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Posted by BERSEKAEL on April 16th, 2014 @ 12:33am CDT
Posted by Spleenzorio on April 16th, 2014 @ 12:04pm CDT
BERSEKAEL wrote:I can't wait for ps4 transformers
Me toooooooo
Posted by VirusCarnage on April 17th, 2014 @ 12:28am CDT
Posted by Va'al on April 20th, 2014 @ 7:59am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 20th, 2014 @ 8:34am CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 20th, 2014 @ 8:37am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Is that a yellow version of the gun Generations FOC Starscream's toy came with?
yes it is. im not sure how i feel about this game. the mix of the movieverse and the FOC style is a bit forced and does not look right.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 20th, 2014 @ 8:49am CDT
It looks like the game is going to keep the two worlds separate, but the titular Dark Spark will act as portals that will enable the characters to jump back and forth between worlds as part of the level gameplay.Doubledealer93 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Is that a yellow version of the gun Generations FOC Starscream's toy came with?
yes it is. im not sure how i feel about this game. the mix of the movieverse and the FOC style is a bit forced and does not look right.
Posted by Blurrz on April 20th, 2014 @ 8:06pm CDT
Posted by ishigoto on April 21st, 2014 @ 1:43am CDT
Posted by El Duque on April 21st, 2014 @ 5:22pm CDT
Additionally, Walmart.com has updated their pre-order with a store exclusive. Fans who purchase the game from them will receive a free code to unlock Stinger, a character from this summer's Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Only at Walmart: Free code inside to unlock Stinger Character. While supplies last.
Where two worlds collide! Explore two unique worlds as your favorite Transformers characters from both the movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Cybertron universes in a battle to secure an ancient and powerful relic, the Dark Spark!
Go Beyond the Movie: For the first time ever, fight your way through both Earth and Cybertron universes in an unforgettable battle to secure the Dark Spark.
Over 40 Playable Characters: Including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron!
Change Form Anytime: Switch between robot and vehicle form on the fly!
Epic Multiplayer Battles: Expanded four-player co-op online escalation mode with new upgradeable defenses and challenging Power Foes!
New Unlock System: Leveling system spans campaigns and escalation, allowing players to unlock rewards that will aid progression in both modes!
ESRB Rating: TEEN
Posted by Deadput on April 21st, 2014 @ 5:32pm CDT
(Singer is my fave character for the film so far.)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 21st, 2014 @ 5:41pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 21st, 2014 @ 6:00pm CDT
Where've you been? Rise of the Dark Spark is a crossover game between AOE and FOC.Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Wait, what's going on here? Why is FOC Optimus in a Movieverse game? Or is movieverse Bumblebee in a FOC Sequel?
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 21st, 2014 @ 6:25pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Where've you been? Rise of the Dark Spark is a crossover game between AOE and FOC.Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Wait, what's going on here? Why is FOC Optimus in a Movieverse game? Or is movieverse Bumblebee in a FOC Sequel?
I wasn't really paying attention because it's another movie game. Wasn't really interested. But I am Now! :O
Posted by Mindmaster on April 21st, 2014 @ 6:37pm CDT
Posted by Stormrider on April 21st, 2014 @ 9:23pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on April 21st, 2014 @ 9:25pm CDT
Stormrider wrote:How does the game compare to FOC? Graphics? Weapons? Levels? Playability?
We literally don't know. The new guys in charge don't want to share much of anything, but they sure do love their images of Optimi and Bees. >:oP
Posted by scalan15 on April 21st, 2014 @ 9:59pm CDT
Posted by T-Macksimus on April 21st, 2014 @ 10:53pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:Great, so now can we see characters that aren't Optimus Prime and/or Bumblebee? >:oP
Not only that but we can probably expect to see the Generations product line littered with lazy repaints and half-assed retools of shelf warmers with one or two obligatory new molds. Basically pick up any peg warming DotM/Prime/Generations figures now and start mixing and matching parts and you'll be ahead of the "new" RotDS product releases and likely get better versions than Hasbro comes out with. That's IF they decide to put any figures out for the game.
Personally, after FoC I have no desire whatsoever to see the games or the product lines tainted with any kind of "movie" crossover. The Bayverse should be it's own separate entity and NEVER touch the rest of the TF continuity as far as I'm concerned. These idiots trying to align it into the regular continuity should have their asses kicked. It's like trying to promote an incestuous relationship with that creepy relative everyone tries to avoid at family gatherings.
Posted by megatronus on April 21st, 2014 @ 11:31pm CDT
T-Macksimus wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Great, so now can we see characters that aren't Optimus Prime and/or Bumblebee? >:oP
Not only that but we can probably expect to see the Generations product line littered with lazy repaints and half-assed retools of shelf warmers with one or two obligatory new molds. Basically pick up any peg warming DotM/Prime/Generations figures now and start mixing and matching parts and you'll be ahead of the "new" RotDS product releases and likely get better versions than Hasbro comes out with. That's IF they decide to put any figures out for the game.
Personally, after FoC I have no desire whatsoever to see the games or the product lines tainted with any kind of "movie" crossover. The Bayverse should be it's own separate entity and NEVER touch the rest of the TF continuity as far as I'm concerned. These idiots trying to align it into the regular continuity should have their asses kicked. It's like trying to promote an incestuous relationship with that creepy relative everyone tries to avoid at family gatherings.
Please, just... just don't.
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 22nd, 2014 @ 12:01am CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on April 22nd, 2014 @ 2:37am CDT
Posted by It Is Him on April 22nd, 2014 @ 6:32am CDT
Megatron Wolf wrote:still not sold on this, and the pre-order bonuses seem lame so far. im sure the writing will be good but i have the feeling everything else is going to suck, just like FoC & Deadpool. Great stories in those but horrible graphics & uninspired gameplay.
FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
Posted by VirusCarnage on April 22nd, 2014 @ 6:37am CDT
It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Megatron Wolf wrote:just like FoC & Deadpool. Great stories in those but horrible graphics & uninspired gameplay.
FoC had horrible graphics? If you only play games like Battlefield 4 and Planetside 2 I guess they're terrible, but the graphics were pretty good compared to most games.
Posted by It Is Him on April 22nd, 2014 @ 6:46am CDT
viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Why would you waste your time playing a game you thought was boring?
Posted by VirusCarnage on April 22nd, 2014 @ 6:48am CDT
It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Why would you waste your time playing a game you thought was boring?
It was an easy Plat on PS3 lol.
Posted by It Is Him on April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:15am CDT
viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Why would you waste your time playing a game you thought was boring?
It was an easy Plat on PS3 lol.
Dude. There are sooooo many easier plats than FOC lol! Getting 100 levels in multiplayer... no wonder you were bored.
Posted by VirusCarnage on April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:27am CDT
It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Why would you waste your time playing a game you thought was boring?
It was an easy Plat on PS3 lol.
Dude. There are sooooo many easier plats than FOC lol! Getting 100 levels in multiplayer... no wonder you were bored.
Ya there's Sly 2 that was super easy. 100 levels in MP wasn't that hard probably like 14 hours or so.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:37am CDT
It's the latter. The titular "Dark Spark" will act as a portal between universes that lets the playable characters crossover back and forth per the level gameplay.Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So, wait, is it a FOC game where they turn into the movie characters? Or are they separate universes that are crossing over? It can't be the first one, because the FoC and WfC games tie into the Prime universe, not the movie universe.
For more info, I'd suggest backtracking through this thread to see more videos, trailers, images, press releases, etc., as it all seems to be within this thread.
Posted by Henry921 on April 22nd, 2014 @ 11:58pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's the latter. The titular "Dark Spark" will act as a portal between universes that lets the playable characters crossover back and forth per the level gameplay.Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So, wait, is it a FOC game where they turn into the movie characters? Or are they separate universes that are crossing over? It can't be the first one, because the FoC and WfC games tie into the Prime universe, not the movie universe.
For more info, I'd suggest backtracking through this thread to see more videos, trailers, images, press releases, etc., as it all seems to be within this thread.
Wasn't the Aligned universe meant to be separate from all the other Transformers multiversal streams? I thought they weren't meant to interact with the larger collection of continuities, so Hasbro could come up with a new mythology and not deal with multiversal singularities or Rarified Energon or any of the other McGuffins floating around that allow for these crossovers in the first place.
Posted by It Is Him on April 23rd, 2014 @ 6:41am CDT
viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Why would you waste your time playing a game you thought was boring?
It was an easy Plat on PS3 lol.
Dude. There are sooooo many easier plats than FOC lol! Getting 100 levels in multiplayer... no wonder you were bored.
Ya there's Sly 2 that was super easy. 100 levels in MP wasn't that hard probably like 14 hours or so.
For 14 hours I could play another game and a half to completion. These days, I really only go for trophies if they aren't a total grind fest. 14 hours for trophies? No thank you.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 23rd, 2014 @ 7:01am CDT
Well, it's too late, now, since we've already had cases with Aligned Slipstream winding up in Axiom Nexus and BWII Lio Convoy going into the Aligned continuity as Leo Prime.Henry921 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It's the latter. The titular "Dark Spark" will act as a portal between universes that lets the playable characters crossover back and forth per the level gameplay.Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So, wait, is it a FOC game where they turn into the movie characters? Or are they separate universes that are crossing over? It can't be the first one, because the FoC and WfC games tie into the Prime universe, not the movie universe.
For more info, I'd suggest backtracking through this thread to see more videos, trailers, images, press releases, etc., as it all seems to be within this thread.
Wasn't the Aligned universe meant to be separate from all the other Transformers multiversal streams? I thought they weren't meant to interact with the larger collection of continuities, so Hasbro could come up with a new mythology and not deal with multiversal singularities or Rarified Energon or any of the other McGuffins floating around that allow for these crossovers in the first place.
Though the Aligned continuity remains outside of the mutliverse, travel between the two is still possible (but perhaps a lot harder to do).
Not to mention that the guys who came up with the Aligned continuity's rules that set outside of the mutliverse are no longer with Hasbro, so the new team is free to do what they wish with the previous team's works.
Still, though, with Alpha Trion and Optimus Prime being among the original Thirteen in the Aligned continuity, there's no way on Earth that the Aligned continuity can be a part of the multiverse, so that still keeps it separate.
And, depending on how this game plays out, it's possible that the WFC/FOC parts of the game might not be the actual, main Aligned universe that we've been seeing in the main games, cartoons, comics, and novels, as it could possibly be an alternate universe only based on WFC/FOC, like how "Tales of the Beast Hunters" and Transformers Go! are separate from the main Aligned timeline.
Posted by Henry921 on April 23rd, 2014 @ 8:28am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:And, depending on how this game plays out, it's possible that the WFC/FOC parts of the game might not be the actual, main Aligned universe that we've been seeing in the main games, cartoons, comics, and novels, as it could possibly be an alternate universe only based on WFC/FOC, like how "Tales of the Beast Hunters" and Transformers Go! are separate from the main Aligned timeline.
That is all that I've ever hoped for when it comes to WFC/FOC. Let it be cut away from the rest and stand alone.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 23rd, 2014 @ 8:36am CDT
I'm saying the WFC/FOC parts if this particular game might not even fit with the actual WFC and FOC games. The WFC/FOC parts of this game are said to take place after WFC but before FOC, meaning that the FOC Dinobots can't be in this game in order for it to work. But if they are, then ROTDS's WFC/FOC parts can't fit with the real WFC and FOC games, making ROTDS WFC/FOC parts into a separate WFC/FOC from the real WFC and FOC games.Henry921 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And, depending on how this game plays out, it's possible that the WFC/FOC parts of the game might not be the actual, main Aligned universe that we've been seeing in the main games, cartoons, comics, and novels, as it could possibly be an alternate universe only based on WFC/FOC, like how "Tales of the Beast Hunters" and Transformers Go! are separate from the main Aligned timeline.
That is all that I've ever hoped for when it comes to WFC/FOC. Let it be cut away from the rest and stand alone.
Posted by SlyTF1 on April 23rd, 2014 @ 3:34pm CDT
viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:viruscarnage wrote:It Is Him wrote:FOC sucked? You're fired. Get out.
It wasn't a very good game, very boring. I still played the hell out of it, but it was still a boring game.
Why would you waste your time playing a game you thought was boring?
It was an easy Plat on PS3 lol.
Dude. There are sooooo many easier plats than FOC lol! Getting 100 levels in multiplayer... no wonder you were bored.
Ya there's Sly 2 that was super easy. 100 levels in MP wasn't that hard probably like 14 hours or so.
Sly 2 and The Walking Dead are the only 2 games I have platinumed. And all you have to do in both of those games is just beat it.
Both WFC and FOC felt lacking to me. They could have been much better. The addition of a cover system would have made them more enjoyable. I hate when third person shooters don't have one.
Posted by Primeultimus on April 25th, 2014 @ 10:06am CDT
From Gametrailers
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/7tq0 ... on-trailer
Posted by Va'al on April 25th, 2014 @ 2:17pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on April 25th, 2014 @ 2:26pm CDT
Unfortunately, the video isn't working on the system I'm currently using, so I'll have to watch it at a later time when I get home.
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on April 25th, 2014 @ 2:36pm CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on April 25th, 2014 @ 2:55pm CDT
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on April 25th, 2014 @ 3:06pm CDT
Posted by VirusCarnage on April 25th, 2014 @ 5:53pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 25th, 2014 @ 5:54pm CDT
Oy, as has been stated numerous times, this game is a dimnesional crossover between the AOE movie universe and the FOC video game universe. The titular Dark Spark will act as a portal between both universes, allowing the characters to be moved back and forth between both worlds during the gameplay.OptimalOptimus2 wrote:What! Megatron on Earth! Are the Transformers crossing dimensions on this game?
Posted by megatronus on April 25th, 2014 @ 5:55pm CDT
Posted by Fflaw on April 25th, 2014 @ 9:03pm CDT
Posted by Razieon on April 25th, 2014 @ 11:30pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 26th, 2014 @ 5:45pm CDT
Posted by Henry921 on April 26th, 2014 @ 6:25pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Wait a sec. If the WFC/FOC parts of ROTDS take place before the events of FOC, and Megatron is in his FOC body... oh dear.
Another continuity snarl!
I wish I could say I was surprised...
Posted by Mindmaster on April 26th, 2014 @ 6:27pm CDT
Henry921 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Wait a sec. If the WFC/FOC parts of ROTDS take place before the events of FOC, and Megatron is in his FOC body... oh dear.
Another continuity snarl!
I wish I could say I was surprised...
Ugh, continuity discrepancies... how I loathe thee.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 26th, 2014 @ 6:32pm CDT
I guess the only sensible thing to do is to write ROTDS's WFC/FOC parts out of the main Aligned timeline and consider it merely an alternate reality version like how "Tales of the Beast Hunters" is to Prime season 3.Mindmaster wrote:Henry921 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Wait a sec. If the WFC/FOC parts of ROTDS take place before the events of FOC, and Megatron is in his FOC body... oh dear.
Another continuity snarl!
I wish I could say I was surprised...
Ugh, continuity discrepancies... how I loathe thee.
No harm done to the main timeline that way, as it just excommunicates this game and makes it its own individuated entity.