The Energon Pub

Autobot032 wrote:Or, as he's better known: Johnny Yong Bosch, who played Adam Park, the second Black Ranger on the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, MMPR The Movie, and the Turbo movie.

It's just easier to say he's the second Black Ranger and people will automatically say "Oh yeah, him. I remember now."

An odd choice, if I do say so myself. Is he any good as Bumblebee?

When I mention him to one of my friends, I have to add "Vash from Trigun." And yes, he's actually a really good Bumblebee.

tom_p1980 wrote:Not much in the way of character selection.

I noticed this to. It's kind of a pain.

tom_p1980 wrote:Not enough flying missions or missions which involved good uses of vehicle mode.

Again, yeah, that's a problem, since it was so awesome playing as Starscream.

tom_p1980 wrote:Lack of cover system

This one is a problem and not a problem. You can just hide behind a wall or pillar or something, that will stop the bullets from hitting you.

Counterpunch wrote:Seriously, why? That was a very big install, why are we checking the data EVERY time I load the game?

The install for me was only ten minutes, and the data check takes less than one minute. I don't see it as that much of a problem.

Counterpunch wrote:-Loading breaks. Drive too fast? Stop to load. Run into a room with a speech cue? Stop to load. Why?

I only had that a couple times. Load breaks happened maybe once or twice per level, but only took a couple seconds.

Counterpunch wrote:-Megatron is insane. Ok, I was under the impression that it might be possible to sympathize with Megatron’s purpose here. No, he’s insane. Big Brother-esq rants over loud speaker about the joy of giving up free-will? Seems like maybe Hasbro required that the sympathy factor get turned down for the villain.

Well he IS the main antagonist. He just happens to be a main antagonist you can play as for half the game.

I absolutely love this game, and I won't bother repeating the reasons that others have already mentioned, but I was having major network connection issues last night when I was playing multiplayer on my 360. Some thunderstorms were rolling through, so I'm hoping that was the issue.

Shadowman wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:-Megatron is insane. Ok, I was under the impression that it might be possible to sympathize with Megatron’s purpose here. No, he’s insane. Big Brother-esq rants over loud speaker about the joy of giving up free-will? Seems like maybe Hasbro required that the sympathy factor get turned down for the villain.

Well he IS the main antagonist. He just happens to be a main antagonist you can play as for half the game.

You seem to be missing my point entirely.

We were supposed to be able to see things from Megatron's point of view. We were supposed to be able to say, "Oh, I get it. I understand why he's waging this war. I could even follow him into battle for those reasons. It makes sense."

Instead it was a bit more of Beast Machines Megatron than we were led to believe.

This game is supremely awesome. I could ramble on about it for paragraphs, but I want to get back to playing soon.

I can't figure out where to put my Jazz code.

I have the PS3 version and it is good game after the long wait of system update and game installation. Finished first campaign with Megatron and I found my self running out of armo easily. However, I found the enemies are blended with the background too well and sometimes it's hard to see them (or maybe I need a bigger TV). Online game is fun too even though I haven't got a chance to play it long enough.

I absolutely love this game. I have been waiting quite some time for a Transformers game that didn't suck hard. I got home yesterday around 3PM Eastern with my copy and have already finished the Con campaign and am on the third chapter of the Bots. The game really feels right. Characters are great looking, alt modes rock, my only beef is the lack of weapons for customizing characters. I am really looking forward to sequels and downloadable content.

BTW if anyone on 360 wants to play my GT is Juxtoposeium

Got for 360. It's pretty good, definitely an improvement over the movie games(TF1 sucked, TF2 was so-so at best). Hell, I'll even put this one up the with the PS 2 TF: Armada game(which imho is the best TF game to date). Gameplay is fast paced and action packed, control is decent(though not perfect), graphics are excellent as usual(every TF game since Armada have all had amazing graphics), voice acting is top notch, music is great. Not a whole lot to complain about.

My only gripes thus far are in the controls and the usefulness of vehicle modes.; 1. Clicking in the left stick to transform is stupid. All too often I found myself falling to my death because I was in the middle of a jump and accidentally clicked the stick in causing me to transform. 2. Would have really liked for a down the sites snap targeting ala COD(but this is more of a personal preference). And the vehicle modes are all but useless until the game makes you use them.Wish they coulda been more useful.

All in all, a good game, very GOW like(which is obviously the inspiration for this game). Definitely up there with PS 2's TF: Armada for me.

D-340 wrote:Got for 360. It's pretty good, definitely an improvement over the movie games(TF1 sucked, TF2 was so-so at best). Hell, I'll even put this one up the with the PS 2 TF: Armada game(which imho is the best TF game to date). Gameplay is fast paced and action packed, control is decent(though not perfect), graphics are excellent as usual(every TF game since Armada have all had amazing graphics), voice acting is top notch, music is great. Not a whole lot to complain about.

My only gripes thus far are in the controls and the usefulness of vehicle modes.; 1. Clicking in the left stick to transform is stupid. All too often I found myself falling to my death because I was in the middle of a jump and accidentally clicked the stick in causing me to transform. 2. Would have really liked for a down the sites snap targeting ala COD(but this is more of a personal preference). And the vehicle modes are all but useless until the game makes you use them.Wish they coulda been more useful.

All in all, a good game, very GOW like(which is obviously the inspiration for this game). Definitely up there with PS 2's TF: Armada for me.

Change your button config. You can move the transformation to a face button.

Julie85 wrote:I can't figure out where to put my Jazz code.

I'm assuming you already went to the game website and they e-mailed you the actual redemption code. If that's the case, I refer you to this:

Dragonslayer wrote:

Shadowman wrote:If you're on PSN, go under "Account Information" and input it at "Redeem Codes." I'm not 100% sure if this is correct, but I'm still pretty sure.

If you're on 360, sorry, can't help you. Just wait a little longer for someone to explain it for that.

For 360, you redeem it like you would redeem a code for Microsoft Points or for a Gold Subscription. Just hit the big green X on your controller (I don't know what else to call that button lol), scroll all the way to the left, and go to "Redeem Code" and just type it in.

Dragonslayer wrote:

Julie85 wrote:I can't figure out where to put my Jazz code.

I'm assuming you already went to the game website and they e-mailed you the actual redemption code. If that's the case, I refer you to this:

Dragonslayer wrote:

Shadowman wrote:If you're on PSN, go under "Account Information" and input it at "Redeem Codes." I'm not 100% sure if this is correct, but I'm still pretty sure.

If you're on 360, sorry, can't help you. Just wait a little longer for someone to explain it for that.

For 360, you redeem it like you would redeem a code for Microsoft Points or for a Gold Subscription. Just hit the big green X on your controller (I don't know what else to call that button lol), scroll all the way to the left, and go to "Redeem Code" and just type it in.

Thanks, that helped.

RoguePrime wrote:I absolutely love this game, and I won't bother repeating the reasons that others have already mentioned, but I was having major network connection issues last night when I was playing multiplayer on my 360. Some thunderstorms were rolling through, so I'm hoping that was the issue.

I was having issues with connectivity too and I was even using a wired internet modem, maybe counterpunch is right, it might have been first day jitters, but it did get me the 1st place mvp trophy lol (I still feel bad about getting that one though)

Wow. That's all I could really think during my first play. Just wow. So much nerdy goodness it was hard to think straight. It finally hit me during the Soundwave boss battle. I never thought I'd be playing a video game where my friends and I are battling G1 Soundwave and his cassette minions in an epic showdown. These are truly wonderful times we live in! The missions were satisfyingly long and always kept things interesting. We especially enjoyed ripping around on Iacon's highways. The firefights were intense and forced you to be smart about you and your allies tactics. I absolutely love the 3-player co-op. Well worth the pricetag right there. Co-ordinating your efforts is just cool especially when against enemy types like the Brute. I also gotta mention the tone of the game. It's war. It's serious. It's tragic. It's not the campy feel of the show but definitely a grittier representation of their universe, much like the comics. For instance. I was rather shocked when we were taken to the Decepticon prison facility and witnessed a group of Aotobots being executed by firing squad right in front of us. It struck me on an emotional level where few games had before. This is the Transformers I have always wanted to see. This was the game I had always wanted to play.

It's hard not to repeat a lot of what's already been said so I'll move on! Now for the most part everyone seemed to have a pretty smooth experience with the game. I hate to say it but my friends and I did not. Last night we broke records for bugs and glitches in a single sitting! At one point my friend did the classic fell through the floor and died. We had to reload the Soundwave boss fight because Lazerbeak flew behind the energy shield and got stuck back there, thus preventing the game from continuing. One of the strangest (and probably most inconvenient) was during the 'protect Omega Supreme' battle. There we are, in the middle of the fight, and I lose the ability to use weapons. Weapons!! The whole gun mechanic just fails on me! I can't shoot. I can't switch weapons. All I could do was run around like a maniac bringing fists to a gunfight! Those are just the more interesting ones we encountered but y'know, it was launch day. There are bound to be bugs and I'm sure they'll be fixed. The game was literally too good for us to be disappointed though. It's beauty, story, and awesome gameplay far outweighed the glitches.

And come on, how awesome is it to BE Optimus, say 'Autobots, roll out!' and then you and your 2 buddies do just that? Good times.

bagofshhh wrote:If you are planning to get the version for the Wii, I'd wait until the price comes down. Having not played the other versions yet, it sounds like the Wii version is definitely the sub-standard version.

It is not a true third person shooter, the best way to describe it is that it is more like the Time Crisis games. Basically the game automatically moves you from shooting gallery to shooting gallery. The only time that you can actually control the character's movement is when the game automatically transforms you into alt mode and you have to drive (or fly) to the next shooting gallery.

The game itself is not horrible (I liked the Time Crisis games) but the game is pretty easy, and the graphics are really sub-par when compared to the vids I've seen for the other consoles.

Sorry, I wasn't planning on going into that much depth, but hopefully my opinion is helpful to someone. Like I said, the game itself is not horrible, but I'd wait until the price comes down. $20 would be a reasonable price to pay for the Wii version.

This is exceptionally helpful for us few potential Wii buyers. Thanks. Great write up.

Campaign is decent. on normal it goes from easy to super hard in a second so its kinda unbalanced.


THE MULTIPLAYER!!!!! By far the coolest multiplayer i have played. i love playing as a Scout Class and zipping around finding an enemy lighting him up with my machine gun in car mode then seamlessly transform into robo blast his ass with my shotgun pistol and transform back and dip out. The animations for transforming's are smooth and nice very fluid and believable. Best multi player out right now i think because of how incredibly awesome it is. I am just inlove with how great the game is. i feel like im really in cybertron the enviroment feel's alive and how awesome a metal world can look. right now i wish i was playing the multiplayer but alas i am at school taking summer classes to finish up my degree. THIS GAME IS EPIC. i hope the online community thrives because i can say i would much rather play this then any other multiplayer just because of how many options and styles and things you can do. fly, zip, and tank. i haven't tryed the flying in multiplayer yet been to inlove with the scout. his style fits me well. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS GAME. just so you know i am not a fan of HALO that game blew ass all 3 of them. i like hard core shooters. like CS:S Gears of War 2 and Socom. This Game dwarfs those 3 games i loved by a long shot.

D-340 wrote:Got for 360. It's pretty good, definitely an improvement over the movie games(TF1 sucked, TF2 was so-so at best). Hell, I'll even put this one up the with the PS 2 TF: Armada game(which imho is the best TF game to date). Gameplay is fast paced and action packed, control is decent(though not perfect), graphics are excellent as usual(every TF game since Armada have all had amazing graphics), voice acting is top notch, music is great. Not a whole lot to complain about.

My only gripes thus far are in the controls and the usefulness of vehicle modes.; 1. Clicking in the left stick to transform is stupid. All too often I found myself falling to my death because I was in the middle of a jump and accidentally clicked the stick in causing me to transform. 2. Would have really liked for a down the sites snap targeting ala COD(but this is more of a personal preference). And the vehicle modes are all but useless until the game makes you use them.Wish they coulda been more useful.

All in all, a good game, very GOW like(which is obviously the inspiration for this game). Definitely up there with PS 2's TF: Armada for me.

WOWWWWW really? vehicle mode's useless? you must have no idea how to use them correctly maybe not in campaign but in multi-player they are loads of help some times i am in vehicle mode more so then robo mode. all deppend's on what is going on in the field. this is not your average lame shoot em up. you have to think of strategies that's why i love it.

Love this game. I got it the 19th, thanks Seibertron! Anyways I am hooked. I play CounterStrike every night for a few hours with my clan, and I find myself not able to focus. I would rather play TF. Depending on my mood, I rock the Scout with the shotty and a sniper cloaked, or Leader with the Fusion Cannon, and Scrapmaker. I was in the top fifty last night, not sure about now lol. So if you are getting rocked on Ps3 by "WiiDevi7" that would be me. I still want to know who has ReDevi7 or r3devi7, those are my tags jerk. I am still mad I spent $65 on Mw2 the night i released... This game is actually worth it.

I loved WFC! Best Transformers game ever and maybe my second or third favorite game ever! I like Decepticons better than Autobots. But the Autobot campaign is so much more fun to me and more exciting. I wish the multiplayer was a little more like ROTFs. You could heal over time and the maps wherent full of clutter. BUT its still fun! The only multiplayer im any good at is Escalation.

But everything thats awesome always has its flaws. Transforming in the middle of a battle sucked, I wish you could change the controlls! Second, the mele attacks suck ass. They get the job done, but they dont recover fast enough. Too many times I hit some guy with a shield then they shoot me while Im trying to recover from hitting them. Another thing is that the ammo runs out wayyy too fast! Why cant it just be like the movie games and they just over heat? Ive gotten killed alot because of that too. One more problem i had with the game, when you die they start you off from the nearest checkpoint with barely any health. In the mission where youre inside of Trypticon, I had to stand in the corner and watch the other guys take out the Decepticons because I didnt have any ammo or health, and there was none laying around anywhere! Any way, the good outweighs the bad, just like anything Transformers...except for the Armaa and movie 1 game...and Beast Machines, RID, Energon... you get the point.

Also, one thing I dont get, in G1 Optimus said he got the Matrix from the past Prime but in the game he gets it from Primus. How does that work? I thought it was connected to G1.

I really like cloaking in multiplayer, walking up to someone face to face, and then shotgun blasting them before delivering the deadly melee strike.

Surprise! 100xp bonus!

Counterpunch wrote:I really like cloaking in multiplayer, walking up to someone face to face, and then shotgun blasting them before delivering the deadly melee strike.

Surprise! 100xp bonus!

And the Increased weapon strength when you decloak... AWESOME.

hey any one got anything to say about how sucky the wii is now im saving up for a 360 seond controller and the game godd luck with whatever u need to do peece

Am I the only one who keeps getting killed with one shot? It happens to me in ROTF multiplayer too. And how do you increase the health? is there any way to do that?

Pros:
Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime is always a plus and the rest of the voice actors are good, but Cullen is the real star here.
No stupid humans.
Graphics and sounds are good.
Solid controls and fun multiplayer.
Great banter between characters.

Cons:
The single player story kind of lacks the epic feel of a game like Mass Effect, Dragon Age: Origins, or even Halo Wars. The story gets the job done but feels like it's feels like a cartoon show plot (a very good cartoon show plot mind you), but it's lacks the feel of an epic story.

I would like to explore Cybertron more and learn more about it.

It's easy to get lost on the battlefield.

Melee weapons needs to be overhauled BIG time if there is a sequel. I would have preferred melee weapons to guns.


Overall: I like the game. It's a good game on it's own merits, and it's easily the best Transformers game out there, but it's not the great game that I was hoping for. It could have been IMHO if the developers had focused more time on the storyline of the single player mode. I give it 3.5 out of 5.

Well. I got to play for a few hours last night on my xbox before I went and scratched my game cd (or dvd. Whatevs!)

All I can say is: Wow. let me preface this by saying: I'm crap at shooters. Halo etc are an abomination for me, cant aim, cant shoot, die in seconds on multiplayer. I'm beyond terrible.

The campaign, I got through 3/4 of the Decepticon storyline. It was fantastic. Voice acting is top notch. Animation is -mostly- brilliant. My only gripe is that sometimes it's -very- difficult to see where you are getting shot from. From a distance, the bots kind of blend in with the surroundings.

Multiplayer was awesome, and easily the selling point for this game. The campaign, imo, is just to get used to the controls.

Transformations are seamless, aiming and moving become very easy once you are accustomed to it (which took me roughly 15 minutes, tops). Maps are fun, some are a little too big for 10 players. I'll be honest, I havn't played much beyond the scout, but its an enjoyable experience. Once you can change the transforming from the left stick button to (Y), it becomes much easier to control, and less irritating mid firefight accidental transformations.

All in all, I'd give this easily an 8 out of 10.

SlyTF1 wrote:Am I the only one who keeps getting killed with one shot? It happens to me in ROTF multiplayer too. And how do you increase the health? is there any way to do that?

Stop standing still. Seriously, have to keep moving, or the noobs that camp/snipe, will do so. As far as increasing the health, I dont think so. I level 8 in 3 of the 4 classes, and have not had that option. Notice you also cannot change the abilities/grenades between classes. I think that is more for balance then anything. A Scientist with the strength of the Soldier would decimate.

Drum role please............
The planet has spoken and by popular vote. The winner of 2010's the best video game ever award goes to..........Transformers:War for Cybertron

I just bought it today, and I'm still in the first stage. I'm really liking it so far, but only one complaint comes to mind...

Why isn't it in 1080? This game would have really benefitted from it, given all the detailed, mechanical surroundings.