I'm more of a shooter and a (poor) strategy game player myself, so I was skeptical about The Bastion, not only because of it being an XBLA game, but its game design.
I decided to take the plunge and get it as a treat, and boy was it a treat. I'm not going to go into spoilers of the story, but I'm surprisingly hooked on the game, and its narration. Don't get me started... As Yahtzee on SP said "Its disturbingly sexy!" He's right, the actor is only 21 as well I heard!