Bastion PC Release date

EU Release Date:

Aug-16-2011

US Release Date:

Aug-16-2011

AU Release Date:

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Genre

Action
RPG
Adventure

Theme

Fantasy

Bastion is available on PC

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Back of the Box

Bastion is an action RPG with a level structure. As a hero known as the Kid, the player move through fantasy-themed environments that form paths on the fly. In order to progress, the Kid must defeat enemies using a variety of melee and ranged weaponry, collecting items and levelling up his attributes with experience points along the way. Between levels, the Kid visits the Bastion, where he can use the money he has accrued to install new buildings. Here, he can utilise establishments, such as a shrine, an armory and a distillery

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Bastion System Requirements [pc]

The cartoony, hand-painted backdrops of Bastion offer a beautiful approach to the Action RPG genre.

Bastion will be out in just over a week so lets have a look at the Bastion system requirements...

Bastion system requirements

OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7

CPU: 1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater

RAM: 2 GB

GFX: GeForce 8600 GTS or Radeon HD 5550

GFX RAM: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 2)

HDD: 1.6 GB

DirectX®: 9.0c

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Fantastic storytelling and music. Highly recommended.

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The environments are beautiful! I love the way paths are formed on the way as you step further :) An excellent indie game ^_^

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Awesome, but not so popular as you can see... :/

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It was just in the Humble indie bundle i would think that it got alot of notice from that plus it was in yahtzee's top 5 games of 2011

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I honestly recommend this game for everyone. Great atmosphere, colourful, humorous, with a great story and narrative!

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Works fine on my Laptop's ATI Mobility 4530

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I could totally run this game on my specs and it works great

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I can run the game at high settings with no problems at all. It has a few stutter issues but it's due to a bug.

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