<s>
Pyre	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Supergiant	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2017	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
in	O
August	O
2017	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Supergiant	O
following	O
Transistor	B-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
land	O
,	O
the	O
party	O
encounters	O
other	O
groups	O
of	O
exiles	O
,	O
which	O
starts	O
the	O
Rites	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
combat	O
system	O
which	O
was	O
described	O
by	O
Marty	O
Silva	O
of	O
IGN	O
as	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
Defense	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
Ancients	I-Operating_System
,	O
Rocket	B-Application
League	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Supergiant	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
Transistor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rites	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
a	O
field	O
with	O
two	O
columns	O
of	O
flame	O
,	O
or	O
pyres	B-Application
,	O
at	O
opposite	O
ends	O
and	O
the	O
three	O
exiles	O
facing	O
off	O
against	O
three	O
opponents	O
on	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
team	O
attempts	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
opposing	O
pyre	B-Application
by	O
launching	O
a	O
single	O
glowing	O
orb	O
at	O
it	O
,	O
which	O
steadily	O
whittles	O
away	O
at	O
its	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
characters	O
also	O
have	O
different	O
passive	O
abilities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
one	O
that	O
can	O
move	O
quickly	O
about	O
the	O
arena	O
but	O
does	O
little	O
damage	O
to	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
pyre	B-Application
,	O
while	O
another	O
is	O
slow	O
and	O
bulky	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
do	O
the	O
greatest	O
damage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
Pyre	B-Application
came	O
out	O
from	O
prototyping	O
several	O
game	O
ideas	O
by	O
Supergiant	O
Games	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
creative	O
director	O
Greg	O
Kasavin	O
,	O
eventually	O
coming	O
to	O
the	O
theme	O
of	O
"	O
what	O
happens	O
when	O
you	O
face	O
defeat	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
to	O
come	O
back	O
from	O
it	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
look	O
your	O
friends	O
in	O
the	O
face	O
,	O
look	O
yourself	O
in	O
the	O
mirror	O
,	O
and	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
consequences	O
of	O
the	O
decisions	O
you	O
made	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyre	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
positive	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
praised	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
narrative	O
choices	O
and	O
gameplay	O
in	O
Pyre	B-Application
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
Branching	O
storylines	O
have	O
become	O
common	O
in	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
’s	O
rare	O
that	O
one	O
integrates	O
momentous	O
,	O
gut-wrenching	O
choices	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
elements	O
of	O
its	O
gameplay	O
as	O
deftly	O
as	O
Pyre	B-Application
does.	O
"	O
</s>
