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| | Title:
Transformers: The Game
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System:
Xbox 360
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Genre:
Action
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Publisher:
Activision
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Developer:
Travellers Tales
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Online:
No
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ESRB:
Teen (T)
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Despite all these problems Transformers drips with fan appreciation, and anyone who has been a fan of the cartoon series, or the movie will no doubt buy this game. There is nothing like driving around as Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, or flying through the skies as Blackout and then transforming to lay down some serious hurt on the enemies. This has to be the most satisfying part about the game and I couldn’t help but smile each time it happened. The Transformers themselves also look great despite the lack of next-gen visuals. It doesn’t matter if they are punching, jumping, or getting hit backwards each Transformer moves how he should and this falls very well in favor of the game.
Fans will have the choice to play as either the Autobots, or Decepticons in separate campaigns. Both intertwine each other, with the ultimate goal being to locate and obtain the All Spark. Both campaigns though are far too short and will leave the player wanting more. Of the two, the Decepticon’s missions gain the upper hand because of the emphasis on destruction. Where the Autobots are penalized for causing too much collateral damage, the Decepticons are encouraged to do so. At times I found myself just running through the city taking out as many structures as I could. It didn’t keep my attention too long, but for the time I tried it, causing havoc was a lot of fun. The Autobots campaign would have been more engaging if they would have let players control Optimus Prime more. It’s like playing a Spider-Man game and only controlling the webhead for twenty percent of the game.
In the graphics and audio the game is a balance between ok and disappointing. Transformers isn’t a pretty game, but it isn’t an ugly one either. All the Transformers from the movie are detailed and animated well, but the enemy models designed specifically for the game (generic enemies etc) look typical and ugly. Same goes for the environment. The crumbling building, and detailed pedestrians look great but the streets and other cars just don’t match up to the quality around them.
The voice acting is done well but the problem is that all the humor is lost with the quick cut scenes. Anyone who has seen the movie will attest to the times when it made them laugh, and these scenes in the game are so horribly flat that it is disappointing. The game does get points for including the original voices of Optimus Prime, and Sam from the movie. While Optimus’s voice serves its purpose, Sam’s is lost in the problem with the cutscenes mentioned earlier.
Transformers doesn’t live up to the hype. The poor mission structure coupled with boring combat, and mediocre graphics makes the game hard to play. It is really too bad since the promise of an open world Transformer game really had a lot of potential. Instead we given a sub par experience, making us wish the movie game videogame franchise would finally turn itself around.
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| The Core Score |
Overall
6.5 |
| Fun |
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7.0 |
| Gameplay |
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6.5 |
| Graphics |
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6.5 |
| Audio |
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6.5 |
| Replay |
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6.0 |
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| Kid Safe Score |
| 7 Good |
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Robot violence is about it. If you allowed your kids to see the movie than this game is perfectly fine for them to own. |
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