Your thoughts on this game

[Th4tsiT]

I love Bastion & Transistor and was looking forward playing Pyre so much! But now after such a long time since the release, I guess I have to admit that I do not really like this game.

For me Supergiant Games means a great story combined with great gameplay. Unfortunately, Pyre is just a visual novel with a minigame that you got to play here and then, is it not?

So, how do the people feel that also played the previous two games? Are you disappointed a bit as well or not at all?

[LaChouette]

To me, it's their best game. I love visual novels, though, so I might be biased.

The visual novel part is great, accompanied by great music, great characters (both in appearance and writing), great story, and the language they speak is the icing on the cake.
The gameplay is great too: interesting and can even be hard if you want it to be, with lots of different combinations and synergies. It's a lot of fun and the music makes it even better (all those versions of Never to Return!).
And those two parts mix well together, with the sports having an influence on the story (wins/losses, which matches you choose) and the story having an influence on the sports (stats change, etc.).

Their weakest game, in my opinion, is Transistor. I really like the story, world, music, but I find the gameplay kinda boring. The idea behind it is great, but it never really shines, with not enough enemy variations and fights that just increase the number of enemies you get.

[TheRealRws]

I personally love it its my new #1 game before that it was bastion. I dont like VNs in general but Pyre is special for me i really loved all the characters and the gameplay. I just wish there was more of it?

[narax]

I can't remember the last time a game made me care about the characters wellbeing as much as this game. In my opinon this game is less about the actual story than about the characters. I find that the visuals are even more impressive than Transistor, but the gameplay is a bit dull, yes. But overall I have to say that this is probaply my favourite Supergiant game.
...and I also think that the soundtrack is better than in Bastion and Transistor as it has soo much variety...

[DoubleU]

Originally posted by LaChouette:

Their weakest game, in my opinion, is Transistor. I really like the story, world, music, but I find the gameplay kinda boring.

Once you solve the combat it is a breeze.

[NuhUh]

Not a fan of the Visual Novel aspect, which killed the game for me. Haven't really picked it up since purchase. May give it another go at a later time. Will just has to struggle through the Visual Novel aspect.

[The Fourth King]

Im with you, bastion and transistor are awesome, but the gameplay of this one, is really boring if you compare it with the other 2 games. Its sad because the music, lore and art are outstanding.

[Xenoce]

I was really looking forward to it, but I haven't yet found even a single redeeming feature when compared to Bastion or Transistor. Combat is boring and / or frustrating, rather than being engaging and / or challenging. The music is utterly forgettable. The characters aren't bad per se, and I can see much potential, but they're a bit flat, and the narrator is an afterthought. Supergiant's first two games were so good they set the bar in the stratosphere, but I don't even think this game rates average.

I was expecting an involving story carried by brilliant narration and moving music, with interesting gameplay backing it up. I got.... A mediocre sports game in a generic fantasy setting. I'm not even sure I'm going to finish it after spending ~6 hours with it.

[Lethe]

bastion was nice and transistor was great for me.

only now bought pyre this summer sale because fantasy basketball looked very uninteresting.
And turns out not really off the mark on that. matches could be the weakest part of the game for me..

story could be something but you read majority off it through a bloody book and iweird names hardly make themselves memorable.

Difficuly feels janky, it was a breeze until playing vs sandalwoods old friend nightwing guy and now suddenly its irritatingly hard.

[Superbeef]

The visual novel is very weakly written. I do not understand the appeal at all. It does not hold up under any critical inspection.

The written backstory seems OK (The stuff in the book)

The minigame is all right.

Music is good

Art is great

[僕の名前 (仮)]

I like the difficulty, but challenges in previous games were more interesting and more difficult too.

[View The Phenom]

The visual novel portion is dull, and the lack of a survival/tournament mode for players who want to focus on the actual gameplay portion of the game is disappointing.

Easily their weakest game, it feels like a visual novel with mini-games thrown in. Hopefully their next game will be closer to the original formula that made Bastion & Transitor great, applause for trying something new but it didn't work out.