Impressive art direction and soundtrack are the standouts of this game! The art takes on a blend of styles of Art Nouveau along with cyberpunk aspects with its worldbuilding. Settings and backgrounds are some of my favorite parts when it comes to this. Soundtrack is one to marvel at with how it elevates the game with downtempo and trip hop.
Gameplay mechanics are absolutely amazing with a strong blend of strategy and realtime. Creating a loadout of abilities that you play and adapt yourself to is also one of the most creative parts of the game seeing as there are countless playstyles to abide by. Throughout the game, you recruit new abilities that you can creates countless unique combinations with. The mechanic of Limiters is also commendable for how you can add layers of difficulty for earning more EXP.
Despite all the great praise I have for the game, the gameplay sometimes falls flat due to how undeservingly punishing it can be without it being the player's fault. My biggest issue of this arises from planned attacks not lining up or unable to land all hits which is extremely frustrating and happens far too often. Along with this, the second boss fight suffers due to the reasons stated. Other than that, I can't recommend this game enough.
With unique gameplay, art, and soundtrack, Transistor deserves to be experienced at least once despite with some annoying things that don't take away from the enjoyment of what makes it standout.
Gameplay mechanics are absolutely amazing with a strong blend of strategy and realtime. Creating a loadout of abilities that you play and adapt yourself to is also one of the most creative parts of the game seeing as there are countless playstyles to abide by. Throughout the game, you recruit new abilities that you can creates countless unique combinations with. The mechanic of Limiters is also commendable for how you can add layers of difficulty for earning more EXP.
Despite all the great praise I have for the game, the gameplay sometimes falls flat due to how undeservingly punishing it can be without it being the player's fault. My biggest issue of this arises from planned attacks not lining up or unable to land all hits which is extremely frustrating and happens far too often. Along with this, the second boss fight suffers due to the reasons stated. Other than that, I can't recommend this game enough.
With unique gameplay, art, and soundtrack, Transistor deserves to be experienced at least once despite with some annoying things that don't take away from the enjoyment of what makes it standout.