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Not G1

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 20
Date: April 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was excited to hear a transformers game was being developed until I saw it was based on transformers:Armada which I have to say is a pitiful reflection of the former glory of generation 1. I've tried to get into it, but I can't. I love the gen 1 characters and the stories and I wanted to see those characters brought to the ps2. Classic megatron, starscream, Optimus Prime, Shockwave, Soundwave, Blaster, Tracks, Ultra Magnus...just to name a few of the excellent characters that are being ignored in this game. If you like Armada, go for it, but a true die hard fan would do well to hold out for the REAL transformers.

Awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: April 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had a chance to try the preview version of the game and I was surprised that I actually enjoyed the game very much. The game has awsome graphics (Hot Shot looked really nice). I can't wait till the full version out in May.

Great fun, fantastic looking game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: April 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Transformers is the most amazing looking game I've seen on the PS2. The environments are huge, the effects look fantastic, and from all the reviews I've read the gameplay is awesome. Some reviewers are comparing the game to Halo, although Transformers looks much more lush and alive than Halo does (IMHO) - which isn't bad considering it's on a PS2 !
If you like wide-open levels (seriously huge), robots being blown up, and transforming into a car and running them down, then this is the game for you.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: April 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a die hard Transformers fan I too was excited when i heard there was a transformers game being developed. However when i soon learn it was on armada i got a little disappointed. However i have read up on the development of the game and it is said to be based on the comic book armada by dreamwave which is of course a little darker and not so childlike. No true fan would pass on the opportunity to try the game and anyways the graphics and the gameplay are great. I was really impressed with the way they incorporated the minicons. The one problem is that you cant play as the decepticons.

wow

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 34
Date: April 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

now i dont like trans formers and in a kid but i think this game would be fun i mean i hope they put more effort into the game then they did with the show. ya sure little kids watch the show and they like it and us big kids hate it and the big kids even most grownups might even like it. its a shooting game without any blood. and my parents hate games with blood so what im saying is its a game that you can shoot and kill robots a drive,fly,ect. and most likley most parents will aprove of it so im kind of lookin forward to it.

Finally! A Game That Does The TransFormers Justice!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: May 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Based on how Transformers games have usually been(horrible), I wasnt expecting much. To my surprise , this game rocks. Best described as a mix of first/third person shooters, Smugglers Run , and mild platforming, it combines the best of those genres, and adds new elements to the mix. Transformations are both flawless and usefull, you can run down your enemies as a car, and quickly transfrom and start blasting. The power-ups(Obtained by collecting 'mini-cons') are very cool, and combine with each other.. adding missiles, sniper guns, night vision, ect set up in a combination you feel is best.The game runs quite smoothly, the level design is excellent, and the lack of radar or maps, gives it an adventure/exploration feel. The levels never feel repetitive or 'boxlike', the terrain, plants and little details bring it to life. The enemy AI is very good, if you fire and they dont see you, they will fan out and search, untill they have visual sight of you. Some will run and contact other bots to come help, with huge dropships adding more enemies where you have defeated them. The boss battles are what some of us have waited 20 years for, better than the original cartoon, and an absolute blast to play. (Tidal WAVE!!!)
The only strikes against it are it does run a bit short, and it is an absolute crime that the game is not 2 player. The replay would have been extended 100fold were the existing levels and powerups made available for 1 on 1 battles. Oh well. And as far as all the armada/gen 1 threads, who cares? Its about how the game plays, and this one plays well.

Mama Mia!!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Let me start with this brief summary.

PROS
Graphics-10 out of 10
Levels-10 out of 10
Storyline-10 out of 10

CONS
Camera-1 out of 10

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Transformers is Ausome!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool and fun, it's one of my favorite games.

Transform and roll out!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Gameplay is solid, but nothing ground breaking. Very good graphics and sound, controls are dependable. The levels are vast, detailed land scapes filled with challenging enemies. I'm not a big fan of the mini-con concept in the new cartoon show, but it has actually proven to be a very positive element of the game-play. This game does the franchise justice, the tranforming is executed beautifuly in sound and look. You'll love it when you ram a decepticon in vehicle mode, then transform to finish him off. Overall this is an excellent game!

Big Disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 26
Date: May 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was a huge Transformers fan when I was growing up and when I saw that this game was going to be released, I was very excited. The screen shots looked good but the intial reviews were mixed. I went ahead and rented the game first and I am soooo glad I did.
This game is TERRIBLE!!! First, the storyline is non-existant. Who are the minicons? Why do I care? How can the Autobots warp to Earth while the Decepticons have to fly? Does any of this make sense? Next, the playable characters.....who the heck are these guys? Everyone knows Optimus Prime but who's Hot Shot and Red Alert? Where's Bumblebee and Jazz? What happened to Megatron and why does he look so stupid now?

The voice acting is dismal....Optimus kind of sounds like the original but Megatron sounds ridiculous. Otherwise, there is no voice acting other than these 'useful' updates during the game.

Gameplay....wow, where to start here....it's just an abomination. First the game starts out in this little pit where it takes 5 minutes of running in circles just to find that you have to do some platform jumping to get out of there. Of course, the running in circles part is going to be the norm b/c the controls are dismal....they use the painful Max Payne set up where one pad controls strafe and forward while the other contols turning....why won't developers just realize that the Ratchet and Clank type one pad movement config is the best? Anyways, get ready for jumping puzzles, there's tons of them. Plus, your Autobots are really, really bad jumpers, so that makes things nice and extra annoying. Next, to go anywhere, you have to consult your radar to find your next objective....oh wait...there's no radar in this game because that would make sense....ok, just run around like a ninny and try to fight and find the objectives. Fighting is great, its a third person shooter with the aformentioned bad controls and toss in lots of environmental obsticals that you can run into and get stuck so your enemies can gang bang you for a few moments....loads of fun! If you are the patient type, eventually you make it to the first boss who is ridiculously strong and you have a lame blaster, strong but very slow to rearm missles, and a pathetic shield....toss in a mulitplatform arena to fight the boss (did i mention the horrible movement controls and your autobot is a bad jumper? I did?) and you go through getting knocked off the temple repeatedly, having to 'jump' back up there the whole time the boss is smacking you around. Joy.

If you're a real glutton for punishment, you'll continue to the second level where the second round of enemies can either shoot through glaciers or run around inside glaciers or something....I would love to know BUT THE GAME WON'T TELL ME WHATS GOING ON. Fortunately, you get a really useful 'energon vision' to see these invisible foes but its energy counts down and I spent my whole time trying to find the little buggers as they ran around inside the glacier shooting at me and of course I can't hit them back and then my energon vision runs out and now I'm back to being shot at by invisible people from inside a glacier. Fotunately, you can now combine powers with a little helper minicon but that drains your life force so you die quicker. Awesome.

Overall, this game is galactically lame and a miserable disappointment. I wouldn't even waste money renting the game even if you're a huge fan b/c you will be that much more annoyed and disappointed than the average sucker who rents this dog. The developers should be drug into the street and beaten for turning out a piece of junk like this.

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