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I've been playing it on my 360 for about a week now & so far I've just about got everything unlocked & finished both campaigns. A few things I've noticed about it so far:

-First, I'm also having the loading problems somebody else mentioned earlier...but as soon as I get an Autobot emblem flash on the screen everything's fine....sometimes takes about 5-10 min. & about 17 restarts....

-The gameplay itself is pretty fun, but any robot aside from a weak drone blocks any sort of gunfire, making your guns & missles solely useful for environmental destruction(or in some rare cases getting the Heroic or Evil skill awards).

-finding the last few energon cubes are a pain in the arse, as oftentimes you can continue sweeping the same 3 buildings 15+ times & only then manage to get a glimpse of one by looking at the same building from an obscure angle.

-Physics are pretty sweet for the most part. One thing I noticed is that if a fire starts in a small corner of a building, it will actually start spreading to other parts of the building, & I believe in some cases it will actually spread to surrounding buildings, which is pretty cool & adds to the destruction.

-Sometimes mass hysteria can be caused without you actually having anything to do with the situation. I've actually had it a few times where I was sitting up on a building, minding my own business, & then down below a couple of cars will crash into each other, resulting in a huge pile-up, buildings being destroyed, lamp posts or train tracks falling into the street, causing more chaos, & eventually police, helicopters, & finally military all showing up to blow the sh*t out of the innocent robot just watching.


-G1 Prime & Megs are pretty neat extras, but I'm almost afraid they were put in to show people how silly & quirky their designs are compared to the new ones.....by using semi-crappy versions of them. If you look at them, you'll see what I mean. You can see Prime's head sitting in the cab in vehicle mode.

-Scorponok sucks unless he's underground. Otherwise they should have just painted a bull's-eye on his back. The submission where he has to find all the gears on the military base...I've yet to beat, because I get halfway done & all the helicopters blow the sh*t out of him.

anywho, that's my $0.03. I do think some of the reviewers, though, are being a bit harsh, & probably instantly dropped it's score a couple of points based off of the fact that movie games tend to suck. I'd honestly bet that if it weren't for that, it would have got a better review....maybe not.

Hmm, I have the PS3 version on order. Dont know if I really want to pay £40 for poor game. Argh, what should I do?

Scores are comparable to IGN's that came out a week or so ago.

I have the DS games, and they are fun, if not brilliant games, but are more than adequate to pass the time. Have not had a chance to play the PS2 version, and will probably wait to get the Wii game cheaper later on.

I heard the entire thing is a three button pattern. Movie games nearly always suck, so I'm not suprized.

Still, just the ability to play these figures is apealing enough to me, and as I suck at games, maybe a 3 button pattern is just as well.

To be honest though, I'm waiting till I can get a PS3 before I get this, so come on bad reveiws, drop that price!

I was disappointed in this game, so i have finally decided that i had to make my first ever post about it.
i have it on import for the PSP and it is by far the most boring game i have ever played, the missions are to linear and the final mission is ridiculously hard. thumbs down from me, i strongly recommend against it. (although movie version shockwave is very cool and wish he would make an appearance in the next movie).

Well, that's why I prefer getting games on the computer... if there's a bug... you wait for a patch.

That and its easier to obtain computer versions if you have the right... sources...

Plus the graphics for the PSP version are very poor (the intro is great but not worth the £30 you pay for the entire game!!!).

I thought the DS versions were excellent for games based on a movie... even as standalone DS games they were excellent. I mean, they aren't without their flaws, but those are very minor.

Here is my review:
http://www.digitalsomething.com/post/380/

I am in game design and development here in Cali, and I gotta say that the Transformers Movie game isn't all that bad as those game site critics like to say it is. They have an over whelming sense of whats good and whats horrible. Don't mind them, with a few exceptions, I can definitley recommend this game for the Transformers fans. It has full in game transformations, a semi destructible city environment, and yes though story content is lacking, its really all about the playability of your favorite characters.

Most Movie games are lacking, I agree, but you get so much that makes up for story content. I attribute this game to that of "Star Wars Episode One Pod racer", though hardly any story, it was a blast non the less. And the unlockables are sweet!! The cybertron edition has an extra unlockable level where you have a mission on Cybertron, so keep on playing and when you unlock it, you'll see why it's worth it to see the movie rendition of the Cybertronian Home world!!

the DS version and PSP versions are fun as well..

Over all as a Video Game designer, I give it 8 out of 10. Considering the time constraints, because they had to work closely with ILM, and as we know the movie designs kept being revised, and what they gave us, I can live a little without the extra story content.

I mean this is their first landing on our world, the movie and game should be more about the first initial battles and not about the story so much, leave that to the sequels, and game sequels.

Since this is kind of a game discussion, I'm just wondering, what are the 10 extra characters for the PSP version anyway? I remember that was one of the extras, and haven't heard anything on it yet.

Maximal Primal wrote:I am in game design and development here in Cali, and I gotta say that the Transformers Movie game isn't all that bad as those game site critics like to say it is. They have an over whelming sense of whats good and whats horrible. Don't mind them, with a few exceptions, I can definitley recommend this game for the Transformers fans. It has full in game transformations, a semi destructible city environment, and yes though story content is lacking, its really all about the playability of your favorite characters.

Most Movie games are lacking, I agree, but you get so much that makes up for story content. I attribute this game to that of "Star Wars Episode One Pod racer", though hardly any story, it was a blast non the less. And the unlockables are sweet!! The cybertron edition has an extra unlockable level where you have a mission on Cybertron, so keep on playing and when you unlock it, you'll see why it's worth it to see the movie rendition of the Cybertronian Home world!!

the DS version and PSP versions are fun as well..

Over all as a Video Game designer, I give it 8 out of 10. Considering the time constraints, because they had to work closely with ILM, and as we know the movie designs kept being revised, and what they gave us, I can live a little without the extra story content.

I mean this is their first landing on our world, the movie and game should be more about the first initial battles and not about the story so much, leave that to the sequels, and game sequels.

I have the Cybertron version, & personally, I like it, but the extra unlockable level isn't as great as it sounds....because you know they give you that code on the comic to access it, but what what you end up "unlocking" is actually just a cheat code, & the game recognises it as such & will not let you save your progress in your game untill you boot it up again without using the cheat...so while it's neat to mess around with it a bit early....you might as well wait untill you beat the game on either side & just unlock it that way.

You did make me curious, though, do other versions of the game still have those extra 2 Cybertron levels, or is it just that the Cybertron edition has that added cheat code that lets you access them early?

Im still gonna buy it. I dont care what critics say, i dont buy games because they tell me to, i buy games because I want them. Thats how other people should be too, but too many people need a guiding voice or hand with them at all times cos they cant make their own decisions.

Plus, Gamespot is full of idiots anyway.

i pm'd sonny but if you didnt get it yet it's me quiet hill

ok, I have a friend who bought this game and it is actually fun for a while, but it starts to drag on and gets kinda dull. But I realize everyone has different standards for entertainment and mine are very high, but it seems good for a rental. I just dont see myself paying all that money for a game that I would only play through once. But thats just me AnD I aM cOmPLeTly F****eD iN tHe HeAd.

mr.nagasaki wrote:i pm'd sonny but if you didnt get it yet it's me quiet hill

ok, I have a friend who bought this game and it is actually fun for a while, but it starts to drag on and gets kinda dull. But I realize everyone has different standards for entertainment and mine are very high, but it seems good for a rental. I just dont see myself paying all that money for a game that I would only play through once. But thats just me AnD I aM cOmPLeTly F****eD iN tHe HeAd.

lol, hello dude.

Personally i was expecting much worse review scores (not that i care what critics say anyway) i was expecting it to go down the lines of Supersuck Returns, and getting a 4. At least 6 is above average, and more than enough to warrent a purchase for us hardcore TF fans.