THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Stoney Mason on January 14, 2010, 04:31:56 PM
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I'm not a fan of CGI trailers but here it is.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZrL0x63c8&hd=1[/youtube]
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed_zcSrju74[/youtube]
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I kinda like the fusion of the original designs with the live/CG movie style.
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I rarely feel like I'm so out of the loop as I do when I see this game. To me it looks like it lacks the appeal of a Transformers game. I don't read the extended fiction of Transformers (...) but the appeal of Transformers was always the "robots in disguise". That meant having the robot that transformers into a regular car and having that contrast between regular humans and buildings and the large transformers. This is a bunch of metal dudes fighting in a metallic environment. I don't get it at all.
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I rarely feel like I'm so out of the loop as I do when I see this game. To me it looks like it lacks the appeal of a Transformers game. I don't read the extended fiction of Transformers (...) but the appeal of Transformers was always the "robots in disguise". That meant having the robot that transformers into a regular car and having that contrast between regular humans and buildings and the large transformers. This is a bunch of metal dudes fighting in a metallic environment. I don't get it at all.
The reason I would be skeptical has more to do with how IP games tend to suck in general . The appeal of the game slightly has to do with that it doesn't strictly toe the line with the pure Bayformers re-imagining look which is god awful. It has a retro look combined with a little bit of the hard metal of Bayformers. Cybertron episodes even in the cartoons were a pretty metallic environment so if you are taking it to that planet rather than earth, this isn't too far theoretically from the source material.
High Moon studios is also a decent studio. Darkwatch nor the Bourne Conspiracy are great games but they are mostly solid competent affairs. This will probably end up being the same.
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv_A9wKHYA4[/youtube]
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I definitely want to play this. I'll buy it if its good but I'll need to rent it first.
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed_zcSrju74[/youtube]
I see a lot of cinematics and very little gameplay. Is this a 3rd person action game, like GOW? The first video, all cine, I thought it was going to be an RTS... :-[
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PfLmaOYRZc[/youtube]
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-F5EQLg16Q[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlKGbXLFvU8[/youtube]
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So far the best Transformers game has been the Playstation 2 game released by Atari. I had so much fun with that one. Very underrated.
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59EemVAlACk[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5a6pApm2Iw[/youtube]
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The game looks fantastic.
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MP demo is up
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024156084c/?of=1
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My first early impression is... It's kinda fun.
It's neat running around with the transformers and being able to transform at will. I wish the environments were a little larger. Maybe some are in the full game. The graphics are also pretty ugly imo. But the core aspect of being a transformer is pretty fun. Has a COD style progression unlock system. It's pretty much ripping off the entire COD system as it has Perks and killstreaks although you can only unlock up to like Level 3 in the demo. The two gameplay types available in the demo are domination and Team DM.
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Played a few games now. It's pretty solid. It's not rewriting the book on MP but its a solid execution on transformers in that environment.
You have four classes. Unfortunately only two are unlocked in the demo and the jets aren't one of them. Basically the humanoid form is your walking form. Its slower but has better firepower. Then when you click in the thumbstick you can transform into your vehicle form. So it's kinda nice in that you can use it in many different ways. You can use your vehicles to get in close and then transform to deal damage or you can use your vehicle as an escape method if you are taking damage. The vehicle also can fire itself.
You have special abilities on your left and right bumpers which have a cool down time. Some of them are things like hover or go into a stealth mode, etc. Some of them are unlocked down the road. You also have two weapons which you customize a bit on the loadout screen. Typical assortment of weapons. Snipers, Shotgun, pistols, etc.
The energy system is slightly different. You have a health bar that doesn't recharge automatically. You have to go refill it at energon cubes which are scattered about the map.
My main complaint is with the size and layout of the maps which seem generic and smallish rather than anything with the gameplay itself.
I'm interested to play the full MP via gamefly when it comes out. Adding to my queue now.
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Thanks!
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Online connections seem a bit spotty. I'm not sure it has host migration either which would suck.
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwCmHkJWlA[/youtube]
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This game is pretty fun. Still not a fan of the style, but it is definitely fun. Didn't check if there were other control styles, but I thought the way they adapted Call of Duty controls to this only kinda worked. I accidentally transformed into a hover car thing randomly, and the melee seems like you need to press it a couple times.
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This game is pretty fun. Still not a fan of the style, but it is definitely fun. Didn't check if there were other control styles, but I thought the way they adapted Call of Duty controls to this only kinda worked. I accidentally transformed into a hover car thing randomly, and the melee seems like you need to press it a couple times.
There is an alternate control scheme that moves transform to the Y button and weapon switching to the D-pad.
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demo is really fun. i was totally blindsided by how enjoyable it is since i had written it off as trash from the moment it was announced.
i think i'm just gonna get this instead of crackdown 2. pretty sure highmoon was at least able to implement MM for co-op lol
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This demo is AWESOME.
Very fun, smooth to play. The multi is really fleshed out and all that. I threw this on GameFly immediately. Achievements dont look too bad either, just some grinding but the TDM mode is awesome. They won my interest. It even has campaign co-op.
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As soon as I played the demo I put it on my Gamefly list. I think the MP is gonna be pretty fun and hopefully it goes into my rotation until the fall shooters come out.
I honestly don't have much hope for the sp but at least its co-op. Almost every thing is better with co-op so at least I can enjoy it on that level.
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I played as a Scout. I was just sitting afar and pecking people off with my sniper. When they got close, I would bust out my ENERGON SWORD.
TDM is dope. I didnt try the other mode but I only like twitchy Deathmatch gaming.
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What's kinda neat is that 2 of the classes aren't even available yet and the one I'm most interested in is the jets. They seem to have done a really smart design on the class setups. I like also how some of the classes have perks and bonuses that buff your team.
Plus its just bad ass rolling around as a transformer and transforming on the fly.
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Someone posted this over at GAF a few days back.
For anyone who's interested .. here is a list of Killstreaks, Abilities, and Weapons that I managed to find when the first MP trailer was released by me freezing the video at the parts which give this information. It should be about 95% accurate:
KILLSTREAKS
Soldier:
3 Kills = Ammo Matrix; Refills Ammo & Grenades for Team
5 Kills = Electromagnetic Pulse; Jams enemy abilities for a time
7 Kills = Omega Missile; Guided Missile capable of mass destruction
Scientist:
3 Kills = Health Matrix; Teammates receive health for each kill
5 Kills = Overshield Matrix; Teammates receive Overshields
7 Kills = Nucleon Shock Cannon; Spawn a useable rocket turret
Scout:
3 Kills = Orbital Beacon (i.e. UAV); Displays enemy location
5 Kills = Energon Recharger; Health constantly regenerates for a time
7 Kills = Orbital Beacon 2.0; Causes a level-wide EMP blast and tags all enemies with marked targets
Leader:
3 Kills = Intercooler; Greatly reduces the cool-down time for abilities
5 Kills = P.O.K.E. 2.0 (???); Deadly melee attack that causes enemies to explode
7 Kills = Thermo Mine Re-Spawner; Spawn a trail of thermo mines
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Soldier:
Hover = Abilities to hover in the air and increase weapon damage
Whirlwind = Whirlwind melee attack
Ammo Beacon = Beacon that'll automatically refill teammate's ammo when they are near it
Energon Slug (?) = Disables enemy abilities for a time
Scientist:
Shockwave = Pushes enemies back and causes damage
Spawn Sentry = Spawns a sentry at a location
Drain = Syphons health from enemies
Disguise = Appear as an Ally to the enemy (SABOTEUR!!!)
Scout:
Cloaking = Becomes nearly invisible
Dash = Quick dask in a direction
Decoy Trap = Spawns a decoy pick-up that'll stun enemies when touched
Mark Target = Tags enemy with EMP pulse which weakens their armor and reveals their location
Leader:
Warcry = Area of effect, improves armor and increases damage output
Moleculon Bomb = Slows enemies when they are near it and explodes
Barrier = Deploys and Energon shield barrier
Disruption = Forces victim to change form and locks them in that form for a brief time
WEAPONS
I wasn't able to get all the weapon descriptions, just the 3 from the Soldier class were shown in the video.
Soldier:
Neutron Assault Rifle; Rapid-fire mid-range AR
Thermo Rocket Launcher
X12 Scrapmaker; Full-auto mini-gun
EMP Shotgun; Semi-auto close-combat shotgun
Scientist:
Neutron Assault Rifle; Rapid-fire mid-range AR
Photon Burst Rifle
Energon Repair Ray
EMP Shotgun; Semi-auto close-combat shotgun
Energon Grenades
Energon Club
Scout:
Plasma Cannon
Hull Ray
Energon Battle Pistol
Scatter Blaster
Energon Sword
EMP Grenades
Leader:
Ion Blaster
Energon Battle Pistol
Plasma Cannon
Energon Axe
Thermo Mine
Magma Frag Launcher
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This demo is damn fun but the online code for this game is garbage. I constantly get dumped from games. sigh
Hopefully this will be fixed in the retail version.
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Is the demo online only? How long will it be good for?
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Is the demo online only? How long will it be good for?
Demo is online only. Not sure how long it will be up. For example they took down the blur demo for awhile and then put it back up. I have a feeling they might do the same here since this isn't going to be a big seller
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Grrr.... Gamefly didn't ship my copy.
>:(
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I sent in my shit last week so I did it with more than enough time. I've never missed a game on the first few days when I did that. They must have not ordered very many copies.
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I sent in my shit last week so I did it with more than enough time. I've never missed a game on the first few days when I did that. They must have not ordered very many copies.
Welcome to my world!
First time its ever happened to me but I hear ya. I won't even be in town tomorrow but it still annoys me because if they didn't ship it today, it could be at least a week before I get it now at minimum.
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GameFly knows I am a hardcore Transformers fan and rewards me. What is your excuses? Not like u guys would appreciate this game... always trolling.
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Awesome game. Campaign levels are pretty long too.
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Anyone got more impressions, particularly single player?
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I fucking wish they had sent my copy
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Who has this game? I just got it in today.
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It's coming
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I was thinking people who arent poor, Wrika, sorry
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8)
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It'll be here next week, thanks a lot Amazon Prime ::)
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Game is ugly as sin.
Plays like standard 3rd person shooter.
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This game is basically Gears of War Transformers with multiplayer that doesn't suck. I give it an A+
It has the same UI and everything.
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Multiplayer is awesome. I put the two Stan Bush Transformers songs on loop while I play :rock
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This game is basically Gears of War Transformers with multiplayer that doesn't suck. I give it an A+
It has the same UI and everything.
Sounds great. No such thing as too much dude-bro gaming! :gun
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It's like Gears, but you can TURN INTO VEHICLES AND SHOOT SHIT AS VEHICLES.
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sigh. I knew when it wasn't originally shipped I was going to have to wait a long ass time on this one.
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I finished the Decepticon story last night. Didnt kick in until Zeta Prime, but the rest was awesome. I am starting the Autobot story this weekend.
Still an awesome game. The levels feel maybe a bit too long. It's like ok, level's over... nope, still a little more.
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Used $15 rewards to pick this up today at BB. Not really feeling it after the first 30 minutes.
The combat feels weird because instinctively I keep wanting to find cover like Gears but there is no cover system. Luckily or not, cover's not really needed because enemies are too dumb to hurt you. I'm a little disappointed that the combat is not more strategic since this game is mostly a shooter. If the shooting weren't going to be great, I'd rather that there was a stronger emphasis on melee combat like the cartoons.
This is on normal, btw. Maybe I've to bump it up a notch?
Also, like Split Second, there's a 30 FPS cap on the PC port to match the shitty console versions. WTF, the game can clearly run at 60 fps on many PCs. Hopefully this distinguished mentally-challenged trend won't continue. >:(
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Play it on Hard, it's a really easy game
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Oh god, Nero from DMC4 plays Bumblebee. That's so awesome
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Finally my Gamefly list says shipped for this game. >:(
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I'm about done boosting multi. Just 2 more classes... Double XP weekend ths weekend too
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Oh god, Nero from DMC4 plays Bumblebee. That's so awesome
:bow JOHNNY YONG BOSCH, the original Nolan North.
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Dang, I might have to go out and buy an actual retail game at full price. I watched the IGN review (which gave it a 9.0 fwiw) and it kinda looks like it's this years Batman: AA - a game that's better than it has any right to be.
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Read Gamespot review first. It pretty much sums up how I feel about the game.
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Dang, I might have to go out and buy an actual retail game at full price. I watched the IGN review (which gave it a 9.0 fwiw) and it kinda looks like it's this years Batman: AA - a game that's better than it has any right to be.
Some people are very mixed on the single player so I might hold up if I were you. (Although it does have co-op which is welcome).
I think the multiplayer is pretty cool and that is honestly the bigger draw in the package.
But I guess I'll know for sure in a day or two.
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Read Gamespot review first. It pretty much sums up how I feel about the game.
Thanks for the heads up, gonna keep it on my radar but it will put it on the backburner for awhile. Plus I just bought like 6 games through the steam sales and don't mind holding off a bit. (still got a boner for RDR though, might have to bite)
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I fucking will you cunt
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Came in today and I played and finished the first chapter when I got home. I can safely say this isn't this year's Batman.
More like a poor poor man's Gears. It's strictly average stuff. If I wasn't such a big transformers nerd, I wouldn't even bother with the SP and just skip right into the MP.
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Details on first DLC pack
Become the ultimate weapon and wage war in four new maps – engage in multiplayer combat in HAVOC and FORTRESS or fend off waves of Autobots in DISTRICT, and Decepticons in FORSAKEN, two new Escalation mode maps. Also gain access to 5 characters and their chassis for use in Escalation mode and Multiplayer character creation; SCATTERSHOT, ONSLAUGHT, DEMOLISHOR, SHOCKWAVE and JAZZ are ready for battle. Fight to the end in the war that started it all! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
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I played a bit into the second mission for the deceptions and while it gets slightly better (and some people claim the autobot side of the story is better) its really nothing to get excited about on the sp front.
I'm enjoying the Mp though although the jets seem pretty powerful early on.
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Well it is Gears of Transformers, and you arent a fan of Gears... lol
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From what I played the Autobot's first chapter was significantly better. The first chapter for the Decipticon's had utter garbage level design and when coupled with boring AI it wasn't fun at all. The environment design was complete shit too with every room blending into one another without any creativity.
Honestly I would've stopped playing the game right there since the combat is pretty poor to begin with but I was having fun playing coop with demi.
I use the gears analogy mainly because of the co-op campaign stuff and because you are mainly dealing with a relatively slower moving shooter. Although I agree there are better analogies to be made although none immediately spring to mind. Especially with the ability to transform and fly all around which sort of makes it unlike most other shooters.
I agree about the cybertron setting being a bad idea. It does sort of all blend together and look the same and the graphics aren't amazing in the first place. I can play it and enjoy it for what it is but it certainly isn't on the top level of shooters for the sp part.
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Y'all should have trusted yours truly. I nailed that shit. :smug
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Yeah, mechanically its a completely different beast than Gears. Actually a lot more complex on that front. Which sort of destroys a lot of the comparisons.
There are some really interesting mechanics which if given enough time could be formed into a solid sp game. But this one is clearly just sort of by the books. Although like I said it isn't painful or anything. And I do enjoy transformers stuff. Just kind of average.
I find the MP stuff to be far more interesting. It also has its flaws but the core mechanics end up making it a much more unique and enjoyable game on that front imo.
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I played the multiplayer for about 2 hours tonight and once you get the hang of it, its pretty freaking awesome. I'm going to go ahead and say the freedom of movement displayed here for the shooter genre is pretty much revolutionary. The closest thing I can compare it to in some ways is descent but its actually more impressive than descent because not only can you fly around but you can drive around and run around.
Critics are always talking about "innovation" but their hypocrisy when they miss out on something is pretty blatant. If this was some other game other than a licensed transformers game, you would be hearing a lot more praise about this element of the game because its pretty much radically different than any other shooter out there. It just happens to be a transformers game. Now I'm not saying the rest of the MP is as revolutionary. The basic game modes are the same old same old. The weapons are nothing new. And the basic online structure is pretty much a COD rip. But god damn, I've never felt so free and able to move and do exactly what I want in a shooter game before when it comes to movement.
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That's a lot of venom for just playing two levels.
Sorry for having you rent it... lol
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I think it's more Gears than Uncha is
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You just said you werent gonna try it!
I'll be on all day in any case, feel free to jump on
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More melee combat would have made up for the areas in which this game lacks behind Gears, like the lack of cover and lightweight weapons.
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Feeling you, XFE. The stench of UK sfags must be unbearable. :fbm
You just said you werent gonna try it!
I'll be on all day in any case, feel free to jump on
Well not by myself. :-*
More melee combat would have made up for the areas in which this game lacks behind Gears, like the lack of cover and lightweight weapons.
Optimus Prime has this cool dash attack that allows you to get in close for a melee kill which is really fun to do. But I'm playing on Hard and I'm not very good so I don't have many opportunities to use it. Plus demi usually just kills them by the time I can reach them, lol.
Why do you put up with that glory hog? I'd just sabotage him or quit if he tried that Kobe crap with me.
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Up to chapter 4 now. I will admit there is a lot of transformers fan service going on here in the SP. Even though I still think its kinda average, I am enjoying myself. Probably has a lot to do with being a huge transformers kid growing up.
They at least get why transformers were cool to my generation growing up and deliver on it in that exact opposite manner where Michael Bay doesn't get it at all and delivers those shit movies. I prefer the story and characters in this about 1000x more than I did in those shitty movies. And no shitty humans to fuck things up.
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Sounds like this summer's Ghostbusters. Good shit for fans, average game objectively.
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Ghostbusters was also like Gears, btw
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Sounds like this summer's Ghostbusters. Good shit for fans, average game objectively.
Well said.
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No way, I like Gears :D
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I just ordered this game based on demi's recommendation. gonna tell ferricide to snag a copy so we can co op.
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It's actually THREE-op. So if you have another fatty who luvs robots he can play too
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[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYvY4Xz2SGg&hd=1[/youtube]
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Trying to finish up beating the campaign. Trypticon is a bitch. >:(
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He's cake bro. I beat him on Hard easily. Here's what I posted on X360A:
First form: Use the left and right upper covers to shoot the canisters. Hide when missles are coming. Done
Second form: He does a loop. Your favorite spot is the lower left area. Hide here behind the ramp when he breathes fire (Missles Coming on your screen), and initially when he spews rockets. When the first core is blasted, he does a new attack where the room turns purple. Turn into a vehicle and drive forward and use your Ram attack (I used Optimus) and drive up the ramp (grab a heal if you need it). Here, he will cry and spew crystals. Stand up top and shoot away. Make your way while shooting to your corner, where spiders will come. Stomp them or shoot some away if you have some space. The cycle will repeat. Just remember to drive across the room when it turns purple.
Make sure to run in front of him when you blast the third core so he slams his hand on you for the achievement. Just make sure you survive that, of course.
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Thx. That help me beat him.
The campaign had some pretty giant boss battles which were neat. Still mostly average. I would still only recommend for die hard transformers fans. But since I fall into that group I enjoyed it despite the flaws.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSELOUysNQo[/youtube]
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:lol At least they kept the cheesey 80's metal.
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:rock
I so gotta rent this or find it cheap.