Posted on: August 16, 2020

vladislanp

Games: 82 Reviews: 12

Would give this a 3 1/2, actually

Transistor is a cute looking action RPG with a decent story and great music/sound effects. The basics are: you run around a city on a fairly linear path, learning about the city itself, revealing the story and engaging in regular combat with the enemy. But there are two aspects that, I think, will make or break the game for others. 1. Combat is turn-based for you. This feature is actually something I like since I can rarely concentrate on a game 100%, but I know plenty of others who would hate it. Actually in Transistor you do not need to activate the turn-based mode as the battles can also be done in real-time, which makes the game significantly tougher. 2. Game is actually pretty easy, mainly due to the abovementioned feature. I am usually pretty bad at these kind of games, but in Transistor I only died twice (mid-level boss, first Spine and the final boss). Any veterans of action RPGs will probably find it so easy it would be simply boring. Overall, for me the game ended up being an easy, fun experience, which I moderately enjoyed, but would not bother with again. If you have spare time and the game is below 10 EUR, it may well be worth your time.

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Posted on: July 5, 2016

JustJack6

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Games: 244 Reviews: 5

I just... I just don't know.

I'll start by saying that like most I love the art style and narrative. Oh and the soundtrack is pretty cool too. The gameplay is where, for me, this game falls apart. This game gives you so much choice in how to play it, so many combinations of abilities which sounds great until it throws a few enemies at you that pretty much require specific ones. The dog cunts for example, if you don't have the dash move you're basically done for, they chase you around all over the shop and you can't outrun them. The photobastards are annoying too, they just slap a big picture of you in front of the screen so you can't see anything for a bit and now something has stopped me from being able to see during the "Turn" thing. There's just nothing but progressive hindrances in the gameplay and it's not fun. I have never known a game to try so hard to prevent me from having fun while playing it. So in short, I want to like this game but it's just annoying after a while. There are so many things I like about it which makes it thrice as annoying than a regular bad game. If you like strategy games disguised as a hack'n'slash then this is for you.

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Posted on: July 20, 2016

Shadowdreadblade

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Games: 233 Reviews: 12

Incredible experience.

It is beautiful. Soundtrack is fantastic. Humming idea alone makes wanna scream "YES! That's how a game experience should be made". This is not just a game. It is a piece of art. Not to mention, games that can make me cry, earn a special place to my heart.

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Posted on: September 16, 2018

atemporalDarkness

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Games: 865 Reviews: 22

Simply beautiful

Transistor is one of these games in which you start knowing almost nothing, you are just in a beautiful world knowing nothing about your surroundings, but as you advance through Cloudbank streets, the narrator is always uncovering things about the world and the situation you are in, with some remarks being very subtle while others are not. The combat system is also very interesting, and despite looking somewhat complex or maybe overwhelming at the beginning, once you get it, you really create strategies and combos that can transform a typical battle into a dance of sorts

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Posted on: November 11, 2015

felixsylvaris

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Games: 221 Reviews: 16

Small masterpiece

This little game is masterpiece. Devs had the idea, and executed it to the end. However game is short, but or me, it just end when gameplay is about to get boring, and story comes to conclusion. Cant blame game to end, when it ends on right time. The gameplay is very fun. Easy to learn. Allows to find your style, either real time action or turn based, or mix of both. Player can setup own favorite attacks, and apply combos with it. Can just play own way. Encounters are hard enought, especially in the end. Beside story mission there are challenges to break routine. One can complain that there is not enought enemies variety, but then game ends before things get boring. Game has story. Which is presented with notes found here and there, and talks with our weapon. Story is open to interpretacion, there is some love, or story of young game dev finding his way in big corporations. Game is beautifull. Preatty background and arena design, stylish cutscenes. Even better soundtrack.

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