Customer Reviews

Transformers the Game

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

This is a fun game. It's not very complicated, but there' enough for Transformers fans to keep you entertained for a while. As a comparison, this game is very similar to Simpson's Hit & Run. There are plenty of side missions and things to do that provide a good change of pace.

The game does come up a bit short in a few areas. The camera never seems to be pointing where it needs to be. The Bonus material is weak (especially the photo gallery). The instruction manual is bad and a lot of things are left up to you to figure out.

Here's are the positives:

- controls relatively easy to learn

- your weapons and health automatically recharge over time

- you can REALLY and TRULY destroy just about anything in the game (my favorite so far: wiping out Decepticons by swinging a ginormous swordfish!)

- think of this game as a really good Mech game (compared to what else is out there), with strong similarities to Grand Theft Auto III's go-anywhere-and-blast-anyone gameplay, including the driving-around-the-city part. My advice is to screw off on doing the missions (going where they tell you), and instead just drive / fly around crashing into cars and buses and launching missles at the helicopters, etc. GREAT button-mashing fun (a la what I would always do late at night on GTA).

Here are the negatives:

- no multi-player

- limited number of Transformers (I want old ones!!)

- the graphics are decent, but not as shiny-beautiful as other games (like Heavenly Sword, etc.). Still, they are not bad...

- some people have said that the game is relatively short... well, I guess that depends on whether you play games for 8 hours a day, or more like 1 hour a day. I think it's a fine length, and I hope for a sequel with the OLD Transformer vehicles!!

- some people have complained that when using HDMI, they aren't getting any audio. My advice: buy a digital audio cable and run it through your receiver. Hopefully this will help. (works fine with my Dolby Digital).

Overall, at the very least, give this a rental, and just spend half-an-hour driving around blasting things before you just this game. You will see that fun factor.

But this game sucks.

I'm a diehard transformer fan and a PS3 fan as well, but i would hate to lie and say this game was anywhere close to good because it's so close to being the most awful and annoying game on the PS3-EVER!!

- The missions are boring, simple and not planned very well. (This game was definately rushed, because it had alot of potential.

- I thought i was the only one having sound problems, but after reading other peoples reviews it seems like i'm not alone.

- The controls suck! especially when you're driving. Talk about understeer and then a sudden oversteer makes the mission absolutely annoying. I dont expect it to be a grand turismo, but the programmers making this game were very confused on wether they wanted the driving to feel simulated or arcade-like...

- Trying to drive, and trying to lock onto the enemy is frustrating as hell.

- Transforming is cool, but it gets old when everything is so damn frustrating.

- A.I is horrible. Talk about dumb enemy robots!

Activision, from my point of view, makes decent games. Not great games but decent. But this one is a total failure in my book.

I'm glad i rented it, and i'm hoping you do too before buying it!

its ok. you can play as your favorite transfomer on the good or bad side. and also has good graphics

It is a good game if you have a good high def tv. and its even better if you have a great surround sound I have 7.1 surround sound and the audio is like no other game is fun the levels are short but you will have fun destroying every thing

very bad graphic quality and also game experience
The game seems it was made for N64 rather than PS3. clumsy camera dumb missions jeez i could go on. but rather not just buy the game yourself and get disappointed like me

After seeing the movie I thought the game could have been better... Bad graphics worse sound.. what else can I say... like a PS-one game...

We purchased our first PS3 Transformers game from GameStop. There was no sound. Graphics were pretty good and game was playable but not enjoyable due to no sound. We took it back and exchanged for second PS3 Transformers, thinking we just had a bad disk. Same problem. All other PS3 games, including Activision games and Blue Ray Disk DVDs all worked fine - no problem. Called Activision. Got their Customer No-Service Department. They did everything they could to deny responsibility. They tried to blame it on my HDMI cable (I have a premium brand), then my Panasonic plasma HDTV! I asked them "What good is a game if I have to re-wire the audio on my PS3 console every time I want to play this one game?" Rude customer service agent!! They even had the nerve to send me an email stating that my problem was "solved"!!! DON'T BUY THIS GAME if you use HDMI with HDTV!!!!!

The game appears to have been made for pre PS3 era. Very poor graphics quality and the game experience is bad too.

Where to start.
Where to start.
You only get to play certain transformers on certain levels, you hardly get to play Optimus prime at all.

You're cannons are pointless as must enemies just shield themselves and most characters need to be hit with something, like a tree or a brick
before they stop being invincible.

Some levels are so frustrating you'll scream, e.g.
- Theres a level here where Megatron can be kicked around by "invincible" Autobot characters, which is just weird.
- When you're Blackout fighting Ironhide he's hard to control, easy to kill and trips over everything.
- Many levels are 20 minutes long and if you die you start again.

No replay value, barely any play value.

Stay miles away unless you're a hardcore Transformers fan why isn't bothered by anything.