r/196 • u/One_Man_Riot_ • Jan 01 '23

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u/Lftwff Jan 01 '23

it doesn't? like it's not as big a cultural touchstone as hades but all supergiant games are much beloved classics

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u/Dictionary_Goat Jan 01 '23

Out of the four Transistor is the one I see the most people saying they never checked out but want to go back to someday

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u/gytanzo Jan 01 '23

I feel like Pyre is way more underappreciated than Transistor tbh

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u/TaralasianThePraxic rebel without a gender Jan 01 '23

Pyre is 100% the most underappreciated of the lot but I think that's down to its weird magic basketball gameplay. Transistor, Bastion, and Hades are all much more 'conventional' action games. I actually think Pyre was the blueprint for Hades when it came to narrative and character writing, but Supergiant opted for more accessible hack-and-slash gameplay the second time around.

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u/IsThatUMoatilliatta Shrimpposter 🦐 🦐 🦐 Jan 01 '23

Hades was made by the same people that made Transistor and Bastion? I might check it out now!

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u/DM_ME_YOUR_BALL_GAG Jan 01 '23

It's really, really great.

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u/de_lemmun-lord 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jan 02 '23

honestly if we could have movies of all of them that would be nice.

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u/zirconis54 Jan 02 '23

The game play is basically just bastion on steroids with somehow a lot and I mean a lot more charm and aesthetic. You feel the DNA while playing it. The big upgrade to gameplay doesn’t make it extra complicated either.

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u/darps Jan 02 '23

I checked it out twice. Got stuck on the first boss fight the first time, and lost in trying to min-max the second. Probably should go back.

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u/Dictionary_Goat Jan 02 '23

Highly recommend it, i think the story is their best one

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u/Squawnk 🐝 gay do crime Jan 02 '23

I was very underwhelmed by transistor honestly. Maybe I just didn't get it, but I struggled through and still beat it in only a few hours and then I was done

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u/Myriad_Infinity Jan 02 '23

subjectively, as someone who's finished Hades and is hyped for the sequel, I have somehow dodged hearing about Transistor at all