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review of beast wars by jw

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: November 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was very fun.It is a game for kids that watch the show on tv.this is agame suitable for kids that are 8,9, and ten.the game is like army men3d.

looks good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: July 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I havent played it yet but by the looks of it it looks good.Im writing this review because the first beast wars was a disapointment. It had nothing to do with the show and the voices were bad .im hoping this is better!

Pretty good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: October 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed playing this game. The graphics were okay and the controls were simple. Unfortunitly, that about all the good things I have to say. For a fighting game, it's too easy. Setting the difficulty to hard only presents a small challange. And even on hard, the game is short. In the survival mode, where you get to fight every charecter arcade style, I was anle to beat it in a little over 5 minutes. Way too short. And the story mode is about the same. The replay value of this game, for lack of a better term, [is bad]. Once you've done everything there is to do, there's really no initiative to continue. In short, this would be an okay game to rent, but unless you are a true die-hard Beast Wars Transformers collecter, I wouldn't suggest a purchase.

"Alyop!! BOMBS AWAY!!! HEADS UP!!!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: October 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

okay! i don't own this, but i've seen it and saw a friend of mine play it. and MAN-O-MAN!!! talk about your funny lines! rattraps line is above as my title. QS...can ya guess?? "I'm GONNA KICK YOUR KEISTER!!" i love the graphics...and i'm hoping that they'll come up with a Beast Machines vidio game. well that's my simple review. OH and the Beast Wars warroriers can do hand 2 hand combat. i hope this helps in your dission.

The best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 34
Date: April 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game helps with some bacic skills. It is good to because it helps with intellegence and it helps with planning stradigy.

The license is the only value.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I wish there were a side-scrolling shoot'em up based on the classic Transformers characters. Imagine controlling classic Megatron yourself, then with a press of a button you become a gun held in an ally's hand! Or even a Capcom "Vs."-style fighting game -- Optimus Prime, with one deft super move, transforms into a giant truck and crushes the opponent!

I was interested in seeing the Transformers license used in this game but unfortunately, the playing experience has been shabby. Beast Wars: TransMetals just isn't a well-designed action game. For one thing, it's based on characters that are more fun, probably, as toys than as game characters. So the robots can transform into beasts and vehicles. But they look so bad in their 3D-model form that I hardly care for them. "Optimus Primal"? Transforming into a Gorilla? And this game features way too much voice work, all poorly done. "Primal" doesn't have the kind of compelling voice that, say, the Optimus Prime of the classic Transformers series on TV did. I can't tell one character from another, and it's obvious the script was written to very young kids, featuring a lot of empty bravado that just bogs down the pacing of the game.

The fighting system? No blocking, just a lot of running around and button-mashing, hoping you hit. And switching to a "special screen" every time either player transforms just kills the momentum of the fights.

I love giant-robot games like Armored Core and even Omega Boost. But Beast Wars: TransMetals fails the grade.

Fun, but don't expect too much

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: July 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

There are a lot of good points about this game. It's relatively simple to learn and play, it has a lot of extras, and it looks good. The best feature is probably the presence of the original voice actors doing most of the voices (some seem to have doubled up on roles to fill in for co-workers not present). Their appeal has been milked for all it's worth, from Megatron introducing one of the company logos to different comments from the individual characters in each stage. The CGI videos, while not as technically stunning as the show, feature the lovely body language which makes the characters come alive. There are also four hidden characters with there own sets of phrases. However, in spite of all the extras, there's not much to this game. Beating it on easy mode yeilds the same results as beating it on hard. The Save feature is also rather strange in some places. It's worthwhile if you loved the show, but not a great game in and of itself.

Rent this one before buying!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: August 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I purchased Transformers Beast Wars Transmetals based on the great reviews I read from other Amazon reviewers. After playing it, I wondered if they were talking about the same game.

I am a diehard Transformers fan, but the gameplay and lack of characters in this game did not hold my attention for much more than an hour. The fighting engine is probably one of the worst I have ever seen. The camera angles during the fighting sequences sometimes makes it hard to figure out what is going on. The different fighting terrains was a nice touch but it doesnt help the poor gameplay. If you are a fan of the Tekken based fighting games you will be highly disappointed by this title.

As far as 3-D fighters go, you are better off with Tekken 3, MK4, Dead or Alive, Soul Blade or Bloody Roar....these games are much more fun for single or multiple players than Tranformers, Beast Wars, Transmetals.

Better than the orignal but still lacks depth

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: July 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have both the original Beast Wars game and the new Beats Wars Transmetals and have to say the new game is the better of the two. However, the computer AI is very lax and the lack of true combos limits the fighting system. It is not as complicated as other games like Street Fighter Alpha 3, but it is not as simple as Super Smash Bros. The game is true 3d and i enjoyed hearing Airazor and Terrorsaur again, but it found the bosses easy and the voice overs during transformation irritating. If you like the Beast Wars television series, then the game isn't half bad. But if you are expecting Tekken, you will be dissapointed.

BEAST WARS: TRANSMETALS.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is a vast improvement over the original Beast Wars, that appeared on playstation consoles back in 1997, but there's still room for improvement.

First off, this game, like the original, was made before the show's final season, so many great characters, or better versions of existing ones, were not included, such as: Optimal Optimus, Transmetal II Megatron, Depth Charge, Transmetal II cheetor, and Transmetal II Dinobot. But what I disliked even more, was that star characters, that had been with the show since season one and two were also left out, just because they weren't 'transmetals'. And what was the deal with that unofficial transmetal rhineox?!

I also did'nt like the way the battle fields were designed. I was hoping for something in a 'third person' perspective. A game that offered a full 3-D environment, along with the ability to fly. Instead, this game offeres you flying characters that only look to hover about a foot off the ground, and the camera that's is almost always positioned at a bird's eye view.

On the positive side, the characters looked and sounded better than I expected. Besides being a little pixelated, which can be smoothed over when played on the PS2, they look very true to their t.v. show counterparts. It has also come to my knowledge that Bam! Entertainment will be making a 'NEW BEAST WARS GAME' for PLAYSTATION 2! It's been delayed now for over a year, but is rumored it could be hitting the stores sometime in 2002! I just hope this new 128-bit incarnation, if it ever comes out, will feature EVERY version of EVERY character that ever appeared in Beast Wars, along with fighting arenas that offer battles in the air, underwater, as well as on the ground. Becaust if this new PS2 game is released, it could likely be the last Beast Wars game ever.

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