Tschumi
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NOTICE: Would appreciate one of you voters commenting, too 
Greg Kasavin. I dunno about y'all but I dug this guy mightily when he was at Gamespot. His nerdy take on games held a lot of sway over me (I was much younger, obviously), so I was equal parts bummed that he left Gamespot and stoked that he, some time later, was famously part of the team who produced Bastion. Supergiant games have put out four isomatric action RPG style games in the last decade or so, each of them bearing the distinctive art style of Jen Zee and the fantastic sound mixing of one Darren Korb, as well as Kasavin and co's great design and sundry.
I just wanna try and pin down which of their games are best at various criteria?
Bastion
Super stylish, with fantastic art direction, cool combat and an awesome Narrative style. Set a lot of precedents for the games to follow, is present on a bunch of platforms (PC, Mac, Linux, xBox 360, xBoxOne, iOs, PS 4, PS Vita, Switch), got them on the map. But how does it stand up comapred to its descendants?
Transistor
Huge props were given to this game in its day, though it has been somewhat obscured by Hades of late. Awesome art style and atittude, with fantastic Jazzy music and a beautifully realised world. The stylish game possibly held the crown in this department until Hades - perhaps it still does?
Pyre
"Oregon Trail meets NBA Jam"
This is a funky one, it's not available on many consoles - PS4 and computers, basically - but it's not to be overlooked. Beautiful, heavily stylised graphics present a take on the Supergiant mode that sets it apart from the other titles in their bullpen. The gameplay of Pyre involves managing a sports team, or sorts, and competing in wild arena games - in local multiplayer, if you wish. Amazing art style, more huge props, surely this title deserves some props?
Hades
The likely winner in the Gameplay stakes, I predict, Hades has taken NeoGAF and the wider gaming world by storm since it's release last year (following an early access release in 2018, apparently) Combining the approach of previous Supergiant titles with a rogue-like, die-and-die-and-try-again gameplay take, that is wonderfully supported by artwork, voice acting and music that sticks in the mind. A huge achivement of a game. But has it the best story? Is it the best music? Is frenetic gameplay the only gameplay we want?
POLL EXPLANATION:
- You have FOUR VOTES
- Please put one vote in EACH CATEGORY - Gameplay, Music, Story, Graphics/Art.
- We can see where you vote, so yes we will throw rotten vegetables at you if you fuck up the poll
- You can't see the answers before you vote, and you can't change your votes, just for fun.
Super stylish, with fantastic art direction, cool combat and an awesome Narrative style. Set a lot of precedents for the games to follow, is present on a bunch of platforms (PC, Mac, Linux, xBox 360, xBoxOne, iOs, PS 4, PS Vita, Switch), got them on the map. But how does it stand up comapred to its descendants?
Transistor
Huge props were given to this game in its day, though it has been somewhat obscured by Hades of late. Awesome art style and atittude, with fantastic Jazzy music and a beautifully realised world. The stylish game possibly held the crown in this department until Hades - perhaps it still does?
Pyre
"Oregon Trail meets NBA Jam"
This is a funky one, it's not available on many consoles - PS4 and computers, basically - but it's not to be overlooked. Beautiful, heavily stylised graphics present a take on the Supergiant mode that sets it apart from the other titles in their bullpen. The gameplay of Pyre involves managing a sports team, or sorts, and competing in wild arena games - in local multiplayer, if you wish. Amazing art style, more huge props, surely this title deserves some props?
Hades
The likely winner in the Gameplay stakes, I predict, Hades has taken NeoGAF and the wider gaming world by storm since it's release last year (following an early access release in 2018, apparently) Combining the approach of previous Supergiant titles with a rogue-like, die-and-die-and-try-again gameplay take, that is wonderfully supported by artwork, voice acting and music that sticks in the mind. A huge achivement of a game. But has it the best story? Is it the best music? Is frenetic gameplay the only gameplay we want?
POLL EXPLANATION:
- You have FOUR VOTES
- Please put one vote in EACH CATEGORY - Gameplay, Music, Story, Graphics/Art.
- We can see where you vote, so yes we will throw rotten vegetables at you if you fuck up the poll
- You can't see the answers before you vote, and you can't change your votes, just for fun.
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