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[Netsu]

This is best news since Jesus died for our sins

http://supergiantgames.com/?p=1816

It's much more similar to Bastion than I expected (which is awesome), but still not too similar. Looks and sounds absolutely gorgeous.

[Terrorbuns]

Consider myself hyped. If anything the setting and story sound interesting enough to get. The music also sounds like it is going to be REALLY AWESOME if the trailer is any indication.

[deathtotheweird]

I really like that style, and science fiction setting.

But it's release st so far away (a year at the earliest) I don't see the point in posting a thread about it. Not much to talk about.

[Netsu]

But it's release st so far away (a year at the earliest) I don't see the point in posting a thread about it. Not much to talk about.

There will be a playable build at PAX this week, I hope someone will upload some footage.

[poe]

I wish they strayed a bit more gameplay wise, but god do I love this music. The narrator for the first game is doing voice work in this one as well.

[shinygerbil]

SUPER pumped, in every regard. Bastion was one of the (very) few games where I completed it and immediately went through and replayed it in its entirety. And I'm not usually one for replaying, rereading, rewatching stuff. (Though I did play Dragon Age: Origins three times back to back, so...)

[SundownKid]

I think the next logical step in terms of gameplay would be to go full 3D graphics, but considering their painted aesthetic it seems this would be the best choice. Might as well stick with what you know and can balance, while taking a different setting and plot.

Also, Dat Music - remind me to do more vocal themes.

[Hangedman]

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(just kidding, looks excellent)
Although I'd rather see what they'd create more outside of their comfort zone. Nevertheless, I'm fairly sure it will be good and great to look at.

[SundownKid]

Hahaha, I thought it was a bit like Konjak meets FFXIII for some reason. Though the sword has a serious resemblance to the buster sword 

[vexille]

I can't say I'm not a least a little bit disappointed that it seems to play so much like Bastion, but the art and music are simply astonishing. Hopefully it'll just be superficially similar to Bastion with really awesome new mechanics.

[ANtY]

I don't like it that much that it's so similar to Bastion in terms of gameplay, on the other hand I loved the trailer and it's music, reminded me of Cyberpunk 2077 trailer

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

looks good; i liked bastion ok and got to the end (though didn't finish the final level) but it's a pretty average game, so i expect this game to also be average

[Tanner]

It's a shame you didn't finish the final level. It's got one of the best examples of diegetic storytelling I've seen in a game.

[joseph ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

So hype. Loved bastion's art/music/writing, liked bastion's gameplay.

[Netsu]

Loved bastion's art/music/writing, liked bastion's gameplay.

Pretty much what I wanted to write to Paul. Maybe the 'game' itself was average (though I think it was really good) but the combination of writing, storytelling, music and art direction was the best I ever saw.

I'd say you should finish the final level before saying it's average, but if the game up until then didn't pull you in enough for you to finish it then you probably wouldn't be as impressed with the finale as I was anyway.

[moi]

story driven games...
I can get behind that.

[feminazi]

bastion was fucking boring. hope this doesn't play like that again because i like the look

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

Loved bastion's art/music/writing, liked bastion's gameplay.

Pretty much what I wanted to write to Paul. Maybe the 'game' itself was average (though I think it was really good) but the combination of writing, storytelling, music and art direction was the best I ever saw.

I'd say you should finish the final level before saying it's average, but if the game up until then didn't pull you in enough for you to finish it then you probably wouldn't be as impressed with the finale as I was anyway.

it was those parts that i thought were average, actually

the graphics: i liked the color selection, but it felt too cluttered; there were so many tiny objects on the screen that it was hard to pay attention to anything

the storytelling: i barely remember anything about it, except that everyone vanished for mysterious reasons. it felt too empty. no interesting characters, a personality-less main character, etc.

music: i don't remember a single song from it. doesn't mean it's bad, just that it's not memorable

the gameplay itself i liked: i felt that it was a basic top-down shooter, similar to alien shooter or zombie shooter, waves of enemies keep coming and you shoot them as they come. the weapon variety was good but not great. but due to the lack of enemy variety, it got boring quickly, since you'd kill the same type of enemy hundreds of times. if they had had a greater enemy variety the gameplay would have been a lot better

i also feel it had a lot of wasted potential with the narration system. the guy talking in the background narrating the player's actions could have been pulled off a lot better, it was such a great idea, but they only did the basics with it and weren't very inventive

i will finish it one day, but i lost my save file in a computer crash near the end so i'd have to replay through the entire game to get to that point, which i'm not looking forward to doing

also, you may be thinking my standards are too high for art and music in an indie title. but keep in mind the game had a two MILLION dollar budget. for two million i'd have expected better

[Netsu]

the storytelling: i barely remember anything about it, except that everyone vanished for mysterious reasons. it felt too empty. no interesting characters, a personality-less main character, etc.

music: i don't remember a single song from it. doesn't mean it's bad, just that it's not memorable

the gameplay itself i liked: i felt that it was a basic top-down shooter, similar to alien shooter or zombie shooter, waves of enemies keep coming and you shoot them as they come. the weapon variety was good but not great. but due to the lack of enemy variety, it got boring quickly, since you'd kill the same type of enemy hundreds of times. if they had had a greater enemy variety the gameplay would have been a lot better

i also feel it had a lot of wasted potential with the narration system. the guy talking in the background narrating the player's actions could have been pulled off a lot better, it was such a great idea, but they only did the basics with it and weren't very inventive

i will finish it one day, but i lost my save file in a computer crash near the end so i'd have to replay through the entire game to get to that point, which i'm not looking forward to doing

also, you may be thinking my standards are too high for art and music in an indie title. but keep in mind the game had a two MILLION dollar budget. for two million i'd have expected better

The feeling of emptiness and the unspecific, vague characters was what made the storytelling, writing and the story itself so great and engaging for me. The narration could have been taken further, but I didn't love it because it was tied to my actions (as you say, it could have been pulled off a lot better) but because the writing, pacing, and the voice actor himself were amazing. For me the narration was just about storytelling, not about commenting my playstyle.
I can't say anything about the music except I listen to the soundtrack every now and then and it's definitely my favourite game soundtrack of all time. The final song left me staring at the outro sequence feeling like something really amazing has just came to a close. I only ever got this feeling from finishing Planescape: Torment and a few of my favourite books. Purely a matter of taste I guess.

Yeah, I don't care what the budget was really, I like it better than pretty much every AAA game I know. Money can't buy you something like this.

[Impmaster]

I thought the one part of the combat that irked me the most was the plants. They would just sit there, spitting out spikes. I would just walk to them at an angle, then click until they were dead. In a game where the rest was all dodging, weaving, and quick attacks, that really broke the flow. Similar to the gun play in Mirror's Edge.