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and steel series hey guys we're here at the super giant games Booth to check out
their new game transistor if you guys have watched the live stream much you guys probably know that I'm a huge fan
of Bastion as I've recommended it multiple times uh especially during the
Steam summer sale when it was super cheap so no problem no
problem um so transistor is not basan 2
it is its own game entirely what else can you tell me about transistor the transistor is the new science fiction
themed action PG from uh super giant games the creators of Bastion uh we have
the whole team back together again to to work on this next project with a handful
uh new people um and it sort of features
uh you know Rich hand painted world it's like a beautiful uh sort of city uh and
it has a new protagonist red our main character uh we also have uh the voice
of Logan Cunningham who was the narrator uh uh of character of ruxs in Bastion
back as a as a different character as the voice coming from the transistor uh
interacting with red throughout our journey the game is a little bit more
tactical a little bit more strategic you can pause the game at any time and sort
of issue a bunch of commands and you know undo them and figure out what you
want to do and then execute them and see how they all turn out so it's a sort of
you know strategic game but within a more immediate and real-time feel that's
cool he mentioned RX or the narrator from basian and that's a really big
point because they're bringing back stuff like uh audio that the the the
music that they had in the previous game was so good and very very well known I
have I bought the soundtrack and listened to it actively even though I beat the game a long time ago and their
narrator people like him so much they're buying audio packs for Dota 2 so they
can listen to him while they play Dota 2 so bringing these elements back it's a
really good idea because it makes such a complete game and while this isn't basan
2 you can definitely see influences so if you're a fan of Bastion I'd highly
recommend playing it is there any like what's your favorite part about the game
uh my favorite part about the game is probably music so like Darren uh Darren
is my longtime friend I've known him since I was like 8 years old or something like that uh and he's a
composer for for the game he did all the music for Bastion uh and you know the
first work he did was stunning it like won BGA and stuff and it was super cool
for me as his friend that that happened uh and then to see him sort of like
outdo himself on the subsequent game has been really really awesome so uh
definitely a big fan of of of the music of the game among the many things that
that I enjoy about it yeah yeah now I don't want any spoilers but what can you
tell me about the storyline in transistor I mean so I can sort of tell
you a little bit of what we're showing here it's just you know uh you come into
the uh into the into the game Into The Experience uh uh the character red is
there and uh she's got the transistor uh and she hears a voice coming from it uh
basically urging her to get away from uh this sort of mysterious Force that's
pursuing her at every turn uh through the city and I don't want to give away
too much but uh but basically what we have here is the introduction of that of
the of the sort of forces of antagonism that are that are trying to uh lock red
down and and uh and you know the introduction to the game game play
mechanics the transistor itself uh all its secrets and Mysteries and powers
that we sort of let you uh unlock and wield over the course of the game cool
cool and I know basan was on quite a few platforms so what platforms are people
going to be able to buy transistor on so transistor will launch uh on the PS4 and
PC via Steam and our website cool cool
uh do you have a release date for it uh it's early next year yeah we we don't
have a date yet I wish I knew but uh we're still working on it um it's got a
little bit way a little bit ways to go so so yeah but it'll be there next year
early next year yeah I'm actually happy to hear that because very locked down
release dates are often not a good thing I'd rather it was released when it was ready yeah no for us that's a big deal
it's very important so yeah yeah yeah uh
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