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Transformers: War for Cybertron PC Final Thoughts
by isaac on Jul.26, 2010, under Games, Thoughts
Transformers War For Cybertron PC
Having finished the campaign & played some multiplayer, I think it’s time for me to give my final thoughts on this superb game. Continuing from my initial impressions, I have to say I wasn’t disappointed with the rest of the game. But of course, nothing is perfect.
The Good
- The story of the game. For G1 fans, this is what you’ve been waiting for, to be there on Cybertron, before the Great War brought the Transformers crashing down to earth.
- Non stop action. Ok let me make this clear first. This is a 3rd person action game. The best way to describe it is Gears of Wars but with Transformers & no cover system. But transforming into alternate mode is not a gimmick, instead it’s something useful when dealing with bosses, namely, dodging the bosses annoying attacks. The non stop action doesn’t let up & makes you wanna keep going to see what happens next.
- A campaign mode that can be played co-op with other players. Makes the whole team game in the game more real. But it’s with it’s faults which I will get to later.
- Very enjoyable Escalation multiplayer mode. It’s basically a mode where you & a group of players face wave after wave of ever more powerful enemies. As fun as playing the Marines & defending against waves of Aliens. It’s the same concept.
- Great voice acting & dialogue. Hearing Peter Cullen as Optimus really sends chills down my spine. The rest of the crew does a great job as well & the humour is always entertaining.
- Very climatic & jaw dropping boss fights. Well, granted it’s really the last bosses that are the ones that are amazing. Namely Omega Supreme & Trypticon. Trypticon is a very very tough cookie to beat & you might find yourself cursing the game because of it.
The Bad
- This is an action game folks, so it’s as simple as that. No experience system, non upgradeable weapons. You basically can carry only 2 weapons at any time & the only strategy you ever need is to maybe pick the right weapons to battle.
- It feels too much like a console port. Even though this game runs on Unreal Engine 3, the console origins can’t be more glaring. Very limited options menu. Can’t configure controls at all. Yeah, you read that correctly. No gamepad support. Worse of all, no text chatting support!!! I mean, this is a PC game for crying out loud!!!
- Unbalanced multiplayer mode. Newbies will be whacked to kingdom come if high level players are around in this game, sadly. And I’m one of the newbies that got that rude shock. It’s almost impossible to play against higher level players, be prepared to die a lot when you start out in multiplayer. This only applies to multiplayer, not Escalation mode.
- Online co-op mode that could have been better. Why? Because when any of the players die, you all get kicked back to the last savepoint. No respawn system. This gets very annoying when fighting bosses where one wrong step by a teammate means a restart of the boss fight. This is made worse by the non existent chat system. I gave up playing this when I reached the boss near the end of the Decepticons campaign.
- Should have a more fleshed out ending. Honestly, the ending feels a bit cut short to me. Oh well, it was great while it lasted.
- Too few maps for multiplayer & Escalation mode. But that’s going to change soon with the soon to be released DLC.
The Verdict
Play the campaign, enjoy it. Then go try Escalation mode. Honestly, it’s worth it!
