Transistor (video game)
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Transistor is a third person game about a woman without a voice and a man trapped within a blade. The second game to be launched by SuperGiant Games, this title launched in 2014 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PlayStation 4, and in 2015 for iOS devices.
Tropes used in Transistor (video game) include:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Sybil to Red.
- Apocalyptic Log: Found as the game progresses.
- Art Imitates Art: The art style is heavily inspired by Gustav Klimt and the Art Nouveau movement.
- Body Horror: What happens to those corrupted by the process, such as Sybil.
- Corrupted Data: The state the player finds Sybil in.
- The Corruption: The Process
- Creepy Monotone: Royce speaks with one.
- Enemy Mine: Royce Bracket proposes a truce to deal with the process.
- The Juggernaut: Royce points out that the process can’t be stopped, but could be made to do something else.
- Real Time: Gameplay when Turn() is not in play.
- The Speechless: Red
- Talking Weapon: The Transistor
- Turn Based Tactics: Played with. The game takes place in real time, but the player can call Turn() to pause the game and queue up a limited number of commands. Balancing real time evasion and combat with strategic use of Turn() is core to most playthroughs.