The Energon Pub

First-Aid wrote:Yes I have

Oooffff.......

For me using the VR set I will be just fine. It's seeing the initial bill, pay it, then find out I'll have to buy a new one in two years because no retro-compatibility, that would make me barf.
(Starring daggers at you, Playstation.)
Or being locked out of it because I posted the wrong opinion on Facebook.
(Starring daggers at you, Oculus.)

A disclaimer though, it's relatively easy to change the position of the camera when programming so the game may have started out in 3rd person but in the years since that footage could have easily changed. Especially if hasbro came along and said "that overwatch/fortnite is popular! Give us that"

What we really need is more official information to clear this up, but we're probably not going to get that till January at the earliest (unless the developers give an interview somewhere in the mean time)

Tiny pictures aside, do Soundwave and Ironhide basically transform into the same thing?

ZeroWolf wrote:A disclaimer though, it's relatively easy to change the position of the camera when programming so the game may have started out in 3rd person but in the years since that footage could have easily changed. Especially if hasbro came along and said "that overwatch/fortnite is popular! Give us that"

What we really need is more official information to clear this up, but we're probably not going to get that till January at the earliest (unless the developers give an interview somewhere in the mean time)

Agreed. I’m taking everything with a grain of salt until Splash Damage says otherwise.

Again I apologise for not being able to share this in more detail (on my phone) but Redditor LuizFelipe1906 has shared several interesting gameplay and character customisation screens reportedly for Transformers: Reactivate: https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/c ... ame=iossmf

-That is a VERY WfC/FoC looking Soundwave, so I love it by default of nostalgia
-Seeker designs look cool, but I'd like to see the full bodies
-Windblade (hey Hasbro remembered her, look at that)....sure looks like Windblade, not really seeing any unique tweaks here
-Ironhide is looking surprisingly like his Prime design, I'm into it
-Hotrod and Sunstreaker I definitely need to see more of to be certain, but initial reaction is definitely no thank you, I'll pass

ZeroWolf wrote:overwatch/fortnite

...every time someone in this thread treats these two as interchangeable/comparable I die a little inside.

Nemesis Primal wrote:-That is a VERY WfC/FoC looking Soundwave, so I love it by default of nostalgia
-Seeker designs look cool, but I'd like to see the full bodies
-Windblade (hey Hasbro remembered her, look at that)....sure looks like Windblade, not really seeing any unique tweaks here
-Ironhide is looking surprisingly like his Prime design, I'm into it
-Hotrod and Sunstreaker I definitely need to see more of to be certain, but initial reaction is definitely no thank you, I'll pass

ZeroWolf wrote:overwatch/fortnite

...every time someone in this thread treats these two as interchangeable/comparable I die a little inside.

Oh I know the games are nothing alike, but I was thinking more of popularity (though Overwatch 2 has caused that to dip thanks to Activision Blizzard predatory business practices and shoddy launch). Hasbro executives won't care about how the game works, they'll just care about the green it brings in.

RotorstormNZ wrote:Again I apologise for not being able to share this in more detail (on my phone) but Redditor LuizFelipe1906 has shared several interesting gameplay and character customisation screens reportedly for Transformers: Reactivate: https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/c ... ame=iossmf

Here are the said screenshots:
via LuizFelipe1906 01 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 02 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 03 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 04 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 05 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 06 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 07 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
via LuizFelipe1906 08 by Zac Yates, on Flickr

It does have a "WFC on Earth" look the aesthetic. A true third game to WFC/FoC, not like the awful RotDS. Fingers crossed it pans out that way. I suppose, as it is on Earth, you can't avoid some level of human involvement. Although Devastation did that well enough.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:It does have a "WFC on Earth" look the aesthetic. A true third game to WFC/FoC, not like the awful RotDS. Fingers crossed it pans out that way. I suppose, as it is on Earth, you can't avoid some level of human involvement. Although Devastation did that well enough.

I'd expect human involvement to be extremely limited especially if there's no single player mode (the developer is only known for multiplayer games like Enemy Territory)

The free to play aspects are on full display with these screenshots, but we were all fully prepared for that.

Yeah, that's the deal breaker for me. I don't do (non-local) multiplayer games anymore.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yeah, that's the deal breaker for me. I don't do (non-local) multiplayer games anymore.

Same, I probably won't get it because of the free to play stuff either.

Its my old man yells at clouds moment but I long for the days of old where everything was unlockable within game without having to grind useless in game currency (while the carrot of real world currency to quick unlock dangled).

ZeroWolf wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yeah, that's the deal breaker for me. I don't do (non-local) multiplayer games anymore.

Same, I probably won't get it because of the free to play stuff either.

Its my old man yells at clouds moment but I long for the days of old where everything was unlockable within game without having to grind useless in game currency (while the carrot of real world currency to quick unlock dangled).

I'd like it if it were storyline only.

First-Aid wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yeah, that's the deal breaker for me. I don't do (non-local) multiplayer games anymore.

Same, I probably won't get it because of the free to play stuff either.

Its my old man yells at clouds moment but I long for the days of old where everything was unlockable within game without having to grind useless in game currency (while the carrot of real world currency to quick unlock dangled).

I'd like it if it were storyline only.

While I doubt that they'd put blatant pay to win options in (like say elite weapons that deal double or triple damage), the micro-transactions will be designed for multiplayer mode.

ZeroWolf wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Yeah, that's the deal breaker for me. I don't do (non-local) multiplayer games anymore.

Same, I probably won't get it because of the free to play stuff either.

Its my old man yells at clouds moment but I long for the days of old where everything was unlockable within game without having to grind useless in game currency (while the carrot of real world currency to quick unlock dangled).

I'd like it if it were storyline only.

While I doubt that they'd put blatant pay to win options in (like say elite weapons that deal double or triple damage), the micro-transactions will be designed for multiplayer mode.

How naive you are!

I expect loot boxes, paywalls, and "energy crystals" aplenty.
My expectations for this game are so rock bottom, they actually reach the magma layer.

So like any other game (and a certain RL principle) not spending money means you stay weak and low on the proverbial ladder. Got it.

I already dislike MMO games for the types of players they attract, mind you... And I'm already antisocial

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:So like any other game (and a certain RL principle) not spending money means you stay weak and low on the proverbial ladder. Got it.

I already dislike MMO games for the types of players they attract, mind you... And I'm already antisocial

I'd say more like if you don't pay you're stuck with default characters/skins while those who flash the cash get the better characters/skins that you probably want (thus trying to influence you into spending money as well)

The Transformers Reactivate game has gone through multiple iterations. It was initially called Transformers Rise and now the opening cutscene that was originally made for that initial iteration has leaked. It is a series of slightly moving images, which we’ve seen in low effort online coop or multiplayer shooter games.
This will probably not be the cutscene we get when Reactivate finally comes out but it gives a sense of the kind of game it is and its budget. More importantly, it reveals what the generic enemy is. It is a swarm of nanobots from space that can take the form of one eyed enemies. When that form is killed, the nanobots disperse to reform into another enemy at a later time. That’s the storytelling behind the gameplay loop to explain the endless enemy fodder.

https://twitter.com/PlaysTFR/status/1789047570997661916

I just hope it's not just a live service game that is online multi-player only with zero story.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just hope it's not just a live service game that is online multi-player only with zero story.

I can’t imagine this game will be anything but. Season passes. Wildly overpriced skins. Shooter with vague TF skin. Of course I could be wrong, but the history of attempts at these online TF games does not inspire hope.

All I (we?) want is a single player open-world space/combat/base builder
sim where I can play as a fully customized character, on both an Autobot and Decepticon campaign.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just hope it's not just a live service game that is online multi-player only with zero story.

That’s exactly what this is.
As soon as its confirmed, I’ll make a news article with the words “live service” in the headline

Stormshot_Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just hope it's not just a live service game that is online multi-player only with zero story.

I can’t imagine this game will be anything but. Season passes. Wildly overpriced skins. Shooter with vague TF skin. Of course I could be wrong, but the history of attempts at these online TF games does not inspire hope.

All I (we?) want is a single player open-world space/combat/base builder
sim where I can play as a fully customized character, on both an Autobot and Decepticon campaign.

Sounds like you want Fallout 4 with a TF theme.

william-james88 wrote:

Stormshot_Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just hope it's not just a live service game that is online multi-player only with zero story.

I can’t imagine this game will be anything but. Season passes. Wildly overpriced skins. Shooter with vague TF skin. Of course I could be wrong, but the history of attempts at these online TF games does not inspire hope.

All I (we?) want is a single player open-world space/combat/base builder
sim where I can play as a fully customized character, on both an Autobot and Decepticon campaign.

Sounds like you want Fallout 4 with a TF theme.

Not quite, perhaps something more comparable to Outer Worlds? Different gameplay, Devastation-like 3rd person perspective and movement. A starship that acts as a hub/base to travel between different worlds like Earth, Nebulos, etc. would be cool to assemble a custom combiner team. I could go on and on.

What WOULD be nice, is some more info on Reactivate in general. Another trailer or some gameplay, anything. But we’ll see ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just hope it's not just a live service game that is online multi-player only with zero story.

That’s exactly what this is.
As soon as its confirmed, I’ll make a news article with the words “live service” in the headline

Ugh....

At the very least, the toys will be cool.

Too bad the times of the stellar Activision games are long gone.

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.