A game for the fans
In the game you can play as Autobots and Decepticons. You can pick what faction you want so you dont have to play through one story before the other, Which is really nice. The game doesn't follow the original series story very well, so that means the movie wont. The Autobots and the Decepticons are fighting over something called the AllSpark, this is where the transformers came from. Unlike in the original show were it was energon. The AllSpark is from Beast Wars. But you can run around the city looking for yellow glowing boxs (energon cubes). You play as 4 Autobots, and and i think 4 Decepticons.
The gameplay in the game is alright. The game allows you to transform anytime you please, this really makes you feel like one of the transformers. When your in robot form, and walking around the camera can be frustrating in battle. The transformer has two weapons, a light, and heavy. Now the problem with these weapons are the enemies can simply block your attacks. so your resorting to hitting the X button to punch and kick your enemies. When in a boss fight you are sometimes required to block. The blocking works really well actually in some cases. In some boss fights your enemy has a move that can go threw your blocking, this makes the game difficult but at the same time when two bosses are both attacking you, can seem unfair. When in the vehicle form the controls are good, the camera is locked behind you so you are unable to move it unless you are a flying vehicle. The cars dont drive like real cars, but in this case it is a good thing. But when you hit other cars on the road they simply fly away from you, which kind of seems odd. Now when you are autobots you aren't supposed to destroy the environment which takes some fun out of things. As the Decepticons you can destroy the environment and get awarded for it.
The graphics in this game are actually really great. The transformers are very detailed and look like there movie counter parts. Now the only thing with the graphics is the environment isnt always the greatest looking thing. Something in the environment don't look like the belong in the game. The animations of the character models walking and transformer ming are believable and look awesome. When you destroy the buildings and stuff around you, it looks so great.
The audio in the game is really a high light of the game. From the ground shaking bellow you, to the sound of the transforms. The voice acting is great, mainly because it has the actors from the movie.
Over all this is a basic movie game. But every transformer fan out there, will enjoy it a little more than most gamers.