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Transformers: The Game is an action-adventure video game for the Wii based on the 2007 live-action film Transformers. The game closely follows the story of the film, depicting the Autobots and Decepticons' arrival on Earth following a war between them that has ravaged their home planet of Cybertron. While trying to conceal their existence from humanity, both factions search for a powerful artifact called the AllSpark, which could be used to restore Cybertron to its former glory, but also to enslave Earth's population.
Gameplay[]
The game (in all its versions) is mainly a third-person action-shooter. All the robots have at least five attack types: a light weapon, a heavy weapon, a melee attack, and the ability to throw objects such as cars, lamp posts, trees, etc., and using a long object like a lamp post as a sword. As its title and characters imply, a robot can transform into a vehicle and vice versa, this gives the game some racing elements, as the player must, in some missions, race to certain point within a time limit or before a character of the opposing faction does. Each area is an open world environment, and there are also side-missions, Energon cubes and Autobot/Decepticon emblems scattered through the city, if accomplished successfully/collected the player can unlock trailers, production photos and unlock color schemes for certain characters.
Plot[]
The game focuses on the eponymous Transformers, a race of extraterrestrials from the planet Cybertron who resemble robots and can change their form into various vehicles. The Transformers consist of two factions: the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, and arrived on Earth following a civil war that left their home planet a deserted and lifeless place. Forced to disguise themselves by taking the form of human vehicles, the Transformers soon reenact their past conflict upon learning that the AllSpark, a powerful artifact and the source of all Transformer life, is on Earth. While the Decepticons seek its power to subjugate the Earth, the Autobots attempt to stop them and make peace with mankind. The game features two separate campaigns, one from the Autobots' perspective and the other from the Decepticons', which cross over on several occasions.
Development[]
The cast members of the film reprised their roles in the game.
Reception[]
Transformers: The Game received mixed reviews upon release.
See also[]
External links[]
- Transformers: The Game at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Transformers: The Game at GameFAQs
| Transformers series | |
|---|---|
| Console games | Mystery of Convoy • The Headmasters • Beast Wars Transmetals • Transformers: The Game Revenge of the Fallen • Cybertron Adventures • Dark of the Moon • Prime • Rise of the Dark Spark Battlegrounds |
| Handheld games | Ketō Transformers Beast Wars • Transformers: The Game (Autobots/Decepticons) • Animated • War for Cybertron |
| Related | Takara Tomy • Brave Saga • Zoids |