Transformers: The Game
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Plot synopsis:
=== Autobots ===
The Autobot storyline begins with Bumblebee landing on Earth and taking on the form of a Camaro. He then defeats a group of Decepticon drones. After learning Sam Witwicky is going to buy a used car, Bumblebee goes to Bobby Bolivia's Used Carlot and is bought by Sam. Later, Sam and his girlfriend, Mikaela Banes, are attacked by a Decepticon, Barricade, but Bumblebee saves them. Bumblebee fights Barricade, while Sam and Mikaela escape. After defeating the Decepticon, Bumblebee finds Sam and Mikaela, who thank him for saving them. Optimus contacts Bumblebee, telling him that Sam has the artifact that contains the location of the AllSpark, and Bumblebee must protect Sam at all costs.
Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, and Jazz land on Earth, assume alternate forms (a Peterbilt 379, a GMC Topkick, a Hummer H2 Search and Rescue vehicle, and a Pontiac Solstice) and meet with Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela. Sam gives them the artifact, which turns out to be his grandfather's glasses, to Optimus, who explains to Sam and Mikaela the mission of the Autobots in Earth: they are in the search of the All Spark, a powerful artifact which is the source of life of all Transformers, so they can use it to revitalize Cybertron, the homeworld of the Transformers. Ratchet reveals Sam's grandfather discovered their enemy, the Decepticon leader Megatron, trapped in the Arctic. Megatron burned the information of the All Spark's location in Sam's grandfather's glasses so the Decepticons could find the All Spark. Afterwards, Mikaela sarcastically states that she is struggling with why Bumblebee disguised himself as such a "beater", and in response, Bumblebee scans a new and improved yellow Camaro as his new alt-mode.
Ironhide detects Sector 7 helicopters and Prime orders Jazz to create a diversion so that the Autobots, Sam and Mikaela can escape. In doing so, Jazz is cornered by Sector 7 agents. Ironhide rescues Jazz from Sector 7, and manages to defeat several drones on the way. After defeating the drones, Ironhide discovers that Sector 7 is trying to capture Bumblebee. Prime tries to rescue Bumblebee but he fails to save his comrade as he is taken away by Sector 7, partially because of Shockwave. Optimus defeats Shockwave and decodes his transmissions, discovering Starscream, Megatron's second-in-command, also knows of the AllSpark and Megatron's-whereabouts. With their mission clear, the Autobots decide to rescue Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela from Sector 7. Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela are captured inside Hoover Dam. A power outage allows Bumblebee to escape. While exploring Bumblebee finds the frozen Megatron and the All Spark. Bumblebee recovers the AllSpark and rescues Sam and Mikaela, and then flee when Megatron awakens. Starscream and Blackout, fly through the dam and cause several generations which allow Megatron to escape.
Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela travel to Mission City with the All Spark. The All Spark's power surges transform human machines into feral drones which attack Bumblebee. However, Ironhide rescues Bumblebee and defeats the drones. Meanwhile, Jazz encounters and fights Starscream and Blackout. Jazz manages to defeat the Decepticon duo, but Brawl appears behind him and extinguishes his spark in front of Ironhide. The Autobot then defeats Brawl in a "slow death", avenging his fallen brother. Bumblebee, however, fights Barricade, who is trying to take the All Spark. Bumblebee defeats the Decepticon and meets with Sam and Mikaela but Megatron appears behind him and quickly defeats Bumblebee, forcing Sam and Mikaela to run away. Megatron is about to kill Sam and Mikaela, but Optimus knocks Megatron aside, challenging him to a final battle. Optimus defeats Megatron, however, just as Sam is about to give Optimus the AllSpark, Megatron jumps up and tries to kill Prime in one last attempt using his flail. However, Optimus catches Megatron's flail and pulls him in closer while crushing the AllSpark in his other hand, and plunging it straight into Megatron's chest, presumably uniting with his Spark, killing him instantly. The story ends with Optimus and the Autobots choosing to remain on Earth.
=== Decepticons ===
The Decepticons storyline begins with a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter falling out of the sky, with severe tail rotor damage, presumably caused by Blackout, one of the Decepticons arriving on Earth, who then takes the form of the downed craft by scanning it. He uses the craft in order to enter and destroy SOCCENT Air Base in Qatar, and ejects his companion Scorponok to chase after the survivors who attempt to call for help using mobile communication vehicles, while Blackout searches for top secret data about the All Spark from the remains of SOCCENT through computer terminals kept inside Software towers, then Blackout accidentally sent a Morse Code signal inviting Stealth Bombers and F-22s over to stop him. After destroying the air force Blackout discovers Data about an Artifact that will lead the Decepticons to the All Spark.
Meanwhile, Frenzy is in the captivity of Sector 7. Barricade, scanning a Police cruiser and becoming it as his alternate form, recovers Frenzy and they go to hunt down the human called Sam Witwicky who has the glasses with the AllSpark's location burned into them. Barricade finds Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and he chases after them, only to be confronted by Bumblebee. Barricade eventually defeats Bumblebee, and Sam gives up the glasses. Barricade contacts Decepticon subcommander Starscream, that they will soon be heading to Mission City with the All Spark, so Starscream decides to round up the other Decepticons, Brawl and Bonecrusher, and send them to Mission City. However, he is delayed at the airbase, but takes the opportunity to make a 'smoking ruin' of it.
Later, Starscream and Blackout arrive at Hoover Dam, then help Megatron to escape, destroying a group of Autobot drones in the process, and then the three transform and fly to Mission City. In the city, the rest of the Autobots have arrived and Jazz drops off Sam and Mikaela, and tells them to run and hide, while Barricade orders him to step aside so he can claim the All Spark for Megatron. Jazz then confronts Barricade, who eventually kills him and leaves his body at the foot of a monument in the Central Park. Barricade then contacts Blackout, when he arrives with Starscream and Megatron, to eject Scorponok, to destroy Energon drones that have spawned from the All Spark. Scorponok destroys them, but has to run away when Ironhide kicks him away just as Sam was preparing to give up the All Spark. Blackout then arrives, killing Ironhide who is being helped by numerous Autobot drones.
Megatron goes looking for Optimus Prime by destroying the city, instead finding Sam and Mikeala hiding. Optimus appears and intervenes before Megatron can kill them, to have the last battle. Eventually, Megatron injures Optimus badly, and as he reaches for the All Spark, Megatron stands in the way. He lowers his flail, and can tell Optimus what happens now. He raises the flail, swings it around his head once, then swings it into Prime. Prime's optical display flickers for seconds, showing all of his past recordings before, flickering out, along with his Spark. With Optimus dead, Sam and the other humans remain unharmed, as Megatron is seen activating the All Spark, then releases a massive shockwave, presumably converting all the electronics in the world into Decepticons, and uses the new army to take over Earth. The story ends sometime later, with Megatron ordering all Decepticons to kill the last of Mankind from his "throne" before they leave Earth.
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Review: Better than the film.. First of all, this game is based upon Michael Bay's film version of Transformers (2007), and I've got to be honest, Bay ruined the good old idea about giant alien robots But, I am not going to rant here about it, if you want to read my ranting, go see my review about all three Bay's "Transformers" films. Now, I think this game depicted the idea of the film far more better. No, really, check it, I mean it's the same story, Allspark is on earth, autobots and decepticons are here to find it, they need Sam's help but in this game, the plot revolves around the robots, not humans, and I think this is the best reason why this game is better than films. Well, that was pretty obvious, but still better idea. Now, you can choose to be autobot, or decepticon. The game play is pretty easy, I mean with every of them Bumblebee, Optimus, Ironhide, Jazz, Megatron, Starscream, Barricade really it's easy and pretty playful. Peter Cullen voiced Optimus and Frank Welker voiced Megatron I can tell you right away, the game creator Jon Burton is definitely a G1 cartoon fan. Thank you, Jon, for bringing back that good old 80s element in the game. Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox also voiced Sam and Mikaela and to mention Keith David voicing Barricade he was awesome. The missions are pretty fun, but they can be tiresome sometimes, maybe because you can't save and you need to search for energon cubes all over the entire level, and sometimes you need to chase other robots around the area. Levels are big and pretty spacious and they are well designed. The sound effects are good, graphics are very beautiful, but I think that the music score is very, very awesome, pretty thrilling on some occasions, sometimes dark, or heroic, very good score.So, overall, I recommend this game and enjoy yourself.. descent but could have been better. i actually bought the game without renting it cause i loved the movie so much and to me this game stays faithful to the film but has more flaws the robots themselves needed a transformation makeover all they did was jump in the air and land down as a vehicle the weapons were utterly useless therefore combat is your best friend and the boss battles were more or less to aggravating only reason i liked the game was the mass destruction you can cause but overall this game is way too short and you can finish it in 1 day or less and not al the robots are playable but the ones you do control are pretty exciting plus it is good to hear peter cullen and frank welker as the iconic leaders again. Why all the bad reviews?. Look, OK? After reading all those negative reviews on Transformers: The Game, I decided someone should break the silence for everyone who liked it. I mean, for those who said it sucked, look at it on the other side: It's not that bad (As for me, I think it rocks!!!!!) True, some missions can get annoying after you die all the time, like when you are Bumblebee in Hoover Dam, and Megatron just keeps shooting at you with such powerful blows that you die after about 6 blows. I like the way that instead of playing as only the Autobots(good guys) , you get to play also as the bad guys(Decepticons). Anyhow, I was just writing to tell you guys that even if many critics were neglecting the game, Activision and Traveller's Tales have produced an excellent effort in this game and it should be respected.. Peter Cullen and Frank Welker Enough Said. As we all know a lot of video games based off movies turn out to be some of the worst games to ever be made.However Transformers The Game is truly in a class all by itself because the game does some good and some bad but overall it is something worth looking at.In the game you get to play as both The Autobots and Decepticons each side with their own story.On the Autobots Side you play the level as if you were watching the movie where Bumblebee is send to earth to search for the location of the Allspark and to protect Sam who holds the key to it location.You only get to play as Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ironhide and Bumblebee on the Autobots Side.The Decepticons Side is a different take on the movie, this is what would be if the Decepticons had got to Earth first. you get to only play as Megatron,Starscream,Blackout,Barricade and Scorponok.The Game has it fair share of pros and cons.The Pros are that Peter Cullen and Frank Welker each reprise their respected roles of Optimus Prime and Megatron the best voices ever for the Transformers Legends. Also Megan Fox reprise her role as Mikaela as well as Shia LeBeouf reprise his role as Same. Keith David took the role of Barricade and Mark Ryan took the role of Ironhide The voice is very good with a lot of new style for the Transformers Voice work different from the movie.The Graphics are very nice with great level designs and the Transformers look really awesome close to their movie counterparts as well.The Sound is a strong one with a lot of the score use from the same composer who work on the live action movie.The Cons are that the game can give you a real headache from time to time.A good bit of the levels are so hard that you have to try over and over again to beat them.The Controls take time to get use to but they are not that bad. The game also has tons of unlock-able items such as pictures of the Transformers figures, comic book images, the movie trailer is in the game as well as the TV spots for the movie is also on the game.So overall the game has it ups and downs but I am glad that I own this game and enjoy playing it just took time but it is a lot of funI give Transformers The Game a 8 out of 10 for the pros can outweighs the cons of this gameAutobots, Transform and roll out! Decepticons Attack!