For only having three characters with voices and only one of those you hear for a majority of the time, the dialogue was skillfully written in a way where you don’t get tired of hearing Red’s beau speak. While you do have to get in a general area, the prompt for these little pieces of flavor dialogue are easy to see so you don’t have to worry about missing one that was hidden behind some bullshit wall. In terms of game design, what I really have to appreciate with Transistor is how easy all the search points are to find. With around a seven hour playtime (an hour or so longer if you’re going to get as much as you can on the first playthrough), the story keeps going at a pace that keeps the player interested and invested, while still allowing moments for meandering thought or exploring. This game is just… oh my god, it’s so good. Resolute in her decision, Red sits next to her lover’s body, and then impales herself with the Transistor, finding him again within the sword. His body is no longer a part of the Process, but then again, it wasn’t the Process that killed him. Uncovering it, her lover tells her that he can’t go back-he’ll never be alive again. Immediately, she returns to the body of her lover, which had been absorbed by the Process in the meantime. Once back in the real world, Red finds that she can undo everything the Process did, just as the Camerata member promised. Since there can only be one Transistor, he battles her, eventually losing, and sending Red back to Cloudbank. However, what the Camerata member kept to himself was that Red would be teleported inside the Transistor, and that he also has a Transistor. Doing so-while both main characters struggle with the fact that this may be the last time they interact with each other-the Process halts. Thus, to stop it Red must relinquish the Transistor to its original resting place. The Process, as it turns out, was the paint to the Transistor’s paintbrush, allowing the Camerata to change the city to the people’s (and their) whims. Strangely enough, he’s willing to parlay with no effort needed, and more than that, he explains how Red can return beauty back to the city, stopping the Process entirely. The city looks a little less… everything under the work of the Process With all but one of the members of the Camerata faded from existence, Red and her love head to the Fairview District to speak with the remaining man. Speaking with one of the last living members reveals that the group was honestly trying to help the city however they were messing with technology far beyond their control and, well, killed everyone in the city and changed all the stunning art deco architecture into white squares. Foes called “the Process” continue to try and impede Red’s vengeance, however these computerized baddies aren’t harbingers of the Camerata. This secret group lives by the phrase “when everything changes, nothing changes,” however, for as sinister as that sounds, something immediately feels off. Making their way through Cloudbank, her lover expounds on the mysterious Illuminati-like group behind everything in the city: the Camerata. This revenge isn’t simply for her lover, but also for her-in the scuffle, Red, an accomplished singer, lost her voice to the Transistor. Without knowing how they teleported from the crime scene-a concert hall-to the plaza, Red takes the Transistor and sets out to bring justice to the group behind her lover’s death, and many other strange disappearances in Cloudbank. As such, his body lies limp in the plaza of Cloudbank while his consciousness has entered a strange sword (that is concurrently impaling him),which will be known as the Transistor later on. Our protagonist Red is still reeling from an assassination attempt on her life, for which her lover took the blow, shielding her from harm. Supergiant Games starts out with a bang, by which I mean a death. Trigger warning for a mention of suicide below the cut. If you want the long of it, follow me below the cut (with all those juicy spoilers) and see what makes this game so goddamned good. Even if you’re kind of ehh about video games, play this game. I am honestly so mad at myself for not playing this earlier-Steam backlog be damned! So, if you want the short of it: play this game. Get with the times, geez,” followed by a very mumbled and incoherent “yeah, I guess you’re not wrong, though.” Everything about Transistor outside of the gameplay feels like it was catered to my tastes: female protagonist, stunning art deco theming, romance. You can ask me right now, “Rin, Transistor came out in 2014 and you haven’t played it until this very day ?” To which I will reply, “no, you silly.
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