Supergiant Games, makers of 2011’s action RPG, Bastion, have returned to infuse sports in a fantasy world. The player is tasked with fighting and playing their way across a strange, purgatory-like plane of existence to win their freedom. Much like Bastion, the high fantasy setting is packed with lore.
The in-game ‘sport’ of pyre is a 3 vs. 3 multiplayer experience in which each team is trying to destroy the opposing team’s pyre.
As Wired’s Julie Muncy points out, “It combines the mundanity of a ball-based sport with…transforming arenas, flying competitors, consuming flames. Its cross between Ultimate Frisbee, dodgeball, and a magician's duel is easily the highlight of the game.”
Containing a new score by regular composer and collaborator, Darren Korb, Pyre has received praise for its soundtrack and art style, much like its predecessors.
