Transistor has always held a special place in my heart. I?ve got multiple art prints featuring Red and her sentient sword around my house. My phone background has framed these characters for years. I make my way through the soundtrack at least once a week. Supergiant Games does an incredible job creating games with depth, artistic merit, and beautiful soundscapes. The small team makes games that each hold a strong signature of the developer while offering completely different experiences from the others.
Pyre retains the striking art Supergiant Games is known for, and Darren Korb is once again composing the hauntingly beautiful music. If you?ve listened to the track from the reveal trailer, you?re probably already fiending for the full soundtrack to come out. In fact, let’s take a listen to that before we continue. Go ahead. Play it on repeat if you want.
Alright, I think I can go on. The demo I got to play at PSX was the early moments of the game, and gave a good impression of the kind of gameplay and story present in the campaign. Early on, the player — known as the reader due to literacy being a crime in this world– meets with three exiles who travel through a forsaken land looking to redeem themselves by taking place in competitive rites against other exiles. These rites aren’t direct combat, but rather a capture-the-flag or football type of sport where failure doesn’t mean death, and you will need to face your losses head on rather than...