Autobots and Decepticons. One shall stand, one shall fall.
Whether you're an old school 80s Transformers fan or a newcomer to the series, there's no doubting the marketing power and summer blockbuster aura around Transformers: The Movie. A series now over 20 years in the making, you'd be hard-pressed to find gamers out there who don't know the story of the noble Autobots and evil Decepticons, so when a Transformer game comes along -- let alone one based on a movie with an immense amount of buzz -- people are going to pay attention to it. Interestingly enough, however, amongst each of the three games, we ultimately share the same opinion; Transformers: The Game is a shell of what it could have been, and ultimately only a passable experience.
Transformers: The Game is a token movie/game experience. Published by Activision and developed by Traveller's Tales, the game offers a parallel story to the film, allowing players to take the side of either Autobot or Decepticon and go between the scenes of Bay's movie in a free-form, mission-based experience. From initial boot, the game is already hit and miss, as the introductory cut-scene is horribly compressed, rendering what might have been an atmospheric cinematic less so. Along with it though, the voice of Optimus Prime himself details the history of the Autobot/Decepticon rivalry, familiarizing fans and newcomers alike to Bay's interpretation of the franchise. From there, players choose either Autobot or Decepticon loyalty and begin their quest to retrieve the "AllSpark."
Some features,
- Protect Or Destroy The Earth – As the TRANSFORMERS robot’s war comes to Earth, gamers make the choice to join the AUTOBOTS in protecting our planet or to join the DECEPTICONS in destroying it. With dual campaigns, the fate of the world is in players’ hands.
- MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE – Instantly change from a larger than life robot to a high-powered vehicle such as a sports car, fighter jet or helicopter. Seamless transformations leave enemies in the dust or enhance players’ combat strategy with a range of options in both vehicle and robot modes that take full advantage of the characters’ dual forms.
- The World Is Your Playground – Players crush, topple and wreck every object, including buildings and vehicles, in their path or use the objects as weapons. It is up to the gamer to decide how best to use their surrounding environment.
- Freedom of Choice – An unprecedented line-up lets gamers experience the massive scale, unique abilities and sheer strength of an army of characters from the TRANSFORMERS universe when they choose to play as OPTIMUS PRIME, MEGATRON, IRONHIDE, STARSCREAM, BUMBLEBEE and more.
- Variety of Combat – For head-to-head battles, fans engage in melee combat that reflects each TRANSFORMERS robot’s character, scale, weight and power along with melee weapons and special moves unique to each character. The game’s ranged combat offers a wide array of projective weapons designed to take out enemies from afar.
Linear Mode
