It's easy to tell a story through cutscenes and cinematics. It takes true vision and talent to tell it through gameplay.
@axesaxeofaxeness737
10 жыл бұрын
The way the Ura stop shooting in awe, how the one person who killed most of them - killed all who opposed him... Sacrificed himself for the man who caused it all. And then when a cross-bow-woman starts shooting she is struck down for her disrespect. And the way Rucks says "Probably dealt with Zulf by now" implies that Rucks assumed Kid would kill Zulf... Jeez, dats powerful.
@cloak211
10 жыл бұрын
A bit of trivia: they actually did separate Ura voice recordings for this scene. Before the audacious crossbowman shoots, you hear a female Ura yell something. She says the same line again after striking him down for disobedience; she was ordering a cease fire. Besides that, you can hear several voices reacting with awe.
@cyrusgeorge1902
10 жыл бұрын
It's so beautiful...
@JswahSwitch
10 жыл бұрын
Still one of the most emotion driven sequences I've ever played in a video game. Not even the triple A titles could bring such a deep, emotional response. It was truely hopeless, but you felt like you where doing the right thing, even as your taking arrows left and right, downing your last heal on a road that is far to long for you to survive. You made your choice and it's time to walk it. This moment will be with me for a good many years. Just pure badass and epic writing
@TheFreakindon
10 жыл бұрын
This. I remember just hearing whispers that Bastion was a great game and I decided to try out. Bastion is just beautiful.
@xxitzsmellyxx
6 жыл бұрын
Malvasias this was literally a 5 hour long game with barely any story and it brought you to tears? Come on man.
@-lijosu-
6 жыл бұрын
Barely any story? Thats not how I remember it. I mean, its not a freaking intrigue plot but its definitely pretty story rich. You just have to be paying attention to get any of it. Besides, this scene makes me cry as well and Im not going to be ashamed of that for you. Say what you will. Its a sad scene and to some people it just hits the sweet spot. I mean, imagine if I said to someone crying at Up, "Pft. Its just an animated movie. Why are you crying?" I bet they would have a whole load of reasons why an opinion like that could be wrong.
@FlawlessRuby
5 жыл бұрын
I had one potion and the perk that made them less effective. I accepted my fate and walk forward. Realise I wasn't getting attack anymore, but it's at the point of the ura hitting her friend that I truely realise how beautiful that section was.
@xandroy1273
2 жыл бұрын
It is incredible how such a simple game can convey so much feeling
@redneckedcrake7059
10 жыл бұрын
Like some of the best antagonists in fiction, Zulf's motives were completely understandable. You just can't be mad at the guy for what he went through.
@r3ll282
4 жыл бұрын
I know this comment is old, But what I think zulf represents is people or person who cannot let go of the past and is always seeking VENGEANCE While zia is those who forgive and move on with life
@quentincoetzee4313
2 жыл бұрын
@@r3ll282 I disagree on Zulf seeking vengeance part. He didn't start hostilities towards the Bastion until AFTER he learned the truth of the Calamity Superweapon from Zia's father's journal. Bear in mind his You-Know-Where segment, where he was adopted by a Cael Missionary in the Terminals, and became a voice preaching for peace between the Ura and Caelondia. He managed to convince many of the Ura to also advocate for peace, and was making inroads in Caelondia itself. ...and then he discovered the truth about the Calamity, the result of a Caelondian WMD intended specifically to wipe his people out. It was only the fact that it was sabotaged that stopped his home from being completely obliterated, and even then the blowback from the sabotage still turned his Caelondian girlfriend to ash. When you've spent your entire life advocating for peace with a nation that your people were at war with long ago, only to discover that the enemy nation seemingly STILL intended to commit genocide on your entire race, I imagine that is going to hurt A LOT. And I imagine it hurt for the Ura too once Zulf got word back to the Terminals - that the people they were trying to make peace with still intended to kill them all. The war may as well have never ended, and the intervening years of peace may as well have just been to let the Ura lower their guard. And once you've had your trust shredded like that, it's no wonder the remaining Ura chose to counterattack. After all, if they tried to destroy you once while your back was turned, there's no guarantee they won't try to destroy you again, and it feels like the only thing you CAN do is destroy the enemy stronghold before they get the chance to do so.
@r3ll282
2 жыл бұрын
@@quentincoetzee4313 yeah thats exactly what revenge is justified or not
@DusttheRegulus
9 жыл бұрын
I couldn't leave him. It's very touching. Despite the fact that they try to gun you down at the beginning, they stop attacking you.. they even strike down one of their own for firing at you.
@MidnightMan04
7 жыл бұрын
+Toriel Dreemurr I did this with the evacuation ending, Just gonna say, I didn't sign up for a feel trip.
@MrBozuu
8 жыл бұрын
My parents didn't sign permission for this feels trip.
@mikeshogunlee
2 ай бұрын
That’s cause this isn’t a feel trip it’s an tear jacking
@YaGirlJuniper
11 жыл бұрын
Truly, as the Kid braved the gauntlet, it crossed his mind that taking Zulf might've been his last mistake. The end had been in reach, and he left behind his only weapon, all so he could drag a traitor home. The Bastion was lost. He'd failed. Then they stopped. The soldiers stepped aside. One kept going... and got cut down by the commander. They let him go. They must've seen it at that moment. He wasn't no murderer. He wasn't the same as the ones who caused the calamity. He was just a kid.
@KashKey-
7 жыл бұрын
My first playthrough of the game, I saved Zulf. It wasn't personal... He was just doing what he thought he had to. Hell, he even tried to save my ass by warning me before I went back to the bastion, and when I saw him getting hit by the Ura... The grudge I had against was just... Gone. I picked him the hell up and made my run for it. I knew hell was about to rain upon me, I didn't have a weapon anymore. (And thank god for that, I hated the Battering Ram. It was so slow I just couldn't HIT ANYTHING AND GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHITS SO I CAN END YOU ALREADY!) Then the music kicked in... And as I was slowly gunned down, I was determined to make it through. I used the cover to my advantage, as I kept an eye on my health elixers, and slowly trudged through. I downed my second elixer, as the arrows slowly came to a halt. I kept going on, another archer. WHAM, down it goes... Downed by another Ura. And that's when I realized what was happening, and smiled. I'd made the right choice. We made it back to the Bastion, I wasn't TOO concerned, I had 3 elixers left after all. (Thank you tonics.) And then I made my choice... I evacuated. After all, if we turned back the clock... What was stopping the calamity from happening again? Hell, I didn't even use the Calamity Cannon as a weapon. It was just sickeningly WRONG, as I forcibly brought the calamity into the remains of the Ura town. I despised the thing, it was disgusting to use. Needless to say, when they let me get rid of it for my Dueling Pistols, I was relieved.
@TopPranksDaily
8 жыл бұрын
I could never leave zulf... even though ive beaten the game 4 times
@courtneykoval8230
10 жыл бұрын
Just finished playing this game for the first time... This part was incredibly powerful. Definitely on the list of reasons why I love this game. I played through both options, taking and leaving Zulf, and the comparison between the two made this option super special. I love it.
@MrKrashmoney
6 жыл бұрын
The decision to save or leave zulf was one I had to stop think about for at least 10 minutes, pacing around my room weighing the moral and practical implications of either choice. It came down to a very real "I would want him to save me, and he's probably learned his lesson." No other game has ever stopped me like that.
@rasmus90
12 жыл бұрын
I love how they left the low HP special effects and potion reserves untouched in this sequence. I tried to progress unharmed as long as possible, drinking a potion whenever it prompted me. After I had chugged the last potion, I said to myself "Huh, so this is where it all ends... wait, hold on, they're no firing O.O "
@samuelcardwell577
10 жыл бұрын
Such a profound profound moment. It made me cry the first time and it nearly made me cry again then. Although lots of games have moved me, this is just such an incredible, redemptive moment, accentuated by the way Rucks assumes that you must have killed Zulf.
@MastaDRD
Жыл бұрын
If you don't save Zulf, you are a fucking monster. This part of the game is no less than a humanity test.
@TheWarburner
10 жыл бұрын
Never. Leave. Zulf.
@HarlemHusky
7 жыл бұрын
I like the moment at 1:56 where the dude firing just got smacked.
@longan12
2 жыл бұрын
I remember I was so touched and humbled when my enemies stopped attacking me out of respect, and even attacked the guy who tried to attack me after all. And that last song... just beautiful
@YaGirlJuniper
11 жыл бұрын
The Calamity had left a crater in the planet, but there was still a whole world left. You can see this if you choose to evacuate. The Bastion was never guaranteed to fix anything. All it does is turn back time, but we lose our knowledge. There's nothing preventing the Calamity from happening again. Maybe if it got used enough times, we'd eventually get a future with no Calamity.... but what if, in the process of trying, we ended up with one where The Kid failed or died IN the Calamity?
@erenaydn4098
10 жыл бұрын
I cried at that moment
@chodetaculous
8 жыл бұрын
+Master Of The Puzzles lol
@MorTomTM
11 жыл бұрын
I've never regret taking Zulf. Strongest moment in the game, the music, the Ura stopping their attacks at one point...I've could not shed a tear seeing Kid limping through all that mess, with Zulf's body on his shoulder. Such a marvelous game, so cleverly structured, it's a gaming masterpiece!
@chimmichunker3955
5 жыл бұрын
1:56 *DISRESPECT*
@acrimony1611
9 жыл бұрын
The feels during this part.....
@Barsee23
7 жыл бұрын
even though this was a beautiful moment, i thought the only reason i was getting to the end was because the npc's were bugged, until the one woman killed the shooter attacking him
@Faewilds.System
5 жыл бұрын
i think thats what that scene is for. to let you know the ura are making a deliberate choice to let you leave instead of trying to gun you down right there.
@stormypinkness4030
10 жыл бұрын
It'd been a long time since a video game made me feel feelings. Such a amazing game.
@YourBigRosie
11 жыл бұрын
Anyone else believe the Old Man is just a grown up Kid? Like, if you choose to save the world instead of living in the calamity? And the old man just remembers after so many times of saving it?
@tylertheultimatebadass87
7 жыл бұрын
Don't know about you guys, but if I was an asshole to someone and he shielded me from harm, I'd say he was a good person
@moonbun690
3 ай бұрын
This was the moment I fell in love with Supergiant Games. Before making the choice to save Zulf, I thought our actions were meaningless, that the two choices were a façade, that we'd either kill Zulf or both die trying to save him. When the archers stopped firing I inhaled sharply as the realization that the game was letting me choose compassion hit me like a ton of bricks. I had to pause the game and take a break before I could continue. What an emotional trip.
@PsclKmn
11 жыл бұрын
This game is a 10/10 for me. Don't care what anyone says, this is too beautiful.
@PopCar
12 жыл бұрын
i nearly cried at that moment (because i have the game)... its really touching, especially the song...damn this game is amazing
@psychopomp4135
3 ай бұрын
I used to play the shit out of the demo for Bastion on my older brother’s Xbox 360 when I as a kid. Something about the game’s art, music, story, and mechanic effortlessly captured my attention. So when my brother finally bought the full version on his laptop, I of course watched him play it. The image of the Kid carrying Zulf to safety as Ura soldiers pelt him with arrows had been burned into my mind as a core memory ever since. This was the first time I truly saw how video games can be used as a powerful storytelling medium unlike any other.
@Frank-jr1ly
4 жыл бұрын
Just finished this. So much depth in this scene, even in the tiniest details. The one part after they stop firing when one person fires and the one behind them hits them to stop him from attacking... that got me. It is such a small detail but shows how they went above and beyond to not just make a scene of them letting the kid go, but how they won't even tolerate their own members attacking him. Idk why it got me. But it really showed their character and respect they had for him in that moment. Those details are where make good moments great.
@YorkJonhson
11 жыл бұрын
I love how by the time you've endured all that and reached the spear-men, they just step out of the way.
@hulksapprentice
12 жыл бұрын
this is undoubtedly one of the best games i've ever played, especially on an emotional level. when the ura shooting you around 1:56 was struck down by the ura behind him, it had one of the biggest impacts any moment in gaming has ever had on me. this game is a masterpiece.
@Khoirul_Anam1978
8 жыл бұрын
so touching... beautiful message...
@TrowaVidel
13 жыл бұрын
Really one of the best experiences I've had in a video game.... it's simple looking but has some nice emotion behind it. I did leave him behind once to see the difference but it didn't feel right at all. I also did the restoration ending in that run. So when I played through again I chose differently on both choices. Save Zulf + Evacuation really feels like the good end.
@XxLilyRainxX
12 жыл бұрын
greatest moment ever, no matter how bad they are... you could always forgive them for what they have done.
@pikminster
12 жыл бұрын
This was one of the most beautiful moments in all of gaming history,I've played this game countless times just to see this 1 moment
@WarCollider
11 жыл бұрын
God this was an amazing moment. I don't think I've ever had any game bring out such strong emotions before. This was just incredible. Then it gets to the part at 1:57, where that one guy starts shooting, and the officer behind him just goes into a complete rage and beats him into the ground. I had thought it couldn't get more awesome than when they stopped attacking you, and then I was proven wrong at that part. By the end of that scene, I was just speechless.
@diastel1996
11 жыл бұрын
This entire moment had chills going up my spine, this moment right here is my favorite moment in the game.
@Afalstein
11 жыл бұрын
I love how they mix story with gameplay here. I really thought I was going to have to fight my way through all those Ura. And then they stop shooting me, and I was like... what happened?
@sab1229
11 жыл бұрын
Manly tears were shed that day
@michaellennerman7844
5 ай бұрын
1:54 i love the detail of that one Ura getting slapped for shooting.
@Syrenkai
7 жыл бұрын
I take your hand, now you'll never be lonely.
@Ezekiel_Kleyer
2 ай бұрын
Hate it wen games cut onions right beside you. it makes it really hard to play with tears in your eyes you know!
@hentainin87
9 жыл бұрын
man my emotion starts mixing up while i walk that hall....the message is very strong.... this is wat i call a game!!!
@ilovemuffins1337
12 жыл бұрын
I almost cried. I dont wear my emotions on my sleeves, and i cant remember a time when i was this close to tears (never lost anyone close to me, thank god)
@Lokimor
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks to this awesome song making this scene a masterpiece.
@MCDexpo
Жыл бұрын
One of the few moments that genuinely made me cry
@VideoGaku123
12 жыл бұрын
I then evacuated, eliminating the possibility of going back and saving him. Time went on. Zulf, he went to a happier place. Life isn't all dandelions and lollipops, and this game showed me that.
@GhettoBagel
3 жыл бұрын
One of the most powerful moments I've ever experienced in a video game to this day.
@AidanGamble
12 жыл бұрын
I saved him. I chose to Evacuate. And fuck am I glad I did.
@johnathonharker266
2 жыл бұрын
The scene is even more of a feels trip once you realize that the song is about The Kid mentally preparing himself for death.
@Tema2kyboi
23 күн бұрын
As you see, they stop shooting after realising how cruel it is
@pokenintendo
12 жыл бұрын
Manly tears, they were shed.
@TheMustardPimp
12 жыл бұрын
I played the game through a second time just to see what would happen if I chose to leave Zulf behind. When I got to that part a really powerful emotion hit me I can't explain and I chose to rescue him again. This game is a fucking masterpiece
@MastaDRD
Жыл бұрын
That, my friend, is called having a soul. You passed.
@bmaczak
11 жыл бұрын
I just noticed that the Ura stop attacking the Kid after a while. In the top that one archer starts shooting the Kid, until the other one stuns him. They just let him go. Damn those invisible ninjas cutting onion...
@HeroponAzzy
11 жыл бұрын
You know what's funny? All of us, Are waiting, For a kid.
@bananalord83
4 жыл бұрын
At 1:32, you can hear the ura commander shouting "Ceasefire, ceasefire!"
@Yamlicious
12 жыл бұрын
I love it how after everyone stopped, the one Ura marksman starts shooting again and then he gets cut down immediately
@JeremyRichardsonFTW
12 жыл бұрын
He may have betrayed us, he may have done considerable harm to the bastion, but seeing him lying there, turned upon by his own countrymen, it was just too much. I couldn't leave him there, so I lifted him gently over my shoulder and spoke softly, saying only what needed to be said: "Let's go home, Zulf."
@WonbooYT
12 жыл бұрын
It's funny how the Kid has more difficulty carrying Zulf than the battering ram. I think the ura diplomat's regrets must be a huge burden.
@ephjones
12 жыл бұрын
This moment made the game. And made me a little misty eyed.
@chillin3467
12 жыл бұрын
When Ruckus kept telling the kid to get up, I thought he was not going to. I can still feel the tears stinging my eyes and my throat choking up.
@underdog353777
12 жыл бұрын
The ura were nothing more than a dangerous opponent up until this point, but giving them this scene... It completely changes your perspective on them, it's an amazing scene for many reasons. But after it's all done... Well, why on earth would you want to go back to fighting these people?
@saddlebags8765
12 жыл бұрын
Bastion has such a great soundtrack
@doomleika
11 жыл бұрын
I would object, however. Don't get me wrong, I love the storytelling of Bastion. CoD's(by the time: namely, CoD4 in 2007) is nothing short of stellar.They both set milestone for gaming industry.
@tsdZero1993
12 жыл бұрын
If you listen a bit, you can hear the Ura who cut them down say "WE DON'T DO THAT!"
@DJMadeira
11 жыл бұрын
This was such a moving moment for me. Man, such good storytelling.
@fearedjames
12 жыл бұрын
I took 5 minutes to make the last choice in bastion, in LA Noire I sat in my seat just shocked for 15 minutes. LA Noire also had character development done fantasticly, and that really increased the impact
@lgd921
4 жыл бұрын
Rainbow Dashtruction nah you alright
@CorbenikClay
11 жыл бұрын
Where would he go? No-one would have him but the very place he tried to destroy, the very people he betrayed. Revenge is a poison. And the hardest thing to ever do, is to forgive. So I forgave him. I dragged him through hell, on my shoulder, under fire by his kin, to get him to safety. To get him back home. Where he would be accepted. It's not about what is just. It's about what is right. Zulf needed my help. And I provided.
@ZRolando
11 жыл бұрын
Man, when I was playing I had a whole army shooting at me and 2 guys spearing me. I had to heal up 3 times and by the end, my health was red. Then that 1 douche started shooting me and I thought I was done for sure....a very touching scene, to be sure
@samuelsun3560
2 жыл бұрын
im not the only one that cried in this decision right?
@TheOwlslayer
12 жыл бұрын
I also chose to save Zulf, and god dammit, that was such an powerful scene... was pretty sure the Kid wouldn`t make it when they all started shooting...and then they all just...stopped. I´m guessing it was respect, but who knows. The music suited the scene so well, it was just magnificent.
@TitanSmashMTG
11 жыл бұрын
A game this short shouldn't hit so hard in the feels.
@Disturbedrocks08
12 жыл бұрын
I don't know when you're given the last two choices in the game some wont think twice usually about the first choice, but the last choice I myself sat there for a while debating it out in my head for what felt like a good while. That's pretty emotional I think when a game has you seconds away from finishing it and you have to decide on what your last action is going to be.
@ScanaDully
12 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it doesn't go with the adrenaline-pumping fight or the race to death as you said. I prefer this ending, it came to me as a shock. It brought the game to an even higher level of emotional connection (if that makes sense) and therefore made the story even better. I'd prefer it if the saving of Zulf actually changed the outcome of the options though. 10/10.
@Deageke
10 жыл бұрын
The feels
@FrozenOver0
12 жыл бұрын
I went with saving Zulf and Evacuating the Bastion on my first playthrough, deciding I'd test out the other ending in the New Game Plus. That's probably my biggest regret when playing this game. Not because Zulf didn't deserve to be saved, but because this scene deserved to be the finale proper. You always save the best for last.
@DoubleJ410
12 жыл бұрын
I've never understood how a game can be both so badass and so emotional.
@oortseam
13 жыл бұрын
I've just finished the game. This indeed is the most powerful moment in the game, and I haven't felt such thing playing a game yet. I'm totally blown away.
@BleachRush
11 жыл бұрын
ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS IN GAMING HISTORY!
@IanDoesMagic
4 жыл бұрын
Still remember the first time I did this. Have never in any replay been able to make myself go down the other path. I started bawling when they finally stopped attacking.
@321cheeseman
12 жыл бұрын
@Evilmonkey66699 God yes! Nothing makes a story as powerful and effective as actively taking part in it. Far better than when a game intermittently slaps the controller out of your hands for story time.
@thecuchikiller
5 жыл бұрын
im proud of choose this option in the first time 1:30 You can listen the paint grunt of kid, and then, they stop attacking, this moment in the game is so perfect...
@Parker8752
12 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure he's invincible during this bit, given the lack of a health bar...
@FreedFenrir
11 жыл бұрын
I think the even deeper part is how the Ura responded. When they realized that this Kid chose to save him, even though he was not the same as him, they stopped attacking and watched in a silent vigil. And when one soldier had the audacity to attack, he was cut down for his disrespect. Never lose respect for your enemy, because by disrespecting them, you bring dishonor upon yourself.
@Tangent3east
12 жыл бұрын
I love how the Ura eventually are just stunned that the Kid risked everything for Zulf, and just let him pass. Even there leader smacks down the guy shooting at him out of respect. God I love this game
@CorbenikClay
12 жыл бұрын
There is not one playthrough, not a single one, where I would choose to leave him.
@CuriousPersianCat
11 жыл бұрын
I think they stop trying to kill him out of respect more than fear,since they kept pummeling Kid all the way when he started walking towards them,but then stopped when they see Kid won't budge and drop his friend to fight back. Note the guy who tried to snipe Kid on the second floor platform got shafted probably to punish him for trying to do something that they viewed as unhonorable.
@EggDestroyer
12 жыл бұрын
You know you'll reach the end of the story very soon. The whole world is in ruins and you had to kill many people to survive. You bear a massive weapon of sheer destruction, getting ready to face what could have been the "antagonist" in another game. You're expecting some kind of Climax, an adrenaline-pumping fight or race to death. Then, this. Then you feel miserable, then you cry. Thanks, Bastion.
@vjm3
12 жыл бұрын
Every time I replay this game I promise myself I won't save Zulf. It's impossible.
@Roamstrong
7 жыл бұрын
Just finished this. I'd never leave Zulf.
@shinyjules8088
4 жыл бұрын
This moment made me cry
@Greil9
11 жыл бұрын
Dammit, you managed to bring tears to my eyes with just a short text.
@desertgod
12 жыл бұрын
Instead of respect, I felt the Ura let Kid go out of (mostly) absolute fear. Kid just leaves bodies everywhere in the Ura streets, proceeds to wield a battering Ram like a club (holy shit...), then... just stops killing as soon as he takes back Zulf... Takes arrows and bullets while shouldering Zulf and just keeps marching no stop. You do NOT fuck with this one kid. Ura shuts the door behind him hoping he never has a reason to come back, I'd be scared too If I wasn't the main Character there
@millird2258
12 жыл бұрын
I don't know why the Ura let them go. Maybe it was because they were all gathering in their last effort to survive against this attack from this Monster that has been killing them left and right. Maybe they don't attack an unready person, maybe they didn't attack him because it was dishonorable. Maybe they heard so much about this "monster" coming to kill them all, But when the final stand came, what did they see. Not a monster. a Kid. a Kid carrying a man who sold him out to safety.
@ArcangelZero7
12 жыл бұрын
This moment was incredible. I saw the blocks show up and thought "Okay, I'm making a desperate trench-run. Let's go, buddy. We can stick to cover!" But then there wasn't any, and I remember feeling all choked up thinking "We're not making it out of here, are we?" Guzzling those health potions, taking more arrows than all of Skyrim's guards combined. . .truly powerful moment. I'm glad I was alone to let a few tears out, wondering if the kid'd make it. Evacuated, started anew from the ruins. :)
@Greyshirk
7 жыл бұрын
1:57 DENIED!
@MackJCM
6 жыл бұрын
IDK if this is meant to be a Dota reference, but the Dota Bastion announcer is the reason I played this game, and I'm so so glad for that.
@zomgtheone
12 жыл бұрын
And the reason why that one Ura was pacified is because the other dude said "Dude, stop trying to piss him off!"
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