Like Bastion, the world of Transistor has a beautiful, almost hand drawn feeling to it, but here everything is much sharper, much more angular. Red herself doesn't speak - exposition happens through the Transistor's conversations with Red - and right from the start you're digging through the backstory to figure out what's going on. You start the game pulling out a giant sword (the Transistor) from the body of a dead man, and things start to go in unexpected directions right away as the sword starts talking to Red. Transistor puts you in the shoes of Red, a popular singer in the city of Cloudbank. While the basic idea remains the same in both games, the way it is executed - whether we talk about gameplay, the visual aesthetic, or the use of audio - all help to make Transistor a very different, yet equally beautiful experience. Not surprisingly, that could also be a description of Transistor. The small company is (justifiably) famous as the developer of Bastion, which was a top down action-adventure game where you travel through a dystopic world fighting off an eclectic set of enemies with a collection of weapons that you can upgrade over time, accompanied by a beautiful soundtrack, an innovative, expositionary style of narration, and utterly gorgeous art and design. Transistor is the second game made by Supergiant Games.

On the other hand, if you're a newcomer to the game, the introduction will help you understand what Transistor is all about, and why you might want to play it. If you're already familiar with the game, and just want to know about how it handles on mobile devices, you could just skip the next section of this article. But how has it fared in the journey to mobile devices, and should you buy this game for your iPhone or iPad, especially if you haven't played the PC or PS4 version?īefore talking about the porting of Transistor, it's important to get a measure of what this game is, in the first place. We'd played the PC version last year and loved it, so purchasing Transistor on day-one was an obvious choice. Following in Bastion's footsteps, the game was released for iOS devices earlier this month. Transistor - made by Bastion creators Supergiant Games - first released in May 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Windows, followed by Linux and OS X versions in October.

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