Transistor

At first, it feels like a simple indie game, but the further you progress, the more you start questioning everything around you. The combat system isn't just about fun—it reflects how you understand and experiment with it. Every ability you choose reshapes your entire playstyle, as if you’re redefining yourself with every battle. The story doesn’t explain itself directly; Instead, it gives you space to observe, infer, and understand. And when everything finally clicks, it hits much harder than you expect. Transistor quietly asks its main question: If everything about you could be turned into a “power”...would you still be yourself? Rating: 8/10

Mi amigo, con el que juego Transistor dijo que si publico una reseña sobre el juego y obtiene 50 'Me Gusta' y 20 Premios, me comprará una caja de cerveza y un whisky. Así que dejaré esto aquí.

«Transistor» draws you in from the very first second. There are no introductions or long waits in the main menu. You pick up the Transistor and the game begins. Many things immediately catch your eye: a stunningly drawn cyberpunk world with art design that’s very soft and pleasing to the eye. The visuals aren’t overwhelming, and are undoubtedly the game’s main strength. The design holds up right through to the very end of the game. The game runs at a maximum resolution of 1080p, but it looked good on my 1440p monitor, despite some scaling issues. You can switch the game to full-screen mode via a simple setting in Steam-Game properties (-x 2560 -y 1440). Transistor features a very pleasant soundtrack that suits the cyberpunk genre and draws you right in. It’s not quite on a level with, say, Expedition 33, but it’s on a level with something like Hollow Knight, where a magical soundtrack is needed to complement the delicate visuals and fully immerse you in the game. What’s more, a couple of the tracks feature some lovely vocals. As for the gameplay – things are a bit more complicated here. I can’t exactly call it good. For a game lasting 7 hours, it’s quite unique and enjoyable. In theory, we have a whole bunch of abilities that can be combined with one another, but in practice, as soon as we acquire one of the abilities that deals the most damage, 70% of the others simply become useless. [i]❗Once a high-damage Function becomes available, experimenting with other combinations feels far less rewarding.[/i] We also have a semi-active combat system here: you can always trigger your turn and choose the order of actions to deal with enemies more effectively. However, whilst your turn is recharging, the game continues in real time. [i] :\\Crash(), Ping(), Bounce()[/i] I’m getting to what I consider the worst part of the game: the plot. Is there even one here…? I suppose so? Don’t get me wrong: the narrative draws you in well, the narrator isn’t annoying right up to the end of the game and is interesting to listen to, but this game’s lore is designed for YouTube analysis videos and forum discussions, not for individual analysis of the plot. I don’t like it when a developer refuses to tell the story straight and leaves the player in the dark, failing to provide clear answers to questions and forcing the player to fill in too many gaps themselves. [i] ❗You won’t find answers to «What?» and «Why?» in this game, especially if you skip the ability descriptions and the terminals with notes.[/i] 80% of the in-game story is contained in the notes associated with our abilities, each of which represents a specific person from Cloudbank. By using our abilities, we unlock new notes, and to be honest, reading these notes wasn’t boring, but it was rather tedious. I’d have preferred a visual narrative to this sort of thing. The game’s atmosphere is stunning, but I wouldn’t call the plot the same. It’s far too abstract and doesn’t provide any clear answers. Some people might like that, but I don’t. The ending is a bit weak, too. [h3][Transistor][/h3] A lovely, short indie game in the cyberpunk genre, with a very appealing aesthetic, charming music and a brilliant Neo-Art Deco atmosphere. Highly recommended for anyone who loves the cyberpunk genre or simply wants to play something beautiful on their SteamDeck while relaxing in bed. Plug in your headphones and immerse yourself in this world, even if only for a short while. You won’t have time to get bored, and thanks to the beautiful world and short playtime, many of its flaws can be forgiven. The game has been made with heart and soul. [i] [Release Date: 2014] [Engine: Proprietary engine based on C#] [Developer: Supergiant Games] [Time: 7h for 1st Playthrough, 12h for 100%] [Achievements: 100% 33/33, needed 2 Playthrough for 100%, but it's easy][/i] [h3]Cyberpunk-Atmosphere: [★★★★★] Style: [★★★★★] Soundtrack: [★★★★☆] Enjoyment: [★★★★☆] Gameplay: [★★★☆☆] Story: [★★★☆☆] [/h3] [h3]«Transistor» is:[/h3] [i] 🏌️ Turn()Void()Void()Void()Mask()Cull()Cull(). ✍️ Not the best plot. 🖼️ Neo-Art Deco versus Modernism. ⚔️ A brilliant final boss to take on from home. 🌆 The atmospheric world of cyberpunk and a brilliant indie game from a small studio; the music is enchanting. ☯ A man was reincarnated as a sword so he could carry on admiring his beloved. I’ve seen an anime with the same plot summary.[/i] [h3]Score: [★★★★★★★☆☆☆][/h3] [quote=Transistor]«Hey Red. We're not going to get away with this, are we?»[/quote] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3764316752

Transistor, Transistor... I really wanted to love this game. It’s got stunning art and an incredible soundtrack - no doubt about that. Unfortunately, that’s where most of my praise ends. Throughout the game, you end up fighting the same handful of enemies over and over, and the combat quickly starts to feel repetitive. Movement is clunky and painfully slow - Red feels like she’s wading through molasses. Sure, you could argue it’s because she’s carrying the massive Transistor, but that doesn’t make it any more fun to play. The game’s mechanics revolve heavily around building ability combos, which feels a bit too familiar if you’ve played Bastion. In fact, much of Transistor feels like Bastion 2.0 - from the gameplay structure to the overarching story. The plot hits similar beats, just in a more linear fashion, and it ends up feeling like the same idea rehashed rather than evolved. The ending is good though. I don’t know - maybe the developers believed a little too much in the power of recursion. And new game + is just an addition to skip - it adds nothing to the plot; such a waste of a good opportunity.

Has creative mechanics, but cannot recommend in its current state. Half of the time the subtitles do not work properly (they literally only play the first half and then stop), which is very frustrating as someone who needs subtitles to play the game. In addition, sound does not work on the steam deck at all. To reiterate - no sound on the steam deck; half of the subtitles don't work. Cannot recommend. Thanks for the free Steam points!

[quote= Транзистор] Что бы ты не надумала... Не бросай меня.... [/quote] После довольно нашумевшей в свое время Hades мне вдруг стало интересно, какие игры до нее выпускала студия. Сам выбор от разработчиков оказался невелик, но зато сразу видно с каких игр до этого разработчики черпали вдохновение в будущем. Одной из таких игр и оказалась [i] Transistor [/i] [h1] [i] Сюжет [/i] [/h1] Действие происходит в далеком будущем в городе Клаудбэнк— высокотехнологичном, эстетичном мире, где реальность фактически «рисуют» и строят жители через голосования в терминалах. Самим же городом управляет загадочный ИИ — Процесс, который поддерживает инфраструктуру. Мы играем в роли знаменитой певицы города Рэд. В начале игры она подвергается нападению загадочной организации Камераты. Прямо во время её концерта они убивают её «голос» и близкого ей человека, который по сюжету игры решил остаться безымянным. Убивают же его странным мечом под названием Транзистор. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3717513596 Меч пронзает его, но технология дает сбой: душа погибшего загружается в Транзистор, а сам клинок отказывается слушаться Камератов. Ред поднимает Транзистор, и он активируется — теперь меч говорит с ней голосом её погибшего друга. Мы же, подняв в руки клинок, держим путь в их крепость, поквитаться за все, что произошло и вернуть город в былое русло (город после отторжения клинка от Камератов начал постепенно приходить в хаос). [h1] [i] Геймплей [/i] [/h1] Геймплейно игра является пошаговой тактикой, где мы по ходу стычек с врагами тщательно планируем свои ходы и стараемся максимально эффективно и быстро с ними разобраться. Для этого у главной героини будут доступны определенные способности, которые в свою очередь помещаются в одну из четырех ячеек. Каждая из способностей (а их тут немало), имеет свою активную, вспомогательную и пассивную способность, благодаря чему можно креативно подойти к настройке своих способностей. Помимо этого каждая способность имеет определенное кол-во нужной ей памяти, которую мы в свою очередь можем прокачивать вместе с повышением уровня. [h1] От себя [/h1] В целом игра оказалась неплохой и приятной на первый взгляд, однако от пассивной подачи сюжета и немного однотипной боевкой игра может быстро наскучить рядовому игроку, от чего вторая половина игры может осиливаться уже из принципа. Отличный саундтрек что красуется в первой популярной метке игры не смог в полной мере меня впечатлить, но для фона более чем неплох. В конечном итоге я не могу назвать игру плохой, ведь она сделана качественно и без каких либо технических проблем, но и отличной ее назвать тоже не получится. Выходит игра как крепкий среднячок, т. к. ни прям вау, ни в то же время ужас. Просто хорошо. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3720623355 Порекомендовать игру я могу лишь желающим ознакомиться с творчеством Supergiant Games и тем, кто просто ищет во что бы поиграть на геймпаде на диване в свободное время. Если оказалось полезным: [list] [*] Моя скромная коллекция обзоров: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2877461689] Здесь. [/url] [/list]

One of the games of all time. It's been almost ten years since I played Transistor but I still think about it, listen to the soundtrack and recommend it to people. Going to play it again sometime soon

For those who have come to check out prior Supergiant games from Hades 1 and 2: this is going to be a bit different gameplay-wise from those games. However, in terms of gorgeous artwork, music that will live in your head rent-free for eternity, and Darren Korb and Ashley Barret doing that thing they do Again (which is "being amazing"), you'll once again not be disappointed. Honestly, in some ways, Transistor's art gets to shine in a particularly unique way compared to other Supergiant games. This is because of the clear art noveau influence that you see everywhere from the lovely posters depicting the protagonist, to the delicate and intricately crafted backdrops you traverse to, to a couple of interesting places. For those who know: breaking something's heart gets to be particularly stunning because of this. And this also works out really great as a contrast to your enemies. The Process really stand out starkly in contrast, with their monochrome white/red color scheme and hard lines that encroach upon all of this gorgeous scenery. This does something good on a technical level, because you will be able to near instantly pick out your enemies in a stage. However, it's also great on a storytelling level, as you get to see this invade everything that our protagonists clearly love. As for the music, I'm not knowledgeable enough in this area to gush about it as it deserves. I just know that I really dig it, and it fits in with the setting perfectly. You're not going to find a lot of the more.... classical? hard? rock that you will find in Bastion and the Hades series, I will say that. However, much like the setting is a mixture of art noveau and interesting scifi, the music also manages to be the perfect reflection to that. (You can still hear a bit of rock influence however, in songs like Old Friends.) Additionally, having the protagonist you control being a singer, whose songs come up regularly and who can hum along to the background music, is a fun little detail. Does it add anything? On a technical level, no, but it heightened my enjoyment, so I think it is a good addition. It goes without saying that the story is excellent, and that all the prior qualities before really enhance it. A lot could be said on the philosophy behind the game, what the antagonists are arguing for, what the setting tells you, and the ending, but I think that is something people should play through and figure out for themselves. However, even without going into that, I can say that the game does the best thing any story can do: it gets you incredibly invested in the protagonists, Red and the man in the Transistor ("Blue" to keep things short). Which is a little bit of a feat. There's a joke/headcanon in certain online communities that portrays some silent protagonists (see: Link from Legend of Zelda) as mute, but we know in most cases that's not actually confirmed. That's not the case in Transistor. Red really CAN'T speak; her voice being robbed from her is one of the things that sets off the story. Yet there's never any doubt that Red is her own person, with her own personality, who is reacting to things - even before you get into stuff like reading the optional file on her that comes with you using Crash() in all its capabilities. You see her in a flashback, holding onto herself, rattled by what has just happened. You see her blatantly ignoring Blue's directions that would have them "skip town", instead charging right back to confront the antagonists instead of running away. There's teasing little smirks she gives to Blue when she has to leave him outside a restroom. You really get a feeling for her, so long as you're paying attention. Additionally, even if Red is silent, the good news is that Blue in contrast never shuts up - potentially because, without a body, talking to Red is really all he can do. So through him, you get context for so much: who the Camarata are, what's considered the norm in Cloudbank, and even the kind of person that Red is. And through both of them.... You really get a sense for how much these two love each other, so much. The way Red holds onto the Transistor with a desperate longing, whether when humming or during so many little cutscenes. The way Blue is so violently protective of her, raging at the Camarata for targeting her. They love each other. And, through that, you quickly grow to love them both in turn. Finally, the combat system. It is quite different from any of the other games that Supergiant has put out before - but that's generally the norm, honestly, with how committed they are to doing A First (tm) for each of their games. Bastion is different from Transistor is different from Pyre. However, I do find it to be a very interesting system. It kind of mixes in a sort of... turn-based planning to it, while also making the player have to deal with real-time battle while often not having access to your battle abilities. It really makes you have to think carefully about your movements, and what you are bringing with you to each battle. However, while I did say that this is nothing like Hades way of playing... I will say, for those who liked how different weapon/upgrade/boon combos could make something new, they might like the Transistor way of playing for that. Three things contribute to the battle system for Transistor: 1. An active slot (Switch() makes an enemy flip to your defense) 2. A secondary slot (Switch() on, say, Cull() makes it so that anything too tough for you to one shot goes to your side) 3. A passive slot (Switch() makes you a small bonus friend when you collect the remains of enemies) So fiddling around with how everything influences everything else can be a really fun part of the game for those who are into that aspect. I do thing that it was likely one of the building blocks for how things would interact in the Hades franchise, and I think that's neat. anyway tl;dr this is a great game and you should play it

I've beaten this game several times, and it brings me to tears every single time I don't know what black magic Darren Korb is using, but he is the best thing that happened to videogame OST's since Akira Yamaoka