Well, I caved in and got the game, and
I intend to do a more formal review later, but I thought I'd use my
currently fluctuating Sunday slot to give my initial opinions.
Short answer: this game is probably
awesome.
When playing the game I was immediately
reminded of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Platinum Games' spin off
from the Metal Gear franchise. It was intense. It was kicking my
arse. But it was doing it fair and square. Given my fondness for
Revengeance, I had high hopes for this game, and so far its living up
to those hopes. I am not a gifted player when it comes to spectacle
fighters, but there does seem to be nuance there, even if a lot of it
has reportedly been copied from their back catalogue. It also makes
very good use of transformation as part of the experience, probably
the best game to do so, because you transform at the end of a combo
and run people over.
This looks fricking amazing, by the
way.
Presentation and fidelity to the
original cartoon series, the game's main selling point before and/or
after being made by Platinum, is also impressive. The game looks and
sounds exactly like the cartoon. Only with a much higher framerate,
300% more action, 1000 times the amount of rock music, and at most,
1% of the suck. I have noticed a few glitches, and an energon cube
changing colour for a cutscene, but its otherwise highly-refined and
well-executed nostalgia. Its not purely G1 though, as evidenced by
some altmodes being changed, such as Megatron being a tank, and
there's big chunks of the plot that are drawing from other sources.
Let's just say there's a name that will be said, and you will
recognise it if you've kept up with Transformers media in last decade
or so.
Longevity is not an issue I'm confident
in talking about just yet. Platinum Games tend to encourage replays,
but I can see how you could speed run this. I am also however
pleasantly surprised by the weaponry and loot systems, which give the
game a kind of Diablo/Torchlight/MMORPG vibe. There is a certain
degree of repetition to things, and maybe there's gonna be a superior
sequel to this if we are lucky.
All the above is of course subject to
change, but if you see this game for £20, you could do a lot worse.
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