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Supergiant Games' New Project Is Called Transistor

And yes, it looks pretty much amazing.

Mar. 19 2013

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Transistor

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DAT MUSIC

DAT STYLE

DAT EVERYTHANG

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Sold.

First game to look forward to in 2014, unless I missed something.

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The people who made Bastion can do no wrong. This looks great.

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I'm in for the game, and also the soundtrack. Damn.

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God damn I would pay 20 bucks to play whatever version of the game is out right now

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Great artstyle, great music, and it looks like it's using Bastion's engine. Very much yes. Bastion is one of my all-time favorite games right up there with Planescape:Torment, Kirby Super Star and Fallout 1 & 2.

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Oh god yes. Today was a good day.

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Looks pretty damn cool but why must the camera be so far out?! i wanna see this pretty art up close!.

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@posh said:

i mean i guess it looks cool but i'm kinda bummed they seem to be making "bastion 2"

Yeah, the enemy design is like ripped right out of Bastion.

Ah well, looks good though, should be a solid game.

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Is this that FFVII re-make?

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Fuckin' so ready for more from Super Giant.

People who say it looks too similar to Bastion, I'm side-eyeing you so fucking hard now. Did you play Bastion, why wouldn't you want the people who made it to keep making things in that vein? Where else can you get a game like that these days -- I'm glad they didn't decide to make a radically different game.

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I really need to play Bastion.

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wow, yes

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I'm on the fence regarding the art style, but I really like the song.

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Go Greg! Looks great! Cant wait for more!

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Bastion was my GOTY 2011, so anything coming from Supergiant is as good as bought. This doesn't catch me all that much on it's own though... need to see more.

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While I usually don't care for isometric games, I'll give this a go for their track record and stellar sense of style.

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This looks pretty, and has a nice song. I like the sword with the electrical contacts on it. It's neat.

But... Bastion, aside from it's (absolutely fantastic and stunning) visuals, humor, and music, was really basic. I don't fully comprehend what is happening in the trailer during the gameplay bits, but it looks like they employed a bit more strategy in the combat here. I hope that's true. If it's another hack-and-slash game, I'm probably going to skip it. Incredible aesthetics can only get you so far.

EDIT:

Though watching it again, that song is really fucking good. Also, some scenes... man, I would hang every goddamn bit of this trailer as a poster on my wall.

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No surprise, this resembles Bastion a lot. I'm in.

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Yeah you do. Its on sale through the humble bundle this week. That's how I played Bastion.

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Looks like they haven't changed much from Bastion, which is a bit disappointing. Also, terrible song choice.

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What platform will this game be for?

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Beautiful.

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Too legit to quit.

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I... don't get why everybody's nergasming over this. It looks like Bastion, yeah, which turned out to be pretty cool, but that's it. It's not like we were presented Half-Life 3 or something of that caliber. Anyways, I guess the excitement comes from Greg Kasavin being the lead force behind this title.

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To nitpick for a moment: I'm not into that running animation at all.

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Hey it just dawned upon me - this is probably the game Jeff was talking about in his article last Sunday, right?

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@gaspower said:

@erikschroder said:

Building A Transistor coming up?

Building THE Transistor. :D

Yeah, but I thought "a" would be more fitting for this, I don't know.

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Looks great. Bastion didn't get it's hooks in me like it did for most people, gonna have to revisit it and try to get into it again I think.

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Looks like the combat will be Bastion-like. That's fine, though. I could use some more of that.

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@brendan said:

@bakkelun said:

Looks too similar to Bastion in both viewpoint, graphics and art style. One of the enemies even looks like one of those from Bastion.

If it was a sequel to Bastion, would you be complaining? I'd rather take another similar game that differentiates itself more than a direct follow-up would.

Bastion doesn't need a sequel. And we don't need another Bastion-ish game, which this looks like.