I received Transistor for free through PS Plus for the PS4- and I remembered enjoying the music from it when it had only been but a trailer at E3 a year or two before. I decided to pick it up on a whim, but I could barely put it down. The game doesn't take long to complete, admittedly, but it offers stunning visuals, game-play, story, and music to compensate. The game-play is best described as turn based, with a hack and slash element. Using both to your advantage is the best strategy I could come up with, but the combat is incredibly rewarding. Having the option to plan things out a million times to find the best combination and then watching it unfold was terrific. And the story proves, without a shadow of a doubt, that independent studios have beautiful stories to tell as well, and that they too are making games into the forefront of narrative vehicles. Slight spoiler in that the ending of the game is painfully perfect, but it is more obvious than the rest of the story and helps add a finished tone to the game that would otherwise detract from it. Totally worth the time dedicated to it, and I would recommend it to anyone.
Review of Transistor
