It works perfectly with my wired Xbox360 controller.

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I don't really feel comfortable giving critique here, because I don't think anything about the game is particularly bad. It just failed to keep my interest.

I'm always interested in critique because I write about these games because I love them so much. But completely agree that sometimes something just doesn't click. I'm like that with a LOT of extremely popular games too, but I do like to try to figure out why.

Example - I've played about 5 hours of the latest Tomb Raider, but for some reason I'm just... meh. Same thing happened in Mad Max. I liked it, but then just kind of phased out of playing it any further. No idea why.

And remember that this happened with me on Transistor too. It took a replay, several months later, for me to see its magic. Maybe the same thing will happen when I eventually revisit Mad Max (now with added Vulkan!), or RotTR. Hopefully!

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Odd themes of this not clicking for some people. I'd love to dig into why. It can't all be an expectation of "more Bastion".

Quoting: saturnoyo+1. I just couldn't play for long, I was not having fun and the sword was boring me to no end.

Whaaaa? The Transistor is endlessly customisable. Shoot, stab, explode, slow, launch, AoE, speed up, pull/gravity, clone, subvert, invisibility... the list of what it can do is insane. Pretty much the reason I love this game so much.

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Quoting: tuubiThe game is aesthetically very pleasing, but I just couldn't push myself to finish it. I guess I simply wasn't having fun. Couldn't say why exactly. On paper the game should be right up my alley.

I had a similar problem with my very first experience of Transistor too. I think I was just expecting more Bastion and it... isn't. Also, the depth of customisation didn't strike me on my first run and I was finding some of the battles extremely challenging.

My second experience though was much more positive and I've completed this one around four times now. I just keep coming back to it.

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I'm too lazy to check (and not convinced I'd understand it if I did), but I wonder if this in any way impacts the "to do" list that the "Edge of Eternity" devs compiled for Unity...

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I love the look of this. The mix of RTS, base building and action... yep. Keeping an eye on this, definitely.

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I do like how Rust looks. Just a shame it's mainly PVP... just not my thing.

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Steam's trying to sell games, I get it. But it really annoys me that their "recently posted" section features 9 negative reviews, but the overall rating is "mostly positive"??

Even the positive reviews note game-breaking bugs, performance issues after 20 hours and AI that just doesn't work. Really weird and frustrating when I see such negativity summed up by Steam as mostly positive.

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Looks pretty sweet. Might have to dip into this while I wait for 7 Days to Die Alpha 17!

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Quoting: KelsYou mention that the writing is top-notch, and the plot is amazing. But you don't seem to say much of anything about what the plot is actually about. Lots of superlatives about it, but that's all. It feels a little like being told about wonderful graphics but not being shown any screenshots.

It's true and that was on purpose. Honestly, the game is so short that I could ruin it in about 30 words! I suppose I'm over-reacting though - I could have done a better job to summarise. As I say in the article, you're a super-spy/detective dude who witnesses, and is pulled into, a murder and the subsequent consequences of the actions he takes to ensure that he isn't accused of that murder.

As for the superlatives - this is PIN! I'm going to rave about every game I put in this series!! :)

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