Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Transformers Cybertron series

In the ninth review I will be doing the Transformers Cybertron series which is War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. In War for Cybertron you play the Decepticons for 5 to six chapters and then the Autobots for the rest which means there is 10 to 12 chapters in the game (I don't remember how many chapters there are). In the Decepticon story you find and use dark energon which is stronger than regular energon while the Autobot story is to (try) fix it. Both stories  have a final bosses at the ended of them. The Decepticon one is the Autobot Omega Supreme (which sounds like something that you can order at a restaurant) and transforms into a spaceship, for the Autobots it's the Decepticon Trypticon who is kinda like a clone of Godzilla but can transform into a giant space cannon (which I couldn't find an image of it so play the game or imagine it). Now for what I like about War for Cybertron. First off you play as the Decepticons first. In the first mission there is a Decepticon called Breakdown who is losing it because Megatron is basically doing something suicidal which ramming his warship straight into the heart of a space staion. The two weapons that I like the most are the Fusion Cannon (Megatron's singature weapon) and the assault rifle.  This Transformers designs are based of the ones you see in the first series which is referred to as G1 (Generation 1). In the game, there are only two voice actors who are playing their roles from G1 which are Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) and Corey Burton for Shockwave who is a multiplayer exclusive which you will see in the trailer down below (the one with purple and one eye and not the one with the giant one which is the sequel). Two things about this trailer. First, Shockwave is one of my favorite Transformers and second the song that plays in the trailer is the same one that plays at the end of Saints Row 4 but its the original recording of the song. After a certain encounter with Zeta Prime (yes this game takes place before Optimus gets the title of Prime and leader of the Autobots) you wake up Omega Supreme who hunts you down in the second last level. There are a couple things that I like about this level. First off, the way that Omega talks is just like in G1, one line is after StarScream fires a missile at him and hes says <<New target acquired, engaging pursuit>> (Omega does remind a bit of Yoda from Star Wars because is way of speech is different from everybody else). At one point Breakdown think's that you lost Omega but after he appears he says <<Guess not>>. The last thing is that if you are playing as Megatron (who transforms into a tank) you are going to have to out jump the bus jump from the movie Speed. I liked the fight with Omega because he is tough the first time. Now for the Autobot story. In the first level, Optimus and his gang need to find a way to turn on the Anti-Aircraft. Also in the level there is a section where you have drive a highway and I always love that part because the driving in this game is fun. The second mission is when you free Zeta Prime from the Decepticon prison and you get the the title of Prime when the mission ends. In the fourth mission where Optimus Prime is crown leader by getting the Matrix of Leadership by Primus who is Cybertron (yes Cybertron is a Transformer). In the second last level is where you face Trypticon's space cannon to let the Autobots leave because Cybertron is dying (Megatron put Dark Energon into the core). You can play as Jetfire, Air Raid or Silverbolt. It's either Air Raid or Sliverbolt that say's that he is afraid of heights when he is a jet. A few things before I say what I don't like about this game. You can double jump but can't sprint. You can get the achievement for beating hard mode on both stories by a cheap trick which is going to mission select and going to the last checkpoint to beat it and it still counts. If I could rate this on a scale of one to ten it would be a 9. The trailer is down below. Now for Fall of Cybertron. This is when the Autobots are still evacuating Cybertron and Megatron is not letting them because they didn't ask his permission. In this game its not like War for Cybertron where its one faction for 5 or 6 chapters then the next one. It's 1 or 2 chapters Autobots then the Decepticons get 1 or 2 chapters. Now for what I like about this game. You have multiple abilities to use other than one in the last game. The driving on this game is still as fun as the last game. Now the weapons can get upgraded to be more powerful. My favorite weapon at its most powerful is the Path Blaster which at one shot will do a massive explosion and do massive damage to anyone near it. The graphics look good. One of my favorite Transformers is Metroplex because he is awesome. He is almost taller than the tallest building on Earth which is the Burj Khalifa which is 829 meters tall while Metroplex is 800 meters tall. When I first played the level where Metroplex was introduced I didn't know his name so I called him big boy because his huge and very tough to kill. At the end of the level he gets knocked out and I screamed <<Big boy no>> it was one in the morning and that's when I learned his true name. At last cutscene, while Optimus is getting interrogated by Megatron then you see Metroplex and I had smile on my face and then he gave Megatron a few (if you chosen to) punches. The next Autobot that I liked is Grimlock got his vhiecle form altered into a T. rex by Shockwave. His voice actor is the same who played him in G1 which is Gregg Berger. In this game you can play as Shockwave (or you see him can't remember which) in the campaign. This time Corey Burton turned down the roll to do another one in something else while Steve Blum gets it. There are a few easter eggs that I like in this game. The first one is that sometimes while playing as Optimus and you go to Teletran 1 it start to say Orion Pax then it will say Optimus which is a reference to Optimus before he got changed, like his previous life. The second one is when you are playing as Megatron and you find a secret arcade room with a claw machine. You can play the claw machine and see toy versions of certain Transformers. The best thing about it is that if you press nothing or you press the same button twice, you will get no toy and Megatron will get angry and the screen will turn red for a second. The third one is when you are playing as Grimlock and you try to access Teletran 1 but you are too big and it says you can't access it because you're too big. You can leave or destroy it to get into the room with Shockwaves signature weapon the Sling Shock. The last one is a DLC weapon which is the throwback blaster. The throwback blaster is a reference to what Megatron transformed into in G1 (yes he transformed into a hand gun). The gun makes the same sound when it shoots in the show and when you switch weapons or hands as when any transformer does in the show. Now for what I hate about this game. They replaced the fusion cannon with the riot cannon. You can't double jump but you can sprint why not both. At one part of the game I died 5 times on Normal setting. If I would rate this game on a scale from one to ten it would be a 8.9. The tralier is down below.
Omega Supreme 
Omega Supreme's ship form
War for Cybertron cover art
The cover art of Fall of cybertron and the weapon that Optimus prime is holding is the Path blaster
Grimlock (robot form) 
Grimlock's dino mode
FOC Sling Shock.jpg
The Sling Shock
Throwback blaster
Megatron gun form
Trypticon 
Metroplex 

2 comments:

  1. the transofromers are actually awesome, ive watched a couple of games played by others and watched a movie and it was awesome

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    1. I thought Transformers ever since I was 4 or five. I have the original series but not the original movie. I also watched some of the other series when I was younger and I've seen from the second to the fourth live action movie in theaters.

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