Transistor
Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective. Players control Red, a singer in the city of Cloudbank, as she wields a greatsword-like weapon called the Transistor against…
Transistor is an adventure developed by Supergiant Games, released 20 May 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS and Linux. The main story takes about 7.5 hrs to finish.
What Transistor is
Transistor is an adventure game developed by Supergiant Games and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MonoGame.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Red, a popular singer in the city of Cloudbank, kneels by the body of a man who has been killed with a glowing greatsword called the Transistor. The attack, carried out by a group of high-ranking officials called the Camerata, took away her voice, sealing it inside the weapon. The sword also absorbed the man's consciousness, allowing him to speak to Red and guide her. As Red moves through the city in pursuit of the Camerata, a robotic force called the Process attacks Cloudbank indiscriminately, and it becomes apparent that the Camerata have lost control of it.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Transistor holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 498 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15.2 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz, 4 GB RAM and 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
Transistor launched on 20 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Child of Light. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Child of Light.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Transistor yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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