Toy Fair 2014 Coverage: Activision Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Images
Saturday, February 15th, 2014 8:58pm CST
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Posted by #Sideways# on February 15th, 2014 @ 9:24pm CST

I mean, what even is going on with this? These designs don't look too congruent. It'd be like doing an Animated meets G1 crossover. Hint: It would be horrid-looking.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 15th, 2014 @ 9:27pm CST
Posted by Wageboo on February 15th, 2014 @ 9:37pm CST
Posted by Wageboo on February 15th, 2014 @ 9:40pm CST
#Sideways# wrote:It'd be like doing an Animated meets G1 crossover.
Animated was pretty much a G1 reboot itself, with some not g1 characters.
Posted by ricemazter on February 15th, 2014 @ 9:50pm CST
Posted by ricemazter on February 15th, 2014 @ 9:52pm CST
Posted by KingEmperor on February 15th, 2014 @ 10:03pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 15th, 2014 @ 10:55pm CST
Well, G1 Optimus Prime did cameo in the Japanese dub of Animated, in which he and Animated Optimus briefly talked together about the next upcoming episode, albeit in audio form only.#Sideways# wrote:Words cannot describe how little I'm looking forward to this.![]()
I mean, what even is going on with this? These designs don't look too congruent. It'd be like doing an Animated meets G1 crossover. Hint: It would be horrid-looking.

And there was that "Bee in the City" live script reading crossover between Animated and TransTech, in which a few Animated character met Beast Wars Megatron.

And there's also been crazier crossovers in the 3H BotCon stuff and the TCC stuff.

Posted by Nemesis Maximo on February 15th, 2014 @ 11:05pm CST
who why when did they decide putting to completely different franchises together was a golden idea?
I'm being too harsh. Too early to tell. I'll think about it more after some sleep.
Posted by PrymeStriker on February 15th, 2014 @ 11:36pm CST
Interesting.
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 15th, 2014 @ 11:45pm CST
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 15th, 2014 @ 11:45pm CST
Posted by Dead Metal on February 16th, 2014 @ 2:49am CST
Agamemnon wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Agamemnon wrote:*Sigh* Well, it looks like I can finally cut myself off from these video games. It may be awesome in playability, but what drew me to WfC and FoC was the definite G1 tie in. I do not like the tie in to the movies (or even Prime, for that matter.)
WFC/FOC are not G1 though, they are (or where if this is going to be connected to the movies) Aligned, which means Prime.
True, but I find that more of a retcon. It seems clear to me that WfC, in particular, was meant to align with G1, or at the very least throw back to it. (Compare BB with G1 and Prime/the movies, and I think this is pretty clear.)
Also, I should state that I don't like Hasbro's attempts to "align" everything. They own the properties, so they get to do what they want. But I think it is wrong of them to stifle the imagination of their customers, which is what I think they are doing whether intentional or not. But, that's just my opinion...
No it's not, if you look at the behind the scenes stuff, the interviews, and the fact that the story is basically the same as all the other Prime prequel material it's clear that it's always been intended to serve as a tie-in to Prime. High Moon even said that they just wanted to let it look as close as possible to the G1 cartoon because that was their favorite incarnation and the one they grew up with.
If by looking vaguely like G1 is all it takes to convince you that it's supposed to be G1, then you probably also view Animated as G1.
So it is a crossover and not a real sequel to FOC? Lame, it doesn't even have High Moon attached from what I can tell.
Skipping this.
Posted by Cyhwuhx on February 16th, 2014 @ 3:58am CST
The basic equipment will probably unlock in single throughout the campaign, while in multiplayer it'll take you just a few battles, further equipment trickling in through in-game purchases, DLC or season passes. Or. Very. Slow. Grinding. The two worlds colliding thing is just there to generate more content (and recycle assets from the previous games). This also makes sense considering Transformers Universe flip-flopped from being an online multiplayer shooter towards a LoL-clone.
We'll be lucky if we'll get a four hour campaign out of it, I think. On the other hand, this might just be the 'movie tie-in', and in that respect this sounds much better than any of the other preceding movie games.

Posted by cowardlyzebra on February 16th, 2014 @ 5:41am CST
Posted by starwarrior1227 on February 16th, 2014 @ 7:12am CST
These are the two biggest universes out right now, but the only people who actually know that the Aligned and Bay-verse universes are not the same are those that actually spend as much time as we(the TF fandom) do. It's important to remember because why couldn't they just have the two universes "bleed" into one when the portion of the game's market never knew or cared that the universes were different. Then the cliche' MULTI-VERSE COLLISION ARC wouldn't have to be used to make what could be a great game.
This game will be rushed and undone, as its Activision and High Moon is no longer a studio.
And unless done with Bio-Shock-esque physics/story, there won't be a good reason for the two worlds colliding.I think the only way this could be acceptable on a cannon base story would be if FOC Shockwave tries to rebuild the space bridge after FOC and something goes wrong (though i would be skeptic from the start because Shockwave is too smart to make a mistake resulting in a space bridge opening a portal to another dimension completely).
This being said i'm sure i should just shut-up, stop being so picky, and enjoy the AWESOME THAT WILL ENSUE!!! WOOO!! IM CHOOSING FOC ALL THE WAY!! SCREW THE BAY-VERSE!!!

Posted by Rated X on February 16th, 2014 @ 8:49am CST
Posted by Agamemnon on February 16th, 2014 @ 10:35am CST
Dead Metal wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Agamemnon wrote:*Sigh* Well, it looks like I can finally cut myself off from these video games. It may be awesome in playability, but what drew me to WfC and FoC was the definite G1 tie in. I do not like the tie in to the movies (or even Prime, for that matter.)
WFC/FOC are not G1 though, they are (or where if this is going to be connected to the movies) Aligned, which means Prime.
True, but I find that more of a retcon. It seems clear to me that WfC, in particular, was meant to align with G1, or at the very least throw back to it. (Compare BB with G1 and Prime/the movies, and I think this is pretty clear.)
Also, I should state that I don't like Hasbro's attempts to "align" everything. They own the properties, so they get to do what they want. But I think it is wrong of them to stifle the imagination of their customers, which is what I think they are doing whether intentional or not. But, that's just my opinion...
No it's not, if you look at the behind the scenes stuff, the interviews, and the fact that the story is basically the same as all the other Prime prequel material it's clear that it's always been intended to serve as a tie-in to Prime. High Moon even said that they just wanted to let it look as close as possible to the G1 cartoon because that was their favorite incarnation and the one they grew up with.
If by looking vaguely like G1 is all it takes to convince you that it's supposed to be G1, then you probably also view Animated as G1.
So it is a crossover and not a real sequel to FOC? Lame, it doesn't even have High Moon attached from what I can tell.
Skipping this.
But, see, that's the same problem I'm having with Hasbro. Why must this align in a way that takes the customer, i.e. us, out of the creative process? Why not leave it open to interpretation how we all want to see it?
And, no, please don't put words/thoughts in my mouth. I can see a resemblance between BB of G1 and WfC, not Animated. If this was always intended to be Prime/aligned, then why not make BB look more like Prime BB? Because they wanted to have that G1 tie in, or throwback. The stories of WfC and Exodus, while not entirely consistent with the G1 cartoon mythology, could be reasonably integrated with each other, as long as one doesn't get too picky, in my opinion. Perhaps my memory is a little fuzzy, but I thought the aligned continuity idea came during WfC development. Now, granted, I didn't see the behind the scenes interviews, so I will gladly defer to you on that info. But, given how the game looked, the references to G1, it has the feel of decisions being made part way through to make changes to "align" things more.
But I do agree with you. I don't like the crossover idea at all and will be skipping this altogether.
Posted by gamerdude62700 on February 16th, 2014 @ 11:22am CST
Posted by Mindmaster on February 16th, 2014 @ 1:43pm CST
High Moon Studios, who developed Transformers: War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron, is not developing Rise of the Dark Spark. Edge of Reality, who previously worked on the Mass Effect Trilogy and Dragon Age: Origins, are developing Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark and the game will be available for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii U, and 3DS.
On a side note, for the 3DS version, the developer will be Way Forward, who is known for making Duck Tales: Remastered and other games.