decided to the job even if you destroy
me Megatron others is to defeat your
turn I'll just have to destroy you all
bumblebee transformers fall of Cybertron
this is a sequel to war of Cybertron
from 2010 I was actually gonna review
that game first I bought them both
online at the same time but when I
popped in war for Cybertron I found that
I had to load it first it literally took
me more than a half hour to install the
thing I was in shock when I saw this in
the time that it took to install this
game I could have beaten contra on NES
three times when it finally finished
installing I was busy doing something
else so I shut it off for another day
then the next time I was ready to play
the game I was worried that I might have
to load it again or something so I
decided screw it I'm just gonna play the
new one instead yeah fall of Cybertron
but before I go on I really should say
there's gonna be a few spoilers here so
you might want to stop now if you're
worried about hearing something that you
didn't want to know yet though if you're
familiar with the Transformers storyline
there really isn't too much to spoil
anyway now the whole reason I wanted to
play this game in the first place is
because I saw the trailer online and in
that I liked the design of the
Transformers they actually looked like
the g1 Transformers that I grew up with
instead of the redesign Michael Bay
style that's the main reason I decided
to give this game a shot because finally
the characters have the right look to
them speaking of the characters the game
offers a pretty good selection on the
first stage you play as bumblebee
nothing really too special about him
since the first stage is just really
about learning the controls you'll see
that the transformation sound is a
little different than in the original
cartoon that's a little disappointing
the next few stages after that you play
as Optimus Prime
he doesn't have his trailer but still he
looks close enough to the original
design that it's not too disappointing
and I suppose it makes sense that he
wouldn't have the trailer yet - because
this is before they travel to Earth and
Autobots haven't scanned all the earth
vehicles yet but if that is the case
then why does jazz look like a car hmm
either way they all look awesome
regardless you always so yeah you can
also play as jazz and Cliffjumper
Cliffjumper can use his cloak to become
invisible and jazz uses a grapple beam
to jump around you know why isn't
Cliffjumper the one that jumps around on
cliffs with a grapple his name is cliff
jumper and yet here's jazz jumping all
over the cliffs shouldn't it be the
reverse and actually wasn't mirage the
one who's supposed to be able to turn
invisible that all seems a little weird
but whatever besides playing as the
Autobots the game made the smart
decision to let you play as the
Decepticons as well about halfway
through the game that Decepticon
chapters begin and you play as vortex he
can transform into a helicopter and it's
really a fun change of pace but the
Decepticons don't get really awesome
until chapter 8 because that's when they
introduced the Combaticons which form
Bruticus he's similar in concept a
Devastator and might be my favorite
character in the game he can trample on
enemies and surrounding buildings and
he's got a flamethrower that torches the
hell out of everything he kicks ass then
of course there's Megatron and
Starscream they're feuding as usual
throughout the game but it's enjoyable
to become each one of them
Megatron can hover in the air and fire
down at enemies on the ground
he's pretty fun to use but he can only
stay in the air for a limited amount of
time where Starscream can fly
indefinitely so I actually like
Starscream a little bit better here
speaking of Megatron and Starscream I
have to mention there's some references
to the 1986 cartoon feature which are
most welcome early on Megatron is
surprisingly killed off Metroplex comes
in and smashes him to pieces with his
giant fists again and again and again
damn that is about as dead as you can
get
tied to face Starscream then becomes the
leader and he just flies away then later
on Megatron is rebuilt by Soundwave he
is just a robot after all so I guess
it's kind of impossible to kill off any
of these characters for good when they
can just be rebuilt upon reawakening
Megatron sees that Starscream has a soon
command and he gets pissed off and he
blows them away just like in
transformers the movie it's almost
exactly the same as the scene in the
film Starscream has the crown on and you
turn into a cannon that looks a lot like
Galvatron there's other nods to the
movie as well
like during the end credits they play
you've got the touch by Stan Bush like I
said the Autobot Metroplex appears in
this game and he's a prominent character
unfortunately you don't play as him I
can understand that though since he's so
huge but there's another huge autobot
that you can play that's right Grimlock
Grimlock controls a bit differently than
the other characters he uses a sword and
shield instead of a gun and similar to
Bruticus you can really just mow down
the smaller enemies easily with him but
of course that's not what makes him
great when you collect enough energy you
can transform Grimlock into his Dinobot
form and really create havoc I don't
have a whole lot to say about the
gameplay because you pretty much just go
around and shoot stuff the main draw
with the gameplay is really just to be
able to transform and when you are in
your vehicle form sometimes I feel that
the driving controls are kind of a
hassle it's not too bad but the controls
seem a little floaty like I mentioned
Grimlock is in the game but you don't
get to use him until the near the end of
the game
Grimlock give you a red major Grimlock
no answer
they talk about him the whole time so
you're anticipating using him the whole
game and then finally when you get to
use him he's kind of lackluster you
aren't able to turn into your Dinobot
form whenever you want
you'll have to wait until his rage meter
is full and it kind of drags some of the
fun out of it and also there's no puzzle
solving or anything to figure out in the
game when you have to do something an
arrow comes up on the screen telling you
how far it is to get to the goal and
then you just go there it's really fun
to be able to transform but outside of
that it's really nothing spectacular
they keep the game from becoming stale
though by providing you with a large
selection of different guns and weapons
to use my favorite are probably the
grenades that you can throw that are
like mini black holes the game is fairly
short I beat it in just two days I might
have been able to beat it in even one
day but there was a huge setback I got
to the part where jazz has to make a
getaway after defeating a horde of
insecticons and then guess what the game
walked up
what is it with the ps3 always freezing
I had to restart the PlayStation and
when I went back into the game I was at
the beginning of the mission so now I
just wasted like 40 minutes of my time
because I had to redo the whole thing
remember the last it's a short game and
there's so many things going on and it
all goes by so quickly that when I first
started playing I felt like I wasn't
really able to appreciate all the detail
that went into everything because it was
over so fast but that's fixed by the
fact that you can go through each level
again on higher difficulties and the
game is fun enough that you'll actually
want to do that too and also there's a
multiplayer mode where you can design
your own transformer so the replay value
is really high and I also like that
there's a bit of humor in the game
during chapter 11 you're using a random
Decepticon soldier as you begin the
soldiers are like making fun of
Starscream but then they hear his voice
and they get real nervous you hear about
Starscream there's a sound effect of
their knees clattering which is very
cartoonish like something out of
scooby-doo
it's a funny touch if you're like me and
you've been watching transformers since
the early g1 days this game is
definitely a fanservice directed towards
our generation and it really gives you a
fuller appreciation of what the
Transformers had to go through before
they got to earth where the TV series
began if they do a follow up to this
game where the Transformers get to earth
there's a few things that I'd like to
see in the next game first I'd like the
next game to have some puzzles to solve
I like how this game was divided up into
chapters but on each one of them there
should be something more to figure out
instead of just traveling around to
where the arrow tells you to go second
bring back the classic transformation
sound that's just a little thing but
that's the sound that we all grew up
with and remember and I think it needs
to be there third the real payoff in
this game I felt was during the final
chapter when you switch back and forth
between the Autobots and the Decepticons
in the same chapter I found it much more
intense this way and I hope the next
game switches back and forth between
sides a lot more often and lastly please
stick to this design style the way they
designed everything in this game
was done right and I'm afraid that the
next game is gonna come and when we see
like Devastator he won't be the classic
green construction vehicles that we know
he'll be like that big pile of trash
from the Michael Bay movies or something
and that would ruin it overall this game
is actually really nothing special for
any average gamer I want to stress you
have to be a die-hard Transformers fan
to love this game that said if you are a
die-hard Transformers fan like I am this
is I think the best Transformers game
ever made today and I'm really looking
forward to the City Court
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