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Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
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Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective. Players control Red, a singer in the city of Cloudbank, as she wields a greatsword-like weapon called the Transistor against robotic enemies known as the Process.
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Plot-driven, meticulous, richly built and contemporary.
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KotakuYannick LeJacqMay 2014Expertly honed and original gameplay that supports a moving story delivered in a compelling way. What's not to like?
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God is a GeekAdam CookMay 201410/10It may be slightly too complex in parts for the more casual gamers out there, but it's full of clever ideas, and every area has had attention lavished upon it. Transistor is comfortably one of the best games of 2014 so far, and Supergiant deserve the plaudits yet again for a job well done.
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ForbesJason EvangelhoMay 201410/10SuperGiant has created a world brimming with sophistication, mysteries, and tech-heavy sci-fi charm. It's a world with serious staying power should they decide to revisit it. It meets and then promptly blows right past every high watermark you'd expect a digitally downloadable title to reach.
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Rock, Paper, ShotgunNathan GraysonMay 2014I do not believe Transistor is everything it could've been, but it's still close enough that I won't hesitate to recommend it to basically anybody. I critique because I love, and that second part is especially true in this case. Transistor's got brains, heart, and a knack for always knowing just what to say and when to say it. And also, perhaps more importantly, it knows precisely when it's better to say nothing at all.
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Post Arcade (National Post)Chad SapiehaMay 20145.5/10Supergiant Games' follow-up to the critically acclaimed Bastion is doggedly, aggravatingly abstruse in both narrative and game design
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IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 496 ratings.
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