Lydia Tang
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I have a love/hate relationship with Supergiant Games. Alright, hate is too strong of a word, but Bastion definitely inspired some kind of loathing within me (directed both at myself and at the game) while Transistor was an ARPG tour de force in my eyes. With its slow start, Pyre almost seemed as if it were leaning towards a miss rather than a hit, but once the spark caught the tinder, it became a sizzling experience that you can’t skip out on.
RPGs often give you a vague player character that is destined to have a hero’s journey and meet loyal companions in their fight of good against evil to save the world. Tyranny takes all of this and turns it on its head — evil has already won, and you helped them. In the game, you play as an arbiter of justice, and you are on the front lines to deal with a largely untold story: the aftermath of the great battle. With compelling characters and robust lore, Obsidian’s latest cRPG offering explores complicity and morality in an unkind, often cruel world.