Transistor

Super(giant) game!

Frankly, I would recommend it. It's not perfect but it's good enough. Might be pricey for some people though. Good points : - Art, as everyone said the game look awesome. Main appeal of the game for most ppl it seems. - Music, same as for the art, the music for the few that exist are great (or so I think) - Gameplay, the base idea is nice (though i don't know if it was fresh in 2014 but still great in 2025) Main appeal to me, combining and trying was fun. - Voice, they're great, nothing seemed out of line Bad/Meh points : I wouldn't say bad point per se but some can really lower the fun by a great degree at times and depending on how you react in front of them so here it is. - Memory bank It's pretty infuriating, you want 3 you'll only have 1 kind of frustration. I understand why it exist but it still is frustrating at times. - Story I saw ppl say they understood it. Sorry, I still don't, even though I restarted a previous save. Maybe playing the NG+ kind of mode help but I don't have the patience for that. I mean, I know who the main characters is and I vaguely know why she was thrown in this mess but appart from that nothing. It's a bit confusing given your character almost never say a line during the whole game but others ramble on and on compared to you. - Timestop It's one of the main mechanic in the game and while it's well done when you use it, it also has the huge downside of letting you completely vulnerable and with almost no way to do anything but dodge in the best cases or take damage which can range from almost none to 100% in a hit. - Rythm The rythm of the entire game feels strange. In the early, you discover the game so you don't see most of the problems or things that will bother you. But after, the first "boss", it feels empty for some reason. Me not understanding the story is a main part of it but, at the same time, since it's linear and have no interactivity with the world and no choices to make, you might feels left out and bored since combat is great but as any game after a while it's just the same apply rince and repeat loop since you're likely to stick to any built that does enough damage to get you through fight. After rereading my comment, I'm asking myself if I'm really recommanding the game. But yes, I would still say, it's a good game maybe not for everybody considering every point I made before.