Transistor is the upcoming title from Supergiant Games, creators of the very popular Bastion.
Transistor is a sci-fi themed action RPG that invites players to wield an extraordinary weapon of unknown origin as they fight through a stunning futuristic city. The game seamlessly integrates thoughtful strategic planning into a fast-paced action experience, melding responsive gameplay and rich atmospheric storytelling. During the course of the adventure, players will piece together the Transistor’s mysteries as they pursue its former owners.
Red is the main character of Transistor, and is latest Cloudbank citizen to have their voice stolen. The Transistor is a powerful weapon and Red's only companion, it speaks in the deepest, smoothest voice possible.
Have a look at the reveal trailer to get a feel for the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTik6sYT_BE
You can now pre-order it on steam and whatever the ps4 thing is. You can preorder just the game, the game and soundtrack bundled together, or just the soundtrack if you're weird and that's all you want I guess.
More information on preordering can be found here.
I am super excited for this game you guys, possibly more than any other game coming out this year. I played the first 20 minutes at pax east and it was god damn incredible, the art and sound and gameplay were all tops and even if "seamless" is always an exaggeration this game does do a fantastic job of combining the action gameplay with the pause-and-plan mechanics.
Did I mention the art and visuals are incredible? Here have more pictures, click all this shit for hi res versions (all lifted from the
transistor page)
Everybody buy this game
Giant Bomb Quicklook and some other video review!
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It's safe to say I can't wait.
Steam
I am so damn excited for this game.
Most anticipated title of this year, by a huge margin.
I pre-ordered the PS4 version last week
spoilers for the first 10 minutes I guess (and no game audio which is a shame cause the audio is tops)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rh0UbaMbQs
For the first fifteen minutes or so without jabberin' over it (and with the gameplay audio and that sweet, sweet Logan Cunningham voice), there's always this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmlnUCK9oWI
Yes
Speaking of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHn0eyGZAA
At first, every enemy is just Process but the narrator starts giving them names like Creep and Jerk and Younglady
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In Bastion, Rucks was sort of omnipotent since he was just telling the story of how they got here while he was waiting for The Kid to finish the job
In Transistor, the narrator is the Transistor, and he's talking directly TO Red and to you the player as a result rather than ABOUT you in Bastion
He's directly present in the story rather than telling it after the fact
Oh dang I wish I could have gotten the one I got at pax signed, I bought that one and the cold war kid print and they look boss as hell
bastion was so freaking good that i can't wait for this
This time it's a giant sci-fi city that's still standing
I honestly do not have words to express
Something about Red makes me think about that shitty comment from some Team Ico guy and then a thought just in general
A worse developer would've gone "well the main character CAN'T be a girl, girls can't carry swords that heavy!"
But this is Supergiant so the main character is a badass-looking lady crushing stuff with a giant sword and riding a motorcycle
I totally forgot this was coming out this year
Not just this year, but this month.
yes
But in less than a week.
that's less than seven days!
that's not many!
Looking forward to dis soundtrack
Never listen to farg
My mama always told me don't trust a farg
yaaaay for arbitrary restrictions
More like
http://youtu.be/rX7wtNOkuHo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT55lch6y_U
(which mr. g found before me in the giant bomb thread)