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News Credits: 24 · by **Albershide** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:29 am

Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Av8GUC ... r_embedded

Shockwave looks great.

Here is a better quality:

http://www.ign.com/

by **Joshua Vallse** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:44 am

Hummmmmmmm.......

His texture or color scheme seems to be a little off from whats been revealed in figure form. Then again it is a game trailer....

Still not enough however. Common Paramount, grow a pair and give us a good glimpse of ol' one eye...with dialogue. I wan't to be prepared ahead of time if Soundwave is going to sound like an old man or Murdock from the A-Team or Steve Urkle or some other random and very odd voice actor.

by **DJLazer** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:41 pm

cant wait for the game.

by **Capt.Failure** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:00 pm

Considering how much I defend the movies, this may come as a shock.

I think the game looks like crap, just like the first two. At least War for Cybertron was good. :BANG_HEAD:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... ensedGames <--link related

News Credits: 24 · by **Albershide** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:14 am

Hi Res look:

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:37 am

His face around the mouth looks like Tarantulas' from Beast Wars. Still disappointed with this design, though. But with the exception of Bumblebee, RoTF Leader Prime, and Ironhide, all the movie toys are inferior to their previous counterparts, whether it be G1 or otherwise.

Like GEEWUN on Facebook · by **GEEWUN** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:10 am

Why the heck is he grey?!?!?!?!?!

by **Joshua Vallse** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:36 am

Still doesnt count

I'm kidding, I'm actually very appreciative for these images. For the most part though I'd say they need to throw some color on Shockwaves chassis. Otherwise it just looks too close to Megatron, which Shockwave pretty much is so you'd think they'd jump on any chance really to distinguish the two from each other.....of couse the other very non obvious way would be to change one of them into a truck..... #-o

He's looking too skeletal though, now that I'm getting a semi-good look at him. I think they need to highlight his more robotic features....keep it in everyone's mind he is robotic in orgin. God I hope he really does transform.
~Josh

News Credits: 24 · by **Albershide** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:10 am

More images of Shockwave:

And more info of the game:

http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/20 ... -moon.html

by **Red 50** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:58 am

Albershide wrote:More images of Shockwave:

And more info of the game:

http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/20 ... -moon.html

Wow, he looks even more evil than Megatron did.

by **Joshua Vallse** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:03 pm

I like the crown they gave him now that we have a shot of his side profile. The way it curls forward like horns appeases me. Still, a little color would do him some good. Is there such thing as cybertronian sunbathing?

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:10 pm

There seems to be hints of purple in the posters (and, assuming that was him, in the movie trailer). At least the toy is purple.

The sideways crab jaws are an odd choice (though I do love weird organic-looking robots), more so because it makes me think of his Animated counterpart. Wonder how that'll animate in the movie.

by **Joshua Vallse** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:01 am

Nah, I think thats just the color filter they chose for that particular shot. The thing is the figure they made looks good with that color scheme, I don't see why they would be so hesitant to translate that into production. I mean a purple bot can't be that much harder to light then sayyyy, a bot with a black paint job or better yet a Blue Bot with Bright red/orange flames.

I'm kinda curious about the mouth animation as well. But it kinda has me nervous too, I'm afraid they'll over compensate the lack of facial expressions in Shockwaves design with over zealous and flashy mouth animation....which already looks too bug like. thats something I've notices for a good majority of the

designs in this Bay-verse. They all have very insect inspires design schemes. Even those that are suppose to be mixed with other anthropomorphic types (Ravage/Panther) have bug eyes..or eye, side mandibles, pincers, bettle mouths...hence why with Shockwave I kind of hope he has no mouth animation. He's just there to be what he is;

A Big Bad Bot with a Big Bad Blaster

Quick movie prediction, easy $ that Shockwave has his eye popped or shot at some point during the climax of the film. Just seems like something Bay would do ha ha ha