Posted on: January 1, 2020
squareinc
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Succinct, Stylish and Focused
This is a small game with little fat, and very compelling. It is a top down, combat focused, action game with a bold hand drawn visual art style, and a bold, if slightly underused, soundtrack. This is cyberpunk in a digital dystopia and you play as Red, a singer who has been caught up in conspiracy and has had her voice taken from her. Here the game starts sans further explanation, but with a talking sword who is your companion: the Transistor. The plot is not anything novel or exciting, however its telling is done suitably well. The gameplay involves a mix of real time combat (think Diablo), where you have up to four skills to use as you maneuver Red, avoiding enemies and attacks, and a turn system where the game pauses, allowing you to set up abilities that Red will perform when unpaused. As enemies are usually numerous and strong, the meat of the combat is in the turn based mode. The game encourages changing up your abilities as these represent the citizens of Cloudbank (where the game takes place) who are trapped in the Transistor. By using and equipping these abilities in different ways you unlock more about these characters and get more of the story. This system is very effective and I always changed my loadout after every encounter. But the combat isn't all fluid. I found the real time with pause system a bit awkward. With the brunt of combat being the turn based mode, the real time mode was always relegated to me running and waiting for the turn meter to charge. After all, you can't even use your abilities while waiting for that meter to charge unless you have a specific ability equipped, and this hampered the flow of combat a bit. Nonetheless, the story and atmosphere, and Red as a protagonist, compelled me to finish this. It took ten hours with also doing optional challenges, and I enjoyed the ride. The visuals are nice, at times outstanding, and at story's end, I felt very satisfied. This is a small game and it achieves what it set out to do admirably.
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