Transistor does things that I didn't expect from a game that make the fantasy of a world made of data come to life. While the overall plot gets hard to follow, the moment to moment jabs of the story hit well. The mix of action and planned strategy really appealed to me personally, though I imagine trying to take too strictly an action approach might leave some confused. All together, it's a smart design that bakes puzzles into combat while allowing for different approaches to the main game. It's everything I could have hoped for from a successor to Bastion.

Transistor does things that I didn't expect from a game that make the fantasy of a world made of data come to life. While the overall plot gets hard to follow, the moment to moment jabs of the story hit well. The mix of action and planned strategy really appealed to me personally, though I imagine trying to take too strictly an action approach might leave some confused. All together, it's a smart design that bakes puzzles into combat while allowing for different approaches to the main game. It's everything I could have hoped for from a successor to Bastion.