Bastion Review: A calamity you want to be a part of

Bastion is an action role playing game produced by an Independent company called “Supergiant Games.”It was originally released in 2011 but has since had multiple ports and upgraded graphics to bring out the natural beauty the game portrays. Now that the formalities are out of the way I’ll do my best to explain why you NEED to play this game.Bastion isn’t just a game it’s a work of art (as corny as that sounds it’s true), everything from its soundtrack and characters to its replay value all come together to make a perfect picture for us to enjoy. The story of Bastion begins after a calamity strikes the world and separates it into floating pieces (also included in the level design) which presumably kills off most of the inhabitants and turns them into ash. A somber start I know, anyways, we play as the protagonist simply known as the Kid. Not much is known about the Kid because he’s silent, he never says a word in the entire game which ads to the mystery of the character and his motives. Instead of hearing the kid speak the game uses a narrator who himself is one of the calamity survivors. He instructs the Kid to go find cores to repair the Bastion (a safe haven for times of trouble) in hopes that repairing it will bring some hope and shed some light on the darkness of the world after the calamity. The Kid with floating pieces of the world behind him   The story is driven by the Kid, the narrator, and the world itself along with its set pieces. You will learn everything yo…