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NOTE: The DRM-free release does not support online functionality
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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Posted on: June 10, 2018
newblood40
Games: 0 Reviews: 1
Vivi's Game Review
I truly love this game. It's so much fun. http://vivisgamereviews.blogspot.com/2018/06/transistor-review.html - If you want a fuller explanation check out my full review here.
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Posted on: August 7, 2015
icel
Games: 228 Reviews: 9
Atmospheric. Beautiful. Logan Cunningham
Atmospheric. Beautiful. Logan Cunningham. Excellent combat system with in-depth mechanics. Aside for its short play time, it has everything I want.
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Posted on: May 8, 2019
ZippoKvaz
Games: 368 Reviews: 38
So Cool
I love the balance of combat.
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Posted on: December 10, 2015
Lightwing
Verified ownerGames: 287 Reviews: 5
Cryptic Storytelling is not Depth
Who is the lady? What happened to her? Hold on.. Who is the dead man? Why is the dead man talking? Do the two of them know each other? What's the Process? What's a Passive Function and how do you activate it? What's Memory and how does it work? Who is Sybil? Who are all the other dead people? Who are the Camerata? Why did they want Red dead? But most importantly: Why should I care? Hot on the heels of Bastion's success comes Transistor, a game which takes the minimalist narrative style of Bastion and cranks it up to 11, so that during the first three hours you understand nothing. I imagine this was done for two reasons. One, because I suspect that the writer, Greg Kasavin, has fallen in love with dramatic, cryptic narration. Two, because the plot is actually incredibly simple and the dramatic, cryptic narration helps stretch the story across 7 hours and to make it look deep and complex. Here is that entire complex plot, revealed in the last few hours of the game: A terrorist group activates a cyber program that goes out of control and starts destroying everything. That's it. Other trivial details, such as why Red was chosen for assassination, are negligible. Both because they are introduced anticlimactically via info-cards and because.. what does it matter? Ico made players fall in love with its characters by conveying their emotions through animation. Transistor opts out of even this. So what are we left with? Environments are beautifully illustrated by Supergiant Games veteran, Jen Zee. Composer Darren Korb creates another wonderful soundtrack, hauntingly sung by Ashley Barrett. The combat mechanics, if you can understand how they work, are interesting in that they allow you to combine abilities in numerous ways. But in abandoning characters that speak to each other in clear human language, Transistor sacrifices characters to love, a story to understand, and a game that feels like a waste of time. Dear reader, go play Bastion.
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Posted on: October 4, 2025
garaushi
Games: 569 Reviews: 7
woke (no one seems to mention this fact)
I have this game on Epic, which I got for free. I am playing through all the library that I have accumulated. I can see why female gamers would like this game, and it has nothing to do with female protagonist - there are many female protagonist games, that males enjoy, but the main issue for me was male NARRATION hitting on my character and at the same time me, who has taken control over Red. Probably there are other things and this genre of action slash and bash combat is not interesting to me, but some of the things were getting annoying. This game has interesting artistical choice in combining art and music and have unique style and for anyone who would enjoy this narcistic Cali narration this game would be easily 5 out of 5 stars. I don't think that this game deserves 1 star, but in my current mood and seeing where the game progresses it is really not a game for me. Like I mentioned, this is a niche game - gamers who will enjoy it, will like it very much. For the rest of us this hype does not transfer that well and questioning why there is a hype is part of game that is not enjoyable. I don't hate the game, but frankly I would rather have someone tell me that this game is simply not for me, than spending evening and figuring out why I should enjoy it...
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