November Assassination #1 (Backlog)
Played on GoGPlayed on GOG. I'm trying to play all of Supergiant Games I own, which is all except for Hades II.
First on the list was naturally Bastion. It's definitely a solid game and I had fun most of the time (except when I decided to equip more Idols, and the difficulty ramped up too quickly, but this was quickly addressed by removing most of them and proceeding to beat the game without a hitch). I really enjoyed the narrative, although as a non-native English speaker I rely a lot on subtitles, and it's impossible to pay attention to lore dump during combat, so I missed a lot of important stuff. The structure of the game with the constant return to the base and the range of systems available for upgrades is really fun, and you'll be getting new weapons almost all the way to the last level. By the way, the weapons are all very different and pretty fun to play with. The combat system was the weakest part for me, mostly because there's no punishment for holding the shield all the time besides being vulnerable from the back, which you also is without the shield so no big deal. I felt combat was mostly positioning and managing attack timing vs. proper parrying or staming management as some of the more modern games in the action-adventure genre. Anyway, it's enjoyable and I really liked it.
Very excited to play Transistor sometime soon!
Transistor is one of my favorites, and the combat really improved a lot from Bastion. Narrative style is slightly different from Bastion but still its strong suit, hope you’ll enjoy it. :D
Supergiant makes some great games, but I think the Hades games are by far the best! I hope you enjoy them all!
I’m super excited for Hades. Honestly I’m kind of prioritizing the earlier ones only so I can get to it faster hahaha
Ahh, this one is in my backlog too. I started it years ago on Xbox and never finished it for some reason. I remember really enjoying the narrator aspect back then. Congrats on the assassination!
Thank you! The narrator aspect is still good! I guess not as impressive as it was back in the day, but I saw myself chuckling at it every now and then. My only gripe with the narration is that towards the end, the narrator starts to dump lore during fights and I just couldn’t pay attention to what he was saying, so I blanked out on the plot at that point.
The game is quite short and the cycle of beating a level – upgrading the base – beating another level works really well. If you’ve got the time, you can probably beat it in one sitting, it’s quite enjoyable! Hopefully you’re able to beat it soon :)