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Activision's Transformers game details

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http://ps3.ign.com/articles/763/763237p1.html
First Transformers Details Revealed
Activision announces platforms, gameplay tidbits and more.
by Jeremy Dunham

February 9, 2007 - It's been exactly a year since Activision last said anything about its game based on Michael Bay's upcoming robot movie, Transformers -- and even then, explicit information about the title was closely guarded (specific consoles hadn't been named; the developers weren't identified, etc). But after 52 weeks of nothing, our contacts at Activision have finally come clean and given us a couple of details to work with.

Officially known as Transformers: The Game, the Traveller's Tales-developed actioner is scheduled for just about every platform out there (PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360) and will come out this summer with nearly identical content. Its storyline will follow the movie closely, giving players control over both the Autobots and the Decepticons as they choose to either protect the earth or pimp slap it.

The final number of playable characters is still unknown, but Activision has confirmed that Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee, and Ironhide are among them. Each bot has their own set of special skills and abilities too, and gamers will be able to switch between robot and vehicle form at any time. Fully destructible environments (including entire buildings and vehicles) and the ability to use wreckage as weapons are also expected.

Combat mechanics still aren't very clear, but developers do say that each character's scale and weight affects how they fight. Both ranged and melee battles are possible as well, and there are a few other elements that haven't been expanded on yet.


You too will be able to scare the bejesus out of a pack of buff guys.
Handheld fans should also take note that PSP and DS versions are in the works from Savage and Vicarious Visions respectively. No details about the Dual Screen edition were made public, wowever, we do know that the PSP edition boasts 20 playable Autobots and Decepticons and follows an expanded telling of the movie's storyline (complete with bot customization and ad hoc/ infrastructure multiplayer modes).
Sounds a lot like the Transformers PS2 game, and I'm not really expecting much since it's a movie license and the movie's doing anything for me anyway. I guess the braindead diehards will eat it up anyway.
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As long as there's a special feature that unlocks either Dropshot or Daytonus as a playable character, I'm a happy boy.
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ugh, sounds like they should've just let Melbourne House do the bloody game, least they had the engine already in place. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Sir Auros
Sounds a lot like the Transformers PS2 game, and I'm not really expecting much
Didn't the Armada PS2 game go down well, then? The opposite seems to be the case from feedback at the time...
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The PS2 game was a whole lot of fun, except for the fact that the game took every opportunity to punish you for transforming. Usable gadgets, shields and weapons on the alt-modes would go a long way to making a pretty hoopy game.
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actually doesnt sound all too reminiscent of the Armada PS2 game actually


completely different style of play.

i would say that large maps and the fact that its transformers is about as far as the similarities go

Armada was more an over the shoulder shooter, while this one seems to be a Grand Theft Auto/Spiderman/Hulk:Ultimate Destruction free-for-all pounder [with weapons thrown in]


i for one am very excited to see some actual footage

sounds like a sweet sweet game


just the amount of playable characters and the fact we get to play as the decepticons makes me drool
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Likely to get some decent extras, too:

http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.ph ... opic=23434
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Other game tidbits:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=123129

- Game is done in a GTA like style. Large environments, 100% destructible, can transform limitless times
- Available on all platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PS2, PSP, and 2 versions on DS
- DS will offer cooperative play, or competitive play over wireless connetion
- PSP will offer up to 4 player play
- Consoles are single-player
- beautiful graphics
- They are going to work in as many G1 unlockable content as they possibly can
- Working with Flint Dille for the G1 content, even got the models from Dreamworks!
- The Marvel Ultimate Alliance team is working on the CGI cutscenes
- When asked about VAs, told they couldnt' comment, but that we could speculate that the movie VAs would reprise their roles in the game
- Can play as ALL Movie characters and even non-movie characters that are movie-based
- Hasbro is working with them to try to make toys of these non-movie but movie-based characters!
- All Tranformers in the game will have individual melee and weapons attacks
- Can choose to be Autobots OR Decepticons, and the side you choose determines the game's endings.
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Originally posted by Denyer
- The Marvel Ultimate Alliance team is working on the CGI cutscenes


That's good, those cutscenes were beautiful.

Sounds like a fun "blow stuff up" kind of game.
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Originally posted by tahukanuva
That's good, those cutscenes were beautiful.


Not really since cutscenes outside of the game's engine are either throwbacks to the previous generations or indicative of the actual game engine being so ugly that cutscenes using it aren't aesthetically feasible.

I'd like to point out that videogames are second only to politicians in hyping and promising and not delivering the goods. Whatever you will read about this game you should all take with a grain of salt until the reviews are out.

This is not some game where they picked up the Transformers license and decided to do something with it, it's a game based on a movie license and with a few exceptions, those have a godawful track record. In fact, off the top of my head, I can only think of two critically successful movie-based games. The Chronicles of Riddick and King Kong. Riddick was developed by a studio that was passionate about the franchise and Vin Diesel had a financial interest and had a lot of creative control, and King Kong had an acclaimed designer that was hand-picked by Peter Jackson because he (Jackson) didn't want the game to be made like other movie license games. As in, he didn't want something that just had a bunch of cliche, half-assed gameplay elements thrown together by an inexperienced or inattentive team that had to rush it out by the movie's release date.
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Couple more articles from IGN on the upcoming games, I pulled the console one from their wii section but apply's to all consoles this early on. Gives a little more detail on gamestyle/graphics etc. Sounds like it'll either turn out pretty good or it'll be a steaming pile.

http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/763/763525p1.html

Bit on the mobile version only glanced at as I not really interested in mobile games.

http://au.wireless.ign.com/articles/764/764448p1.html
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If G1 Megatron is one of the unlockable characters, perhaps then people will realize how utterly worthless his alt mode is without someone to operate him. :p
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Info from the publisher, via Besters:

http://transfans.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6287

TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME
FACT SHEET FOR ALL VERSIONS (Gameplay information based on console and PC versions)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Based on TRANSFORMERS, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures’ upcoming live-action feature film due out July 4th, and produced in association with Hasbro, TRANSFORMERS: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS. Players will also experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite ROBOTS IN DISGUISE such as BUMBLEBEE, BARRICADE and others.

KEY FEATURES:
• Protect Or Destroy The Earth – As the TRANSFORMERS robot’s war comes to Earth, gamers make the choice to join the AUTOBOTS in protecting our planet or to join the DECEPTICONS in destroying it. With dual campaigns, the fate of the world is in players’ hands.

• MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE – Instantly change from a larger than life robot to a high-powered vehicle such as a sports car, fighter jet or helicopter. Seamless transformations leave enemies in the dust or enhance players’ combat strategy with a range of options in both vehicle and robot modes that take full advantage of the characters’ dual forms.

• The World Is Your Playground – Players crush, topple and wreck every object, including buildings and vehicles, in their path or use the objects as weapons. It is up to the gamer to decide how best to use their surrounding environment.

• Freedom of Choice – An unprecedented line-up lets gamers experience the massive scale, unique abilities and sheer strength of an army of characters from the TRANSFORMERS universe when they choose to play as OPTIMUS PRIME, MEGATRON, IRONHIDE, STARSCREAM, BUMBLEBEE and more.

• Variety of Combat – For head-to-head battles, fans engage in melee combat that reflects each TRANSFORMERS robot’s character, scale, weight and power along with melee weapons and special moves unique to each character. The game’s ranged combat offers a wide array of projective weapons designed to take out enemies from afar.

• PlayStation® Portable Features – The PSP version features 20 playable AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS, from both the live-action film and previous generations, that battle through an enhanced version of the film’s storyline. Players can customize their character by choosing more than 10 different weapon types in both single and adhoc multiplayer gameplay


Publisher: Activision, Inc.

Developer: Traveller’s Tales (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC)
Savage (PSP)
Vicarious Visions (NDS)

Release Date: Summer 2007

SRP: TBD

ESRB Rating: “RP” (Rating Pending)
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Awww, Ironhide's a wanker...
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Don't know whether cutscene or in-game, but first pic:

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/objects/805/805122.html
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Looks a little grainy around the edges - my guess is, it could very well be in-game. Very nice, too.
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