The diversity is great.Īlso crucially satisfying is the combat system featured here, which, again, has been a downfall of older Transformers titles – and, again, it's the variety factor that keeps things interesting. Several past Transformers games have offered only the same style of play in level after level, but here you never know if you're about to step into a boss battle, or a car chase, or a brawl against a dozen hungry Insecticons. So you're met with a ton of gameplay variety right off the bat, which is probably not what you'd expect going in to a licensed release like this – but it's a very good thing. And then Bumblebee, in Mission #4, is given a more exploration-heavy stage to progress through, a non-linear dungeon that lets you choose which paths to take and when. Then Bulkhead takes charge of Mission #3, with his level focusing on a rushing escape from a collapsing cave. But then Mission #2 takes a different approach, integrating a high-speed vehicle mode chase sequence starring female motorcycle-bot Arcee. Optimus Prime leads things off – headlining the introductory tutorial level that teaches you the combat controls – and it seems like the game is setting itself up to be a standard, by-the-numbers string of missions based on bashing endless waves of bad guy bots. Transformers: Prime - The Game divides its story mode evenly between five different Autobot heroes, the same core set of characters that carry the cartoon. So even while this development team was saddled with a too-familiar story from a too-familiar franchise, they managed to introduce innovation and fun where it counts – in the gameplay itself. But – and here's the key to the game's success – the design actually does do things differently. "One shall stand, one shall fall." That same old song and dance. Since it's locked into the storyline of the show, you can't expect to encounter much originality in plot here – Optimus, Megatron, fighting. This latest video game serves as the requisite interactive adaptation of the newest cartoon series, this time translating cable network The Hub's popular Transformers: Prime into playable form. Occasionally, something truly brilliant and original emerges from this cycle – Beast Wars was incredible – but, for the most part, Transformers never really changes shape.Īnd Transformers: Prime - The Game isn't breaking that mold either. Starscream whines, humans are present for no good reason and everyone spends all their time freaking out about Energon.
Regardless of how many reboots or alternate universe cartoons come along, they all hit the same beats – Optimus Prime leads the Autobots. For a pop culture property whose very name means change, Transformers sure has stayed locked into the same story structure for decades now.
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