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Play Overview
Pyre (2017) is an unusual mix of role-playing and action sports. It takes place in a fantasy world, where you guide a caravan of exiles during fantasy sports games called Rites. As you explore you build a party of characters who encounter other groups of exiles and compete with them in these Rites competitions.
Each Rite has two opposing teams at each end in three vs three matches. Controlling each character in turn, you aim to destroy the opposing team's pyre by launching a single glowing orb at it. Like other video game sports, there are various rules and mechanics to perfect and the characters have various skills that aid them like dashes or long-range projectiles.
It's an unusual combination of a deep (and verbosely written) fantasy world and a real-time sports challenge. You navigate the world by making decisions in the branching story that sees you meet, recruit and develop characters for your team. It creates a surprisingly emotional experience that is as peculiar as Dr Seuss and as competitive as Rocket League.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Pyre 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 11 weeks ago.
Each Rite has two opposing teams at each end in three vs three matches. Controlling each character in turn, you aim to destroy the opposing team's pyre by launching a single glowing orb at it. Like other video game sports, there are various rules and mechanics to perfect and the characters have various skills that aid them like dashes or long-range projectiles.
It's an unusual combination of a deep (and verbosely written) fantasy world and a real-time sports challenge. You navigate the world by making decisions in the branching story that sees you meet, recruit and develop characters for your team. It creates a surprisingly emotional experience that is as peculiar as Dr Seuss and as competitive as Rocket League.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Pyre 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 11 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Role-Play and Sports game with Action and Narrative elements. You can play with 1 to 2 players in the same room, but you can’t play it online. The main game is single-player but includes a local multiplayer mode where two players control separate teams to compete.
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Game Details
Release Date: 25/07/2017
Out Now: PC and PS4
Players: 1-2
Genres: Role-Play, Sports (Action and Narrative)
Accessibility: 15 features
Components: 2D Overhead
Developer: Supergiant Games (@SupergiantGames)
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