Transformers the Game

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Instantly transform from a larger-than-life robot to a high-powered vehicle, to leave your enemies in the dust
• Use ranged weapons in either Robot mode or Vehicle mode to take out your enemies
• Every object in the game world, including buildings and vehicles, can be crushed, toppled, wrecked - even used as weapons
• Choose among an army of characters in the Transformers universe and utilize their unique abilities to complete missions
• Engage in melee combat with special moves unique to each character

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NJH6RS
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,492 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

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This is the official game that is tied to the film produced by Steven Spielberg. In this game you decide whether to protect earth as the Autobots or destroy it as the Decepticons.

Features:

• Instantly morph from a robot into a vehicle
• Every object in the game can be crushed, wrecked or used as weapons
• Play as an army of characters and utilize their abilities
• Varied combat based on each character from melee to long ranged combat

Product Description

Transformers PS2

Customer Reviews

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29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Grows boring too quickly, June 27, 2007

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Transformers the Game (Video Game)

As with most movie based video game tie-in's and licensed games, Transformers looks great at first but quickly degenerates into monotony. Based on the mega budget, live action film adaptation directed by Michael Bay and featuring Hasbro's long running line of toys, Transformers allows you to play as either the heroic Autobots or the evil Decepticons, as the civil war between the two giant robotic races comes to Earth. The first thing you'll notice is that the Transformers themselves are very well detailed and animated, which helps take away from noticing how bland the backgrounds and areas are. For a late in life PS2 game, the game features some great robot animations that make it worth checking out alone for longtime Transformers fans. After that though, things kind of go downhill. Even if you play both the Autobot and Decepticon modes, you'll find the game as a whole is incredibly short. Not to mention that when playing as one of the Transformers that can transform into a car, driving controls are quite sticky. The biggest flaw of Transformers though comes from the fact that the overall game just gets boring way too quickly for it's own good. The missions are basically all the same thing, and even though the Decepticons have a mission that involves just blowing stuff up, it's not enough to save the game from movie tie-in mediocrity. Combine this with the schizoid camera angles and you get the overall picture. Negatives aside, Transformers does offer some positives. For starters, there is some great voice acting to be heard thanks to featuring the voices of the original cartoon's Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen, who also voices Prime in the film) and Megatron (Frank Welker, replaced by Hugo Weaving for the film), along with the film's star Shia LaBeouf as well. All in all, if you are a Transformers fan, young or old, the Transformers game is worth checking out, but it goes without saying not to expect anything remotely great out of it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, July 13, 2007

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J. Ritchie - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Transformers the Game (Video Game)

The graphics for the game are wonderful. The environments are completely destructible. The transformations from robots to vehicles are everything a fanboy could hope for. Walking around as a decepticon, blasting everything away in the freeplay mode is a lot of fun. Still, much of the fun comes from your own creation and not from the gameplay.

That said, the gameplay is awful. If you hate timed missions, skip the Autobot section: their missions are essentially go here and do this in x amount of time. Worse still, the driving controls are sluggish and cause frequent mission screwups. The camera is also frustrating. At least half of the hits I landed on the enemies were from blind flailing. Enemies are repetitive for both factions. One thing that really annoyed me was that the game provides characters with awesome firepower, yet at least 90% of the enemies have shields that render the firepower useless. The game also does not allow you to choose between robots.

I really wish they would have spent more time with the game. The level design and look of the characters is done very well. The characters just need a better camera, better controls, and more to do than they've been given here. I hope the makers of the game do another one because I'd be really interested to play one that they did well and without the pressure of a movie release date or tie-in.

Rent this to get it over with. Sigh in frustration. And then go and track down the earlier Atari Transformers game instead.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Spidy, You'll like Transformers, July 24, 2007

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Juan Vasquez - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Transformers the Game (Video Game)

Since both are from activision, you can't ask too much of a game, but it has the same feeling as playing spiderman, only you don't have to make and repeat stupid tasks. Vehicle mode is like ALL vehicle games, nasty and supersensible control, like Bond from EA imposible to control the car.
If you are not a gamer and don't play games for a living, you'll find it entertaining. Graphic are better than at least Spidey 2, Game it gets boring if you are seating for 5 hours playing, not if you play a mission or 2 daily. I gave it 4 stars, just because its an activision game, you know you can get something better from EA or Konami.

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