I have advocated an EA game over an indie game. I will castigate myself accordingly.
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