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Based on the 2007 live-action feature film, Transformers: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as Autobots or destroy it as Decepticons. Players experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite Robots in Disguise such as BumbleBee, Barricade and others. As the Transformers robot's war comes to Earth, gamers make the choice to join the Autobots in protecting our planet or to join the Decepticons in destroying it. With dual campaigns, the fate of the world is in players' hands. Instantly change from a larger than life robot to a high-powered vehicle such as a sports car, fighter jet or helicopter. Players crush, topple and wreck every object, including buildings and vehicles, in their path or use the objects as weapons. An unprecedented line-up lets gamers experience the massive scale, unique abilities and sheer strength of an army of characters from the Transformers universe when they choose to play as Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ironhide, Starscream, BumbleBee and more. For head-to-head battles, fans engage in melee combat that reflects each Transformers robot's character, scale, weight and power along with melee weapons and special moves unique to each character. The game's ranged combat offers a wide array of projective weapons designed to take out enemies from afar. [Activision]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 85
PGNx Media
Transformers doesn't make any radical changes to the classic action game genre, but it does have likeable characters and top-notch production values, coupled with enjoyable gameplay.
 83
GamingTrend
While the gameplay is somewhat shallow, and the racing elements sometimes frustrating, there is plenty to say about getting a Transformers game with high production value and an all-star voice team. Activision and Traveller’s Tales have brought the new movie to life with a decent beat-em-up title that doesn’t succumb to the movie tie-in curse.
73
Game Informer
In the end, Transformers delivers over-the-top action with wild abandon, and leaves most of the more complex elements of good gameplay behind coughing from the dust kicked up by a giant transforming war machine. [Sept 2007, p.114]
71
Planet Xbox 360
While I cannot fully recommend anyone other than massive Transformers fans to run out and purchase this game, it is easily one of those games you must rent and play through, at least for a few hours.
70
Cheat Code Central
I just hope in the next game they amp up the free roam capabilities and truly allow us to dive into the world of the robots from Cybertron.
68
Game Chronicles
If you liked the movie and have a high tolerance for missed potential and repetitive, button-mashing gameplay, give Transformers: The Game a shot.
67
Digital Entertainment News
Transformers seems like it was built by a machine to a factory spec – all the parts are here that should, in theory, form an outstanding game. But it’s like no human actually gave it a test-drive to see if it was actually fun.
65
Armchair Empire
As is, Transformers is an average game that younger fans of the film should enjoy.
63
Gamer 2.0
It’s about on par with all other movie licensed games: relatively short, decent graphics, decent gameplay, and not much value to it.
60
GameSpot
A big, loud, shallow action game that severely lacks in content.
60
GameZone
Repetitive missions, weird collision physics and floaty controls line out this weak licensed game.
60
PALGN
While Transformers: The Game may be something of a typical movie tie-in, there's just enough spark here to provide a bit of fun for anyone who likes the movie or is just looking for some dumb fun.
60
Da Gameboyz
At the end of the day Transformers: The Game offers a lot of sizzle but not enough steak.
60
GamePro
Though this is one of the better Transformer games around, chances are you'll have more fun dressing up in a cardboard box and beat-boxing as you pretend to be Sound Wave.
60
Game Over Online
It can be said that Transformers: The Game is the best twenty-dollar game you will ever pay sixty dollars for, and in this case you can rest assured that there really isn’t any “more than meets the eye.”
60
Worth Playing
It's not terrible by any means, but the horrible driving mechanics, repetitive missions and the horrible timer keep this game from being great.
60
G4 TV
Strictly fans-only.
60
X360 Magazine UK
Not for fans of videogames. [Issue 23, p.78]
59
Games Master UK
Repetitive, tedious, and full of annoyances - a rushed game if ever we saw one. [Sept 2007, p.72]
58
GameTrailers
So, lame missions, filled, again, with arbitrary restrictions like time limits and invisible walls, meet a clunky camera and mindless wash/rinse/repeat combat that doesn’t require the suspension of disbelief, but the annihilation of it.
58
My Gamer
Transformers is nothing special but it will entertain as a decent rental and it should be noted that it is better than your average movie licensed game.
57
IGN
The 2004 videogame adaptation of the Transformers: Armada line from Atari (on PS2) was a Transformers game done right. It had better visuals, cooler incentives for moving between robot and vehicular forms, and boasted some of the best boss battles that year. But Activision's 2007 iteration doesn't live up to that standard. Its lack of depth and poor mission design ensures that.
57
Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Average, tedious missions and all-round mediocrity make for a pretty dismal night in.
55
Gamers' Temple
Only true diehard Transformers fans will be able to sit through this game, despite the fact that it’s pretty short. Everyone else will simply wish that it could transform into a better game.
55
Official Xbox Magazine
Admittedly, the game is gorgeous. But because the narrative is as linear and rigid as a steel pipe, it's a shallow sort of beauty. [Sept 2007, p.83]
55
Extreme Gamer
Transformers: The Game is an average showing with a lot of potential that was wasted by the limited plot line of the movie, repetitive mission objectives and a faulty game engine.
55
Game Almighty
Very similar to most Michael Bay films - graphically intense, but shallow in terms of character and story. Add to that boring combat and you have a game good for fans of the upcoming movie only, though not even Transformer fan in general.
55
ZTGameDomain
This really pains me to no end. I am a HUGE Transformers fan, and to have this game end up being this bad really hurts my soul. I mean the very basics for a transformers game is driving, fighting, and huge robots. They got one out of the 3 correct.
53
GamingExcellence
The clunky controls, lousy storytelling and overall unappealing gameplay make it difficult to recommend this game because you’re better off watching the movie.
50
Xbox World Australia
Transformers: The Game is fine for a weekend rent, and with a few beers the easy achievement points may justify the hire fee.
50
MS Xbox World
Everything from the dull campaigns, to the boring “open ended” environments, which really weren’t, No-name Bots I took no pleasure in killing, and timed missions that made me want to scream in frustration.
50
Yahoo! Games
Pure movie tie-in fodder.
50
GameSpy
I can't imagine anyone but diehard fans going to these lengths. Everyone else should stick to Atari's game based on Transformers Armada -- it's still the best way to wage a battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.
50
Total Video Games
Although it's easy to see Transformers: The Game attracting a younger audience better suited to overlook the game's issues, for everybody else, the appeal of large robots repeatedly stomping around uninspired environments limits it to little more than a poorly realised merchandising option.
50
Console Gameworld
Transformers: The Game is a textbook example of a licensed game done wrong.
50
AceGamez
The lack of attack options makes the game a chore to play after a while too, but luckily it's so short that you'll be able to at least finish one campaign before you decide you've had enough.
40
Kombo
Transformers movie was such a good set up for a video game, unfortunately it has gone through the same transition other movie video games have seen, and sadly this is one of the worst and shortest experiences any fan will incur.
40
Games Radar (in-house)
There was limitless potential here, but it's wasted. Transformers: The Game should be a sleek, cutting-edge sports car; instead, it's an old beater whose driver's seat has a spring sticking out in exactly the wrong place.
40
Team Xbox
Neither the combat nor the driving are fun, and the camera is one of the worst this reviewer has ever seen.
40
1UP
The real tragedy here is that a simple attempt to emulate Atari's 2004 Transformers game would have made this movie tie-in an order of magnitude better. As is, those looking for a Transformers fix should scour the bargain bins for that classic, and leave this one on the shelf.
40
Thunderbolt
This is another sad case of a cash-in title that will only appeal to absolute die-hard fans of the Transformers series and in particular the new film.
40
games(TM)
No amount of sentiment can raise this game above the average. [Sept 2007, p.120]
35
Play.tm
Given another six months development time we may have been talking about a real treat, as it is we're instead talking about a game that fails on every level to do the licence justice.
30
GameCritics
So Transformers: The Game is just a complete mess, a game that succeeds in almost nothing that it sets out to do.
30
Eurogamer
To produce a technically sloppy title is one thing, but the game is horribly flawed from conception to execution in a way we haven't seen since, ulp, Driv3r. Marred by a remarkably vacuous combat system, the pathetic driving and undercooked flying elements merely underline what a thoroughly wasted opportunity this was.
30
Official Xbox Magazine UK
Transforms children's dreams into tears. [Sept 2007, p.107]
30
Gamestyle
That's the thing about Transformers: The Game, while there are bits and pieces of fun here and there, it's overshadowed by the complete and utter rushed and unfinished feel to everything else.
30
VideoGamer
As far as summer movie licensed video games go, Transformers is sadly one of the worst we've seen this year. While the movie stands, the video game most definitely falls.
25
GameShark
To add to the frustration, many obstacles in your way seem to weigh three pounds or less, as civilian cars fly through the air after colliding with you, but trees and other seemingly destructible objects are as solid as a mountain.
20
Edge Magazine
Describing the game at all is simply to tick off a litany of annoyances punctuated by one minor triumph, namely that the Transformers themselves look pretty good. [Sept 2007, p.90]
Andy H. gave it a3: Geoff D. gave it a1: Miguel G. gave it a7: McBain 17 gave it a7: Bobby B. gave it a5: Taylor A. gave it a0: Angel R. gave it a9: |
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