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Transistor

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What happens when you take one man of action, one woman of words, and then rob them both of those identities? You get Transistor. Transistor is a love story. A love story set in an apocalypse. An apocalypse amidst an electronic golden age. A golden age etched into the city streets and painted across the sky.
-- As reviewed by Gaming Nexus
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82

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 24 expert reviews
  • Excellent:
    14
  • Good:
    4
  • Average:
    3
  • Bad:
    3
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Last revision on June 25, 2017

Editors Liked

  • Beautiful world
  • Fascinating and unconventional narrative that exudes confidence
  • Empowering combat system that fuses real-time and turn-based action
  • Visuals, music, and writing combine to create some terrific moments

Editors Didn't Like

  • Visuals obscure combat

Expert reviews and ratings

By Gaming Nexus on June 24, 2014 90

What happens when you take one man of action, one woman of words, and then rob them both of those identities? You get Transistor. Transistor is a love story. A love story set in an apocalypse. An apocalypse amidst an electronic golden age. A golden age etched into the city streets and painted across the sky.

By Bit-tech.net on June 11, 2014 70

Rick#2: Human mouths never say "bespoke" either. And while the powers system is certainly interesting, the menu for it is more confusing than a graphic novelisation of Finnegans Wake illustrated by MC Escher.Rick#1: Where on Earth did you pull that...

By GameZone on May 31, 2014 90

Transistor is a process. Like the main character, Red, it gets stronger the further into the game you go. Supergiant's follow-up to Bastion has a Matrix / Blade Runner vibe to it. It's the perfect combinations of strategy, depth, action, aesthetics,...

By Expert Reviews on May 27, 2014 60

A gorgeous game that suffers from repetitive combat and a wafer-thin narrative that borrows too many tricks from its...

By reviewstudio.net on May 26, 2014 80

TweetClosing ThoughtsI am beginning to think SuperGiant Games has a specific formula. The studio takes a hero, a “narrator”, visually appealing aesthetics and a fantastic sound-track, and mixes them together. This approach gives way to some memorable,...

By Strategy Informer on May 23, 2014 100

Before playing I didn't expect to be fully enraptured by Transistor, thinking the spectre of Bastion would haunt the experience too much. But neither did I expect Transistor to take that formula and evolve it into something so sublime and handcrafted...

By New Game Network on May 22, 2014 84

People were looking for a really good follow up to Bastion, and that's what they've got here. Transistor is really smart, looks and sounds great, and will leave you wanting more when it's all...

By gotgame.com on May 22, 2014 60

Transistor doesn't begin until you press a button or nudge the joystick. Because, like Bastion before it, Transistor wants to form a bond with you, the player. This connection ties into the game's tone and developer Supergiant Games' fascination with...

By Polygon on May 20, 2014 85

Transistor may look like another pretty face favoring style over substance. It’s oozing with style and aesthetic charm, and it drew me into its weird and wonderful world immediately. But its beauty is outshined by combat deep enough to sink into for hours and hours. The game’s vision is intoxicating, and its execution is inspired.

By IGN on May 20, 2014 90

Transistor’s the kind of game that made me immediately jump back in to take on New Game Plus. I wanted to continue exploring the excellent combat in new, more challenging scenarios. I wanted to double back on the areas that I’d missed the first time through, and try to fill in the gaps of the fantastic story. But most of all, I wasn’t ready to leave Red or her world behind.

By GameSpot on May 20, 2014 80

Transistor is always a good-looking game, but in these instances, it demonstrates a rare knack for combining its visuals and music to powerfully convey both narrative information and tone, driving the story forward with Red's own unwavering resolve. So in the end, yes, Transistor is a fun action role-playing game with a neat combat system, but beautiful moments like these make it more than that. They make it a game with a soul.

By PCWorld on May 20, 2014 90

Transistor is only five or six hours long, and that leaves me sad. Not because the game feels incomplete (although it does wrap up a bit too quick), but because I wish there were more of it. After waiting for Supergiant's sophomore effort this long, I wanted to exist in Transistor's world just a little while longer. I wanted another line, another environment to hurriedly scramble across, another song with which I could hum along.

By PCGamer on May 20, 2014 80

Supergiant's games are, in that sense, mirror images-the first with shallower combat but a powerfully told story, the second with deep, tactical battles but a story that doesn’t fulfill the promise of its world. Then again, that promise lives on even after the credits roll. I hope Supergiant isn't done with the world of Transistor, because there's so much more I want to know.

By HardcoreGamer on May 20, 2014 90

More like an effort-intensive relationship than an adrenaline-inducing one-night-stand, Transistor is a must-play for those who are committed to its cause. However, those who are looking for an instantly-gripping cheap thrill should look elsewhere as this is a game that must be seen through to the very last second.

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