In the mid to late 1980's a show hit TV that was not only very popular, it was awesome. This show was generation one Transformers. Since then it has had about three or so separate series that have slightly expanded the Transformers universe, all, except the most recent in my opinion, were really good. You see I love the Transformers, ever since I was a kid I loved the transformers. I watched the first movie about fifty or so times, I even have most of the Transformers toys. The one problem I had with the Transformers universe was the fact that they could never put out a good Transformers game. That changed with with War for Cybertron.
Millions of years ago on Cybertron the war between the Decepticons and Autobots has ravaged almost every place on Cybertron. It is now that the leader of the Decepticons, Megatron, discovers an ancient and very powerful resource known as dark energon, and from there the Decepticons rampage across Cybertron and the story goes from there, in two six chapter campaigns, the Decepticon campaign and the Autobot campaing. The nice thing about WFC is that Hasbro has confirmed that this is official Transformers cannon. Which is nice since it fills in a lot of gaps, such as how Megatron met Star-Scream, how Optimus met Bumble-Bee and how Optimus became a prime. The attention to detail in the story is very nice, Optimus is steadfast in his beliefs and refuses to leave anyone behind, while Megatron is an insane, almost, megalomaniac willing to throw as much as he can at anything to attain power. It all fits nicely. Voice acting is also very well done, all the characters sound the way they should. Optimus sounds like Optimus, Megatron sounds like Megatron and, most importantly, Soundwave sounds like Soundwave.
The gameplay is unique in that it's uncommon, being that is one of those few third-person shooters that fore-goes cover. That itself was good decision, making the game move faster in combat. The look of the levels gets a little same-y, but in terms of layout it's very wide open and spacey, with various weapons set across the map. Elevations vary, making some spaces good for close range weapons, others for sniper rifles. There is a variety of weapons, all fairly standard, shotguns, assault rifles, gatling guns, so on and so forth. Shooting is standard, right trigger to shoot, left to zoom in and aim. Controls are simple as well, A is jump, B is throw grenade, X is reload and interact, and left stick is melee. Right stick is Transform.
Now, there are not sole levels designed to be for car/tank form or for regular form. There is one level in the Autobot campaign where being in car form moves the level faster, but the rest of the game is not really like that. The interesting thing about WFC is that the levels are made to be tackled in a variety of forms, moving from part to part how you want it, be it in regular form or car form.
Graphically this is a nice looking game, the style is very unique and very well done. Each side of this conflict has their own distinct look, Autobots have a more rounded, even squared look to them, while the Deceptcons have more of a sharp triangular look to them. Each giving clear indication to their side. The environments themselves look pretty, the developers took time to use the unreal engine to this level and it shows. As said before, after a while the environments look a little bit same-y, but then again you are fighting in places controlled by the same faction as the last level.
The multiplayer is as standard as any other shooter can be, with classic modes such as deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, and so on. The interesting thing is that there is a horde/Nazi-Zombie mode called escalation. Horde in that you are faced with wave after wave of enemies with a team of people. Nazi-Zombie in that there are loot drops for better weapons, different areas to unlock and so on. Both a Horde and a Nazi-Zombie mode is now slightly requirement for shooters, but not as they are combined in WFC.
All in all, War for Cybertron is a really good game, and is the game that most Transformers fans have been waiting for. I can easily say that this is a solid recommendation.
Challenge: 9.0
Graphics:9.4
Atmosphere:9.0
Sound:9.2
Storyline:9.1
Overall:9.1
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