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[Transistor] Sci-fi RPG from Supergiant Games, out now on PC/PS4!

Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
edited May 2014 in Games and Technology
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Transistor invites players to wield an extraordinary weapon of unknown origin as they explore a stunning futuristic city. We’re designing our next game to seamlessly integrate thoughtful strategic planning into a fast-paced action experience, complete with our studio’s signature melding of responsive gameplay and rich atmospheric storytelling. All of us from the Bastion development team are working together again on this new project, with the aid of a handful of talented new people who’ve joined us since Bastion’s launch.

In Transistor, players assume the role of a young woman who gains control of a powerful weapon after a mysterious group of assailants nearly kills her with it. Now she must fight from street to street against forces that will stop at nothing to recover the weapon. During the course of the adventure, players will piece together the Transistor’s mysteries as they pursue its former owners.

Transistor to be released in early 2014. We have not yet decided on which platform or platforms the game will be available for.
Source: http://supergiantgames.com/?p=1816
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    EriktheVikingGamerEriktheVikingGamer Registered User regular
    Awesome'd for the singing in the teaser trailer alone. Rest looks gravy.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    You had me at "Bastion devs".

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    AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    This pleases me

    this pleases me greatly

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    WOO!

    Fingers crossed it lands on a platform I own in 2014!

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    FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    Gandalf_the_Crazed wrote: »
    You had me at "Bastion devs".

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    SaraLunaSaraLuna Registered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTik6sYT_BE

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    SkabSkab Registered User regular
    Why would you not put the trailer in the OP!

    Also it's going to be playable at Pax East.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    It looks pretty but then so did Bastion and that turned out to be super boring for me.

    At least there's no awful narrator this time.

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    SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    It looks pretty but then so did Bastion and that turned out to be super boring for me.

    At least there's no awful narrator this time.

    Posts like these make me sad.

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    The Big LevinskyThe Big Levinsky Registered User regular
    Skab wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    It looks pretty but then so did Bastion and that turned out to be super boring for me.

    At least there's no awful narrator this time.

    Posts like these make me sad.

    People can have opinions. It just so happens that I (and a lot of other people) have the exact opposite opinion. Bastion is one of my all time favorite games and I thought the narrator was awesome.

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    BloodsheedBloodsheed Registered User regular
    God I want both the game and soundtrack right now. Possibly the soundtrack more than the game, but the game looks fantastic too.

    I know my first stop at PAX.

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    LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    I'll buy this on principle. Bastion was brilliant.

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    I'ma buy it twice for Magic Pink.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Skab wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    It looks pretty but then so did Bastion and that turned out to be super boring for me.

    At least there's no awful narrator this time.

    Posts like these make me sad.

    I could see not liking the narrator. I found his voice a bit grating at first. Bastion itself was so immensely fantasitc, that by the time I hit playthrough 3, I had gotten used to it, and it didn't bother me so much.

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    PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    The screenshots on the Supergiant website make for some rather nice desktop images.

    It'd be nice to have the full version of the song.

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    It's a song for a game that's not out yet. I think when it comes out we'll have a soundtrack.

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    Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    pablo_price wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTik6sYT_BE

    updated OP to add this, sorry i posted the thread from mobile so i will have to make it look nicer when i have time.

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    AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    I am so excited right now

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Logan Cunningham, the voice of Rucks in Bastion, has confirmed on Twitter that he's working on Transistor "in a vocal capacity."

    Yeah, I'm out.

    Figure everyone else would like this tho!

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    DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    I would buy this game right now sight unseen, just based on the trailer.

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    curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    this is gonna be great

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    DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    You know.

    I would buy this game for the visuals alone.

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    AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Logan Cunningham, the voice of Rucks in Bastion, has confirmed on Twitter that he's working on Transistor "in a vocal capacity."

    Yeah, I'm out.

    Figure everyone else would like this tho!

    I'd point out that there isn't actual narrating this time, so he'll just be voicing some characters here and there I imagine, but I figure that if you thought his role as the narrator was terrible then there's probably no way you'll like it anyway :|

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Logan Cunningham, the voice of Rucks in Bastion, has confirmed on Twitter that he's working on Transistor "in a vocal capacity."

    Yeah, I'm out.

    Figure everyone else would like this tho!

    He's probably not going to narrate it this time, if that helps. He also doesn't always sound like Rucks.

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    CaedwyrCaedwyr Registered User regular
    If this is as good as their last offering and as good as the trailer suggests, then I will be getting this game.

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    CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Sci Fi RPG? Bastion devs?

    INSTA-BUY!

    2014? awwwwww. I'm sure it'll be worth it though :-)

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    narwhalnarwhal monodon monoceros Registered User regular
    Just in time for the first PAX East I am missing T_T
    Bastion was so refreshing when it came out. I know people felt very differently about the narrator, but I just loved that there was a group of video game designers out there saying "Hey, video games can do anything, so how can we break the mold a little?"
    This trailer does remind me though that I have none of Jen Zee's artwork on my wall, and this needs to be fixed...

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    Lucid_SeraphLucid_Seraph TealDeer MarylandRegistered User regular
    narwhal wrote: »
    Just in time for the first PAX East I am missing T_T
    Bastion was so refreshing when it came out. I know people felt very differently about the narrator, but I just loved that there was a group of video game designers out there saying "Hey, video games can do anything, so how can we break the mold a little?"
    This trailer does remind me though that I have none of Jen Zee's artwork on my wall, and this needs to be fixed...

    Me too, dude, let's sit in the "god why am I not at PAX East corner" sadly

    Bastion is one of my favorite games of all time; it's so gorgeous, fun to play, I love LOVE the narrator...

    And the fact that this is a sci-fi RPG along the same lines with a badass female protagonist? YES PLEASE

    I want to COSPLAY her. Maybe I can get out to PAX Prime...

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    When they say RPG, I can only assume light RPG elements like in Bastion. Also, the cyber punky "street to street" stuff makes me think of that Shadowrun game someone is making.

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    Gandalf_the_CrazedGandalf_the_Crazed Vigilo ConfidoRegistered User regular
    Gonna be honest. I cannot fathom the sort of mind that dislikes Rucks's voice.

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    OneAngryPossumOneAngryPossum Registered User regular
    Looks a lot closer to Bastion in gameplay than I'd expected, but I'm on board. I have more faith in Supergiant do something amazing, narrative wise, than any other developer out there.

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    My only regret is that I hadn't played Bastion before I went to an event where the musicians and narrator of the game were there. I did enjoy the performance, but I felt like such a poser.

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    DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    Is this where we confess to how many times we've watched the trailer in the last 4 hours? I'm at 10.

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    cryogenic sleep now please thank you

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    Xenogear_0001Xenogear_0001 Registered User regular
    Ohhhhhhh man. I had no plans to attend PAX East, but that may have just changed (assuming this is something feasible, of course).

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    herojoeherojoe IndianapolisRegistered User regular
    I will buy this no questions asked.

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    FremFrem Registered User regular
    I'm slightly disappointed that initial gameplay footage looks so much like Bastion. Don't get me wrong, Bastion was fantastic, but I played it a lot. It'll be a tough act to follow, especially with more of the same.

    What was that bit in the lyrics? "...before we all become one." Kidnapped people being fed to a networked brain entity sounds like an interesting premise.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Looks like it will be a neat game.

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    CaedwyrCaedwyr Registered User regular
    So I just showed the trailer to my wife, and her impression was that the art/setting reminded her of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and the music/vocals reminded her of Origa, who does the opening/closing songs to that show. Pretty high praise, since it is one of her favourite shows and she isn't that much into games. I hope it can live up to the tease they've given us.

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    Guitar Hero Of TimeGuitar Hero Of Time Registered User regular
    Someone that goes to PAX East, please post a report in this thread.

    I liked Bastion so much I bought it twice; X360 and Steam. Three times if you count gifting it.

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