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Transistor Makes Its Stage Debut Next Week

Supergiant's sci-fi songstress is finally ready for the spotlight on Steam and PS4.

May. 16 2014

Posted by: Brad

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Transistor

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I can't wait for the video content that will come from that video camera Jeff "gave" them!

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Shit, I though Bastion would be a tough act to follow... It looks as if they've passed it by a mile. Here's hoping the soundtrack is of the same calibre, it sounds as if it is.

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not a huge fan of isometric games, but the art looks really great and the sounds sound good too.

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It amazes me that smaller developers are still able to either budget for or find artists and designers that blow some of the AAA titles out of the water.

Between the soundtrack and art design, the gameplay could just be decent and I still think this will be an amazing game.

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Opened my email this morning to find a review code waiting for me. Can't wait to get home and start checking it out! Bastion was breathtaking in almost every way, and from the looks of it, this amazing team has upped the ante with their second game.

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@development: It's the sword. Same voice actor as the narrator in Bastion.

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I just preordered this on my ps4. I loved bastion and I'm sure that I'll love this game too.

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DAT HI-HAT

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Whoa. Kinda glad I didn't really follow this game all that closely, now. Will probably get this next week and finish it up in a couple days. Good shit, Supergiant Games!

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Really looking forward to this. Nice trailer.

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@fat_tomato: I've heard Gone Home runs not so well even on really good machines for some reason. Your laptop might be able to handle it. I, on the other hand, just have a macbook and a PS3! Gonna have to wait...

Bastion was damn near a perfect video-game and I have full trust on them that this will reach that level. Most awaited game of 2014 for me unless something crazy happens on E3.

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This looks so fucking awesome!

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Holy fucking god yes please.

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@krabboss said:

@anzejk said:

Weeeeeeee ;( One whole month till we can play this. ;(

Can't wait for this game. I KNOW it's gonna be amazing, like Bastion was.

It's out in like 3 days dude.

LOL, my bad. I thought i read somewhere they moved the release for 1 month, stupid me. :)

Even trailer says 20.may. :D So this is great news. Gonna preorder right away. :)

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@matoyak: hope the game makes its way to mac, linux, etc but if microsoft holds fast on their release parity clause, it won't be hitting xbox one

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No thanks, I'd rather play Bombshell...

...said no one ever.

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Get hype!

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Sounds like gritty Kasavin narrating. 10/10

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Wasn't too excited about this one because I didn't enjoy Bastion too much and only made it through the first 2 hours before getting bored. But this trailer did a good job at rekindling my interest and now I'm looking forward to the Quick Look to see how the game turns out.

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This game looks stunning! I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Really nice trailer.

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@anzejk said:

Weeeeeeee ;( One whole month till we can play this. ;(

Can't wait for this game. I KNOW it's gonna be amazing, like Bastion was.

It's out in like 3 days dude.

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As good as Bastion was, this seems like a pretty impressive step up for SuperGiant.

Also I really wish I had a way to play this! No PS4 and my laptop totally couldn't handle it. Does SuperGiant got something against the PS3?!

Did your lappie run Bastion? I bet you could probably run this game. Supergiant makes amazing looking but hardware undemanding games. I bet you could run this game with a 10 yr old laptop. :)

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@lazerface said:

i still can't for the life of me understand why this isn't on the ps3 or 360. can last gen consoles not handle this or something?

Couple potential reasons:

1. The 360 and PS3 are completely different architectures, and SuperGiant is, amusingly, a rather small team. Likely focused on x86-based Architectures first, and didn't have the time/money to develop Cell and PowerPC-based versions.

2. They had MUCH more success on every platform that wasn't a console than any of the consoles for Bastion. They also didn't seem to enjoy working with Microsoft too much (shock and surprise - not many people seem to enjoy working with them). They probably are one of the indies that Sony reached out to, hence there being a PS4 version at all. (At least for now. It's pretty likely that we'll see Transistor on every platform Bastion landed on, except for maybe last-gen platforms)

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20$ on their own site (http://supergiantgames.com/) if you dont feel like paying that euro premium on steam.

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HALLELUJAH!

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Was that Logan doing the voice for the trailer? If so I'm impressed. I was afraid he would just end up doing the Bastion narrator voice again. Glad he is more versatile than I thought. Granted I didnt know anything about him before Bastion.

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Jeezy creezy, that is a nice looking game. Feeling pretty good about that pre-order right now.

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Really praying this is gonna be a great game if not, better than bastion! ^_^

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TO CELEBRATE THIS RELEASE, I AM GIVING AWAY A BASTION STEAM KEY

All you have to do is trade me a foil card or key (something valuable like that) on steam and the bastion key is yours!

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Yes.

Give me more cyberpunk art-deco

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i still can't for the life of me understand why this isn't on the ps3 or 360. can last gen consoles not handle this or something?

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Holy fuck this game looks sexy now! o_____o

I am also in similar boat not sure what to play it on. I'm sure I could coax my desktop in to running it but it wouldn't look pretty and probably wouldn't be smooth. Haven't jumped on to new console gen yet... hmmm. Hmmmmmmmm i say.

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@xbob42: I guess I should say it wouldn't be able to run it well. Like I had trouble playing frickin Gone Home on it! But who knows, I should probably just give it a try

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So Hype.

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As good as Bastion was, this seems like a pretty impressive step up for SuperGiant.

Also I really wish I had a way to play this! No PS4 and my laptop totally couldn't handle it. Does SuperGiant just got something against the PS3 or something?!

Your laptop couldn't handle it? Is your laptop 150 pounds and made out of graham crackers? Who still has laptops that old?!

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The mood this creates is just amazing. It looks incredible, day one.

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I still get the Bastion-feel from this game, but god damn if it doesn't look incredible

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Yep, still my most anticipated game of the year.

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soundtrack's already gonna be on repeat.

also game somehow looks prettier than Bastion.

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Will be getting on PS4 for sure. It'll probably keep Drakengard 3 in the shrinkwrap for a few extra days.

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I never played Bastion mainly because it never came to PS3 but I am getting this for sure on PS4. Looks great.

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As good as Bastion was, this seems like a pretty impressive step up for SuperGiant.

Also I really wish I had a way to play this! No PS4 and my laptop totally couldn't handle it. Does SuperGiant got something against the PS3?!

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Getting a Kill Bill vibe from this trailer.

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I'm excited to see Logan Cunningham is not simply repeating his Rucks voice for this. Here's hoping his performance in this ends up being just as memorable.