Transformers Fall of Cybertron Demo - E3 2012

So we see Metroplex shoulderblocking a giant tower halfway down, then finishing it off with a titanic pimpslap

And we see Starscream sneaking up on a guy, kicking him in the ball-bearings from from behind, and shoving a facehugger bomb on his head.

I love this game.

Seriously, I can't decide what game I want to preorder first; this or Halo 4. I could order the Limited Edition of Halo 4 for about $100 (comes with camo-pattern for your Spartan IV and your Assault Rifle, an exclusive in-game emblem, and lots more) or get this for $60 for the awesome G1 Bonus Pack. Tough choices, tough choices...

That Starscream looked amazing. I liked that second sneak attack too. Question though. Why does it seem that Starscream is attacking Dcons? We'll find out when we get the game. I'm stoked

That footage looks SWEET! If only I could afford any of the games and systems....

•The story was developed in association with Hasbro and is cannon, no association with the films

Shouldn't that read, "and is canon"? A "cannon" is a weapon (eg. a Howitzer), where "canon" is an original source (eg. a novel). I really hate to nitpick.

Wolf-Spider

Oh the many choices in Starscream's level,Time to raise some hell!!!

Anyone else notice how many weapons there are in the Teletran-Store?? I cannot WAIT to try out each new weapon.

Until today,I almost totally forgot that Jazz and Cliffjumper are playable characters. I've just been so focused on Grimlock & the Dinobots,Optimus,Metroplex,and Bruticus

Sneaking looks very cool, hopefully you can also sneak attack in Multiplayer.

Starscream's abilities are completely swapped, now he has Dash and Cloak. How are they going to do that? They are both time-loading abilities in WFC, not micro energon cubes.

The new Optimus looks great, I love it when there are fellow bots running around the battlefield.

Seriously hope they make a big fat expensive collector's edition for me to buy.

Courtesy of GameTrailers.com we have even more Transformers: Fall of Cybertron footage. The first clip focuses on Vortex, while the second gives us a look at everyone's favorite space T-Rex, Grimlock. The clips are embedded below.

This game looks way more action packed than the first game, which was loaded with action.

Plus Slag saying "Excuse me" after knocking the door down in top of Kickback.

I do have to admit, the Original Movie reference was Awesome. I loved the first Game, gonna go nuts over this one. Just waiting for them to release a DL Demo to keep us occupied.

Gotta love Slug's "Excuse me."

I like the way Onslaught, Blast Off, and Vortex were voiced. Slag going "excuse me" was a classic homage to the original 80's movie, when the Dinobots interrupted the trial on Quintessa. I seriously like the way this game is looking, but I'm still not sure whether I want to preorder this first or Halo 4...

Watching the Grimlock clip makes me realize that the Insecticon I was thinking was Chop shop in the game was really Sharpshot. Guess all that background noise at the convention drowned out the pronunciation of his name.

Sabrblade wrote:Watching the Grimlock clip makes me realize that the Insecticon I was thinking was Chop shop in the game was really Sharpshot. Guess all that background noise at the convention drowned out the pronunciation of his name.

Actually its Kickback.

ILL-Star wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Watching the Grimlock clip makes me realize that the Insecticon I was thinking was Chop shop in the game was really Sharpshot. Guess all that background noise at the convention drowned out the pronunciation of his name.

Actually its Kickback.

Grimlock and Shockwave call the guy by name in the game. Whoever they were talking to, it wasn't Kickback.

Sabrblade wrote:

ILL-Star wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Watching the Grimlock clip makes me realize that the Insecticon I was thinking was Chop shop in the game was really Sharpshot. Guess all that background noise at the convention drowned out the pronunciation of his name.

Actually its Kickback.

Grimlock and Shockwave call the guy by name in the game. Whoever they were talking to, it wasn't Kickback.

From looks of the character, Sharpshot is the new name for Shrapnel, just as "Hardshell" is for Bombshell.

Archanubis wrote:From looks of the character, Sharpshot is the new name for Shrapnel, just as "Hardshell" is for Bombshell.

I know this. All I'm saying that the Insecticon both Shocky and Grimmy were talking to wasn't referred to in-game as Kickback, so must have been Sharpshot, in spite of us seeing Kickback in the same room in this gameplay. Maybe both Kickback nd sharpshot are seen in this level together in different part of this room, or something.

Powermaster Jazz wrote::APPLAUSE:

This game looks way more action packed than the first game, which was loaded with action.

Plus Slag saying "Excuse me" after knocking the door down in top of Kickback.

definatly when i saw door drop ontop of that insecticon i was thinking of that scene i be dissapointed if they ddiint have slag walk in to say excuse me right after that event looking forward to see if there is any more movie easter eggs in this gaem

Awesome. I wish the game would be released now.

I was looking at the part of Grimlock's gameplay where Slag (he's Slag to me, even if his official name is "Slug") breaks in. Hard to tell who that Insecticon is, but the head makes me think ILL-Star may be right. The shape of the head is pretty close to Kickback's, even if his face isn't. Just have to play the game to find out.

Archanubis wrote:I was looking at the part of Grimlock's gameplay where Slag (he's Slag to me, even if his official name is "Slug") breaks in. Hard to tell who that Insecticon is, but the head makes me think ILL-Star may be right. The shape of the head is pretty close to Kickback's, even if his face isn't. Just have to play the game to find out.

The Insecticon Slug knocks the door over is Kickback.



The Insecticon I said Shockwave and Grimlock spoke to was probably a different guy in another area of the level.

Maybe all three named-Insecticons serve as bosses in each arena that Grimlock needs to free another Dinobot from. Sharpshot may be Snarl's captor, Slug could be Kickback's, and Harshell could be Sludge's (Swoop seemed to get free on his own, unless we're missing something).

Sabrblade wrote:The Insecticon I said Shockwave and Grimlock spoke to was probably a different guy in another area of the level.

Probably. As you said, it was hard to hear over the Insecticons' screeching, the background music, and Grimlock's Hulk speech.

Sabrblade wrote:(Swoop seemed to get free on his own, unless we're missing something).

Maybe it's to compensate for the fact that Swoop is the one Dinobot (other than maybe Sludge) who gets beat up in some fashion. Or Shockwave is the one holding him.

Archanubis wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:(Swoop seemed to get free on his own, unless we're missing something).

Maybe it's to compensate for the fact that Swoop is the one Dinobot (other than maybe Sludge) who gets beat up in some fashion. Or Shockwave is the one holding him.

Well, when Grimlock is fighting to free Snarl, Swoop kinda just shows up on his own, flying by saying, "Hey Grimlock, where ya been?" while being chased by some flying Insecticons. So, I figured that him showing up like that in Snarl's prison arena meant he could have freed himself.

Or, maybe, Grimlock freed Swoop first and then sent Swoop on up ahead, only to meet back up with Grimlock in Snarl's arena having been chased away and back by Insecticons while waiting for Grimlock to catch up.

You know, I am liking this conversation. We're brainstorming so many good possibilities based on very little footage.

GameSpot has uploaded a couple of additional Transformers: Fall of Cybertron gameplay clips. The first features Starscream, the second Optimus Prime and the always popular Warpath. The footage in the second clip has been seen before, but this clip features clear gameplay audio.





Here's the gameplay demo with Matt Tieger commentary again:

And that's why Vortex is my favorite Combaticon. Blast Off was pretty badass too, though...
And was it just me, or did the giant Insecticon Grimlock was fighting look like it was supposed to be Shrapnel/Sharpshot? It has the beetley look, the pincers, and the electric current thing going on.

Goldfinger_42 wrote:And that's why Vortex is my favorite Combaticon. Blast Off was pretty badass too, though...
And was it just me, or did the giant Insecticon Grimlock was fighting look like it was supposed to be Shrapnel/Sharpshot? It has the beetley look, the pincers, and the electric current thing going on.

That was an animal. Sharpshot's a named individual. No way is he getting killed off so swiftly like that.

What the hell was with that last Metroplex missile attack?

It looked like it missed the target/did barely any damage, and the enemy wasn't even that far from the attack...

The rest looks great, and I'm only getting more excited to play this.

Lol @ Starscream's Assassination technique.
I think High Moon understands the concept of TF, and I have faith that they are taking the series in a better direction than what Bay did.
He was political about his opinions of Bay. But I'm really curious to hear what he has to say about the movies.
I agree the sound effects and mechanical design were gr8 in Bay.
I wish now for the 4th movie, to have some elements that are from FOC.
But I think I've heard so much of Matt's sales pitch, I just want to buy this game asap, I won't even have an Xbox and I'm going to buy the game!

One thing that I didn't like in previous vids, was Slag's voice was not how it used to be.

Definitely agree with Tieger on Bay's trilogy; the sound work is phenomenal! (Though, despite the originality, I did notice in ROTF a 'Star Wars podracer engine' from Devastator and Prime's rapid-firing from both cannons reused the Terminator Plasma Rifle firing! Hehe) Also I love how the transforming sounds in WfC/Foc sound a bit more 'clean' and 'digitized' than the film-transformations. ^^

(And I know this is slightly off topic but) I wonder what the plan is with the FoC toy line...Because it seems like they're only releasing certain characters to justify their popularity. If so, hopefully they'll do more after the game's release...

Because if Hasbro don't give us the FoC dinobots, I'm going to Grimlock-Out! XD

budmaloney wrote:One thing that I didn't like in previous vids, was Slag's voice was not how it used to be.

But Slag did sound like that in at least "War of the Dinobots".

Is there split-screen for FOC? Me and my brother used to complain about this on WFC?

This game is gonna be AWESOME!!!

Aggrobot wrote:Is there split-screen for FOC? Me and my brother used to complain about this on WFC?

I doubt it in escalation mode. There's no co-op in the campaign

Aggrobot wrote:Is there split-screen for FOC? Me and my brother used to complain about this on WFC?

Don't count on it. Fall of Cybertron is no longer a co-op campaign experience. Co-op has been sacrificed for greater narrative.

Those stealth kills of Starscream's are pretty badass. I'm not a fan of those one-size-fits-all force fields. I'm finding them quite distracting when they recharge every few seconds and engulf half the screen. Visually it looks like a vast improvement over WFC.

I don't mind that they've changed Slag's voice from what it was in G1, but I don't like that he now sounds like some pompous knob.

To quote Knock Out, "I think I leaked a little lubricant."

budmaloney wrote:Lol @ Starscream's Assassination technique.
I think High Moon understands the concept of TF, and I have faith that they are taking the series in a better direction than what Bay did.
He was political about his opinions of Bay. But I'm really curious to hear what he has to say about the movies.
I agree the sound effects and mechanical design were gr8 in Bay.
I wish now for the 4th movie, to have some elements that are from FOC.
But I think I've heard so much of Matt's sales pitch, I just want to buy this game asap, I won't even have an Xbox and I'm going to buy the game!

One thing that I didn't like in previous vids, was Slag's voice was not how it used to be.

What do you mean not how it used to be, this is the first time we see and hear the Prime continuity Slag.

Dead Metal wrote:What do you mean not how it used to be, this is the first time we see and hear the Prime continuity Slag.

He means Slug's voice doesn't sound like an homage to G1 Slag's voice.

Though, G1 Slag did sound like that in "War of the Dinobots".

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:What do you mean not how it used to be, this is the first time we see and hear the Prime continuity Slag.

He means Slug's voice doesn't sound like an homage to G1 Slag's voice.

I know what he meant, and if you read my comment I point out how this is not G1 but Prime Slag so he can sound how ever the hell he wants to.
And yes, I was being a smart-ass asshole on purpose. Should be common knowledge by now that this isn't G1.

Dead Metal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:What do you mean not how it used to be, this is the first time we see and hear the Prime continuity Slag.

He means Slug's voice doesn't sound like an homage to G1 Slag's voice.

I know what he meant, and if you read my comment I point out how this is not G1 but Prime Slag so he can sound how ever the hell he wants to.
And yes, I was being a smart-ass asshole on purpose. Should be common knowledge by now that this isn't G1.

Sadly.

The Transformers: Fall of Cybertron footage continues to roll in from E3. Below we gameplay clips of Grimlock and Megatron, Escalation mode demo, and another Matt Tieger interview discussing design and special abilities.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron rolls out on August 28th!

Teletraan 1 accidentally refers to Optimus Prime as Orion Pax courtesy of GameSpot


Grimlock gameplay courtesy of FanboltGaming


Megatron gameplay courtesy of MrN0M3RcY96


Escalation gameplay courtesy of soundwavejordan


Design and abilities interview with Matt Tieger courtesy of GameTrailers

Those videos just looks so great, to bad that the video from the Escalation mode lags hell...

cool can't wait to play as ............... drum roll please





CLIFFJUMPER THE DWAYNE JOHNSON GUY

damnit Megatron has the same voice actor as the last one, was hoping they'd replace him.

Did optimus call in an air strike? How metal is THAT.

in the gametrailers vid, the "Excuse me!" scene almost makes me forget that I've heard "What is it that makes a Transformers game, Transformers? Transforming, right? I know it sounds silly but..." about a thousand times now.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:cool can't wait to play as ............... drum roll please





CLIFFJUMPER THE DWAYNE JOHNSON GUY

Voiced by none other than ............... drum roll please





NOLAN NORTH

Found the remix. It was hard to track it down until recently.

Okay... So why aren't all the Navi in the Grimlock footage telling Grimlock to listen and why didn't he kill them?

#Sideways# wrote:Okay... So why aren't all the Navi in the Grimlock footage telling Grimlock to listen and why didn't he kill them?

I was trying SO HARD not to make a joke about that, but...
DAMMIT! Why is Grimlock in the Lost Woods!?

The posted Escalation gameplay appears to be a lower quality, cropped version of the one posted via GameInformer a couple days ago.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/ ... video.aspx
:S
http://youtu.be/qQUsBex1n-o