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Bastion - The Message is in the Music

by Couchpotato, 2013-10-15 00:40:42

Pixels or Death has a new article about Bastion's music, and how it's storytelling surprises us.

In Bastion, you, as the Kid, are thrust into a world that has largely been destroyed. In silence, unaccompanied you make your way through a decimated city in search of, well, anything.  This search turns out to be fruitless, and so you a hop a ferry and leave the city limits.

As you venture onward to Prosper Bluff, you are greeted by the multitudes of hostile creatures that now reign supreme in the rubble that was once your home. You hack and slash, used to the violent routine now, making your way forward. Yet suddenly, something surprising happens. Distant chords strummed on the strings of an acoustic guitar can be heard over the breeze blowing through the reeds of the marshy wilds. As you continue to wander a voice chimes in. A human voice

You discover that the song in actuality serves as a grim warning — a war song. The song reassured you, made you feel safe but now hints that the same terrible mistakes might come to pass once again. But despite the song’s troubling message, you carry onward eager to learn more about the woman who dares to return music to the wasted world.

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