“Sadly, apparently Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building,” Hasbro told TFW2005. “When a company eats a company that eats a company things get lost, and that’s very frustrating.”
Were there any good, worthwhile transformers games released, for any console, ever? I can’t think of a single one
War for Cybertron
Fall of Cybertron
Some of the best Transformers media that exists. They are an absolute blast to play through with a fantastic story.
The part on Fall of Cybertron when you can repeatedly flatten Megatron with a gigantic iron fist was super satisfying.
I tried playing War for Cybertron and the single player campaign did not do it for me. Good art for its day, but the gameplay was generic 3rd person shooter but with extremely stingy ammo rationing and the transforming mechanic that felt like an afterthought.
I had one for the PS2, if memory serves, that sucked balls so hard it is a clear contender for Worst Game I’ve ever played (and I’ve been playing for over 40 years, now…)
I had blocked that game from my memory.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Game
It. Was. So. Bad.
Easily makes the list of the top five worst games I’ve ever played.
I have to admit I enjoyed throwing movie Ironhide’s weight around.
But the goofy checkpoint system was just awful. The whole game was like one exceedingly long escort the NPC quest.
Edit: And for contrast: the other Transformers PS2 game is fantastic: Transformers: Armada So it’s not as if they couldn’t have done better.
The PS2 Transformers Armada game is fantastic. Driving around in the (for the time) open world is a joy. The gunfights are interesting and tactical. The boss flights are over the top cinematic. And the minicons add brokenly fun abilities.
War for Cybertron I and II are worthy follow-ups with better acting and story, and even more fantastic boss fights. Vehicle modes remain fun. The core shooter is solid. Only points docked in my book is the lack of minicons, and dull color pallette.
And of course, the very first game is downright almost playable if you happen to be very young and lack access to hobbies or literally any other game.
