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i've pre ordered the game and hope it's a great play -

cybertron itself looks great but the characters - i dunno between the over use of glowing parts and bumble bee looking like some clown costume - the actual transformers' look and feel bugs me a bit - they give me the feel of cardboard cut outs - actually they remind me a lot of the original g1 box art -

i hope they'll look better in game alos feel will be important too

What?! Ok, something's wrong here. They have Starscream and Soundwave, but where's Megatron? Isn't he supposed to be there?

That image of Starscream with a mace is ridiculous. I don't like the emphasis they've put on melee combat in this game. I know Prime and Megatron used a hatchet and a mace in the first ever episode, but I always thought that was daft. Why would you bother with a sword or an axe when everyone carries a blaster? I've always loved Transformers for being fairly militaristic, and when was the last time you saw a marine running across a battlefield with nunchucks?

Didn't soundwave transform into a lamppost?(more than meets the eye, part 1)

Where was it you got jazz if you pre-ordered... or am I thinking of someone else???

It's a shame that you can't pre-order the Wii version and get something for it. No exclusive characters as of yet. I really wanted to get the Jazz pre-order, but it's not Wii.

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Ok, you need to stop spamming with the kremzeeks.. I received a complaint about you spamming. Please post something relevant.

Thanks.

Looking good! I wish the Bumblebee toy looked as good as the wallpaper of him does. Slimmer arms, and the shell on his back looks smaller. With that being said, I am really excited for both, the game and the following toy lines. Hopefully, the success of wave one (OP, Bumblebee, Megatron, etc) will encourage them to keep them coming.

Sodan-1 wrote:That image of Starscream with a mace is ridiculous. I don't like the emphasis they've put on melee combat in this game. I know Prime and Megatron used a hatchet and a mace in the first ever episode, but I always thought that was daft. Why would you bother with a sword or an axe when everyone carries a blaster? I've always loved Transformers for being fairly militaristic, and when was the last time you saw a marine running across a battlefield with nunchucks?

i always justified it in my head that blasters are energy beam weapons that can be counteracted with energy shields and deflectors whereas physical weapons like swords and maces can do more damage on impact

Wow, I tell you what. Update after update for this game.

Wow, I tell you what. Update after update for this game.

Varia31 wrote:Wow, I tell you what. Update after update for this game.

Double post, bah. Sorry, I wish I knew how to delete posts if that's possible.

Sodan-1 wrote:That image of Starscream with a mace is ridiculous. I don't like the emphasis they've put on melee combat in this game. I know Prime and Megatron used a hatchet and a mace in the first ever episode, but I always thought that was daft. Why would you bother with a sword or an axe when everyone carries a blaster? I've always loved Transformers for being fairly militaristic, and when was the last time you saw a marine running across a battlefield with nunchucks?

To respond to your "marines with nunchuks" question, couldn't tell you because most special ops missions are still classified...

But here's some logical conclusions:

1. Unlike us, TFs carry built-in armor, preventing one-hit kills. Combined with the leader's ability to form shield bubbles, the situation frequently arises where melee is required.

2. The ability to transform and dash at speeds faster than running, frequently with a smaller profile.

2.5 The oft-seen movie/TV scene where, once in melee range, the weapon is pushed away with an arm (thereby being rendered ineffective) and the combatants start punching. Don't marines carry knives for this very reason?

3. No good computer shooter seems to escape melee weapons. Chainsaws and knives frequent the genre already. Maces, axes and morning stars just add variety to the in-close/sneaky kill toys...

4. They gotta carry something for when they're out of ammo... even though self-powered robots should never run out of ammo...

Meanwhile, I'm starting to get a definite "Battlefield Heroes" vibe from this game - a lot of the abilities seem cloned straight from that game - stealth, dashing, push-away fields, etc. All TF-WfC is missing is the thrown explosives...

Time to switch out my Alternity Convoy wallpaper for the WfC Prime wallpaper!

I can't wait any longer for this game though! Could they release it, oh I dunno. Tomorrow maybe?