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Even when I first heard Jon Bailey's Optimus Prime voice back in 2011, I was never a big fan of it, and the way it sounded here is even worse.

Deadput wrote:Going off of the leaked (old?) intro scene.

Having looked around on other websites/social media, it's kinda crazy how the opinion on Jon Bailey and other Peter Cullen impersonations have turned around in the last few years, back in say the 2010's people thought impersonations were cool and such or at least had less of a pushback as they do now.

Not that Jon's a bad VO, his Shockwave/Soundwave in Bumblebee were great and I'll always adore his portrayal of the Council Spokesman in Xcom Enemy Unknown/Within and Xcom 2. Although it seems people are especially touchy on Optimus Prime voices that aren't original takes like Garry Chalk or David Kaye.

At least with Jon, I think some of the backlash lately comes from what happened with Cullen's treatment by Travis Knight, his support of NFTs, and then his support of currently problematic Tara Strong

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:At least with Jon, I think some of the backlash lately comes from what happened with Cullen's treatment by Travis Knight, his support of NFTs, and then his support of currently problematic Tara Strong

Any artists who are considered "problematic" by oversensitive people are doing it right. However, supporting NFTs is deserving of a one way ticket to Hell.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:At least with Jon, I think some of the backlash lately comes from what happened with Cullen's treatment by Travis Knight, his support of NFTs, and then his support of currently problematic Tara Strong

Any artists who are considered "problematic" by oversensitive people are doing it right. However, supporting NFTs is deserving of a one way ticket to Hell.

I would argue Tara Strong is not even remotely doing it right, but sure.

Also, the Travis Knight thing is the reason Cullen actually hates Jon.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:At least with Jon, I think some of the backlash lately comes from what happened with Cullen's treatment by Travis Knight, his support of NFTs, and then his support of currently problematic Tara Strong

Any artists who are considered "problematic" by oversensitive people are doing it right. However, supporting NFTs is deserving of a one way ticket to Hell.

I would argue Tara Strong is not even remotely doing it right, but sure.

Also, the Travis Knight thing is the reason Cullen actually hates Jon.

I feel like I'm missing something here....Well a few things really

ZeroWolf wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:At least with Jon, I think some of the backlash lately comes from what happened with Cullen's treatment by Travis Knight, his support of NFTs, and then his support of currently problematic Tara Strong

Any artists who are considered "problematic" by oversensitive people are doing it right. However, supporting NFTs is deserving of a one way ticket to Hell.

I would argue Tara Strong is not even remotely doing it right, but sure.

Also, the Travis Knight thing is the reason Cullen actually hates Jon.

I feel like I'm missing something here....Well a few things really

The way the story seems to have fallen, Travis Knight was not going to use Peter Cullen in Bumblebee, but then he got really upset, or someone got really upset on his behalf, and then it was found that he actually despises people impersonating his version of Prime, and when he did record, something happened with Knight to make him more pissy.

I am not 100% sure on those details, but that is general outline I've gathered.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:At least with Jon, I think some of the backlash lately comes from what happened with Cullen's treatment by Travis Knight, his support of NFTs, and then his support of currently problematic Tara Strong

Any artists who are considered "problematic" by oversensitive people are doing it right. However, supporting NFTs is deserving of a one way ticket to Hell.

I would argue Tara Strong is not even remotely doing it right, but sure.

Also, the Travis Knight thing is the reason Cullen actually hates Jon.

I feel like I'm missing something here....Well a few things really

The way the story seems to have fallen, Travis Knight was not going to use Peter Cullen in Bumblebee, but then he got really upset, or someone got really upset on his behalf, and then it was found that he actually despises people impersonating his version of Prime, and when he did record, something happened with Knight to make him more pissy.

I am not 100% sure on those details, but that is general outline I've gathered.

Thanks D-Max, seems a very awkward situation.

While a cinematic trailer was released for the Transformers Reactivate game, which seems to be a live service game ala Warframe, we haven't had more info on it since. Well, the question was asked to a Hasbro Australia representative at a Transformers 40th Anniversary Event, in Australia, and this is what they said:

"it is highly anticipated and I know that fans are waiting for it to come out and be released. Hopefully in 2025, we will have more to show"

So we should expect nothing for the rest of the year. But the game is still coming out.

Here is the full video where the quote comes from:

While a cinematic trailer was released for the Transformers Reactivate game, which seems to be a live service game ala Warframe, we haven't had more info on it since. Well, the question was asked to a Hasbro Australia representative at a Transformers 40th Anniversary Event, in Australia, and this is what they said:

"it is highly anticipated and I know that fans are waiting for it to come out and be released. Hopefully in 2025, we will have more to show"

So we should expect nothing for the rest of the year. But the game is still coming out.

Here is the full video where the quote comes from:

Clearly, they are taking their time and redesigning the characthers to be more Armada inspired.

Day 1606 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

So a wait till 2025 just to tell us the game isn’t moving forward Hope we get some more figures out of it at least

"But the game is still coming out."
Believe it when I see it.

I'm sure I won't play the game, as it's not a single-player game, so whether it comes out TODAY, 203X, or never is not my concern. It's all about the figures for me. The 2 2-packs are nice enough, but I still haven't bought them as I don't see it's an on-going line, as I don't want a "Reactivate" shelf with only 4 figures.

But I do wish the game succeeds for those that's into live-service games so Hasbro have the incentives to come out with more figures, and then I'll probably dip into the line.

Just hope they get further than Transformers Universe did with the game

I guess that explains why Hasbro pulled "Rise Lifeline" from 2024 Studio Series wave 3 (along with TLK Drift) leaving the Decepticon Soldier as the only new figure in the wave.

I wonder how Hasbro feels about this, surely it's had an impact on their plans for 2024 and 2025.

Emerje

The live service trend is basically dying so unless they can pull a Helldiver 2 with this game, I have little hope.

As for the figures, they were only mid IMO. Not because of their looks, but because they were all fiddly to transform.

Let's wait and see how the rest develop.

-Kanrabat- wrote:The live service trend is basically dying so unless they can pull a Helldiver 2 with this game, I have little hope.

As for the figures, they were only mid IMO. Not because of their looks, but because they were all fiddly to transform.

Let's wait and see how the rest develop.

I agree with this, though I can't comment on the released toys, to expensive for me, 70/80 euro's for a 2 pack is just, too much for characters I have 100 versions of already.

That live service nonsense model is absolute trash. Just make 1 good game, if it sells, which means people like the product, then make an addon or sequel. Not this whole buy a 70-120 dollar game, that's stripped to sh*t. The game will have like 3 different enemies, extremely repetitive uninspired missions set in a dead and empty world. And the "Season pass" which is just a curse word in my book, will consist of recolors and more of the exact same.

I hope I'm wrong since I want a new Transformers game. I played WFC and FOC to death and need something new .

Guys, imagine this: Elden Ring but with Transformers. (and I don't even care if it's 90% melee and 10% shooting)

kurthy wrote:Believe it when I see it.

Same

While there won't be any updates for Transformers Reactivate until at least next year, something pretty cool has dropped. TFReaper has uploaded leaked gameplay footage of the game from 2020. It gives us an idea of the third person angle this game has along with the how the transformation gimmick is implemented along with what the enemies are. And we see that Bumblebee design that we are now very familiar with due to the toys.

The footage is from the tutorial area. It is also important to remember that the game has been massively reworked since so it may look very different from this once eventually released.

OK, this looks amazing. They seriously need to finish this game. We are LONG overdue for a new Transformers storyline, villain, and game. Legion, huh? Was anyone else getting ROTB Apelinq vibes from some of those targets?

So far, so good, but let's hope there's no plump HR lady or "consultants" agencies that sabotaged the game from the inside since then.

I want a Transformers game, not ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK.
Check it out, it's a classic!

The visuals are beautiful. And great gameplay in all of this…

But I can’t help thinking about the original beast wars PlayStation game. Like that one, It feels like they just dropped the transformers, brand and character models into a game that has nothing to do with transformers.

It’s missing all of the characterization, voices, plot, and lore that come with the franchise… All of the things that put heart and emotion and gravitas into a show or game. While I think it would be fun to play, I can’t help, but hope for another game on the horizon that is more in the lines of devastation or fall of Cybertron that will have me cheering for the characters I love and draw me into the story.

gothsaurus wrote:The visuals are beautiful. And great gameplay in all of this…

But I can’t help thinking about the original beast wars PlayStation game. Like that one, It feels like they just dropped the transformers, brand and character models into a game that has nothing to do with transformers.

It’s missing all of the characterization, voices, plot, and lore that come with the franchise… All of the things that put heart and emotion and gravitas into a show or game. While I think it would be fun to play, I can’t help, but hope for another game on the horizon that is more in the lines of devastation or fall of Cybertron that will have me cheering for the characters I love and draw me into the story.

Honestly, we don't know near enough about it to say it's missing those things. This is gameplay only, after all. What else do we know about this? Honestly, jack squat. We don't know the story. We don't know the characterizations. All we know is the figures we've gotten and this walkthrough with what may be a temporary voice actor.

william-james88 wrote:While there won't be any updates for Transformers Reactivate until at least next year, something pretty cool has dropped. TFReaper has uploaded leaked gameplay footage of the game from 2020. It gives us an idea of the third person angle this game has along with the how the transformation gimmick is implemented along with what the enemies are. And we see that Bumblebee design that we are now very familiar with due to the toys.

The footage is from the tutorial area. It is also important to remember that the game has been massively reworked since so it may look very different from this once eventually released.

Nice mix between High Moon Cybertron third person shooting and Devastation combat. Shame this isn't in the 40th anniversary while that one budget friendly racing combat game took its spot (if intended)