After walking out of the cinema all giddy and child-like after watching the movie I couldnt wait to get my hands on the game. When it arrived I ran to my console and put it in and waited anxiously for it to load. On loading the first mission my first impression was WOW!!!! The graphics were gorgeous. The Transformers themselves looked amazing.
As I started playing and enjoyed running around stomping on things, climbing up buildings and transforming between autobot and vehicle I discovered there wasnt a lot else to the game.
Yes its one of the better movie to game conversions but it could have been something so much better. The missions are all so unfortunately repetitive. They all basically involve getting to a point and bashing the same button over and over again to defeat the enemies. The weapons the Transformers have are useless, instead you spend the whole game using the punch/smash attack.
The missions tie in vaguely to the story of the film, but obviously being a game they had to alter situtations slightly to give the player more to do else it would all be over all too quickly. Maybe that would have been a good thing?
So basically, this is a very pretty game, probably the best move tie in out there but it could have been so much better.
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Originality
Not bad - some good ideas
Sound
Excellent - makes full use of my speakers
Longevity/Expected Longevity
1 week
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