Transformers™: Fall of Cybertron™

I grew up in the 80's, and Transformers was one of my favourite cartoons to watch in the mornings and afternoons. I was obsessed with them, I wrote stories about them at school, I drew pictures of them, I coloured them in colouring books, I wore Transformer clothes, I had Transformers, I had friends with Transformers, I'd go to toy shops and spend hours just looking at Transformers in boxes, and every time there was a fair to go to I'd beg my parents for a Transformers themed fair bag and would wear the Transformer masks until my stinky kiddy breath made them stink inside. As much as I thought War for Cybertron was awesome, this game is my wildest childhood fantasy come true: being able to play as Transformers fighting Transformers.

Rating: 8/10
Overview: Third Person Shooter

The Good:
+ Great graphics and well optimized.

+ One of my bigger issues with the first game was that every environment had a ‘cut and paste’ feel to it. Thankfully this has been resolved with this game. Every level has a unique look and feel to it. Every level is designed around a specific transformer making good use of their special abilities.

+ killing enemies rewards you with energon allowing you to upgrade weapons and perks.

+ The story is fantastic making good use of all the important characters and feels like something taken straight out of the cartoons.

+ Multiplayer and horde mode are fun and still active during peak hours.

+ Soundtrack and voice acting

The Bad:
- You can play with a gamepad; however, it does not work in some menus, forcing you to use a mouse whenever you decide to upgrade weapons.

- Graphical/gameplay options are severely lacking

Conclusion:
One of the best transformer games you can play, it controls very well has some really cool set piece moments. Anybody who grew up watching transformers should be playing this.

I have many fond memories of this game; great campaign, controls, story, and online.
Hits every mark it aims for, 10/10

This and War for Cybertron are the best Transformers games to get right now. Just a fair warning though, the online multiplayer is kinda dead now. So it's best to get it on sale (Like how during this time the steam summer sale is up for $9.99) for single player campaign. The story itself is just what you would want from Transformers and not like the "Bay-formers" films. So if you are a die-hard Transformers fan like me or a fan of Third-Person Shooters, this game is perfect for you.

Cybertron In Extremis


From the developers of the frenetic Transformers: War for Cybertron, comes the new critically acclaimed sequel in this third-person action franchise. Despite the majority of movie licensed transformer games being mediocre and even the movies themselves, High Moon Studios strives to revive from the many faults in previous instalments with innovative gameplay and engross players in a compelling story that fans of the series will immediately recognise from the get-go. While the game sounds promising, and lives up to the hype, there is much more than meets the eye here that only scratches a bit off the game’s fine paint job.


Fall of Cybertron’s quality and devotion to story-telling, visuals, and production is impressively revamped following its predecessor. While the setting is still within the atmosphere of a war-torn Cybertron that players may be familiar with, it offers a unique variation of the other various environments that have never been explored before. Following the events of the previous game, Fall of Cybertron, as the title suggests, is set during the last days of a fierce and protracted battle which has consequently drained the planet’s supply of energon, a raw energy that the transformers are dependent on. Coming to the realisation that Cybertron can no longer be inhabited, Optimus Prime and the Autobots accumulate what little energon is left to fuel the Ark, a ship that will take them across the galaxy in an attempt to seek refuge and usable energy to survive. The chorological order of the missions keeps players intrigued in the story. The first chapter will have you set in during the last and then play significant events leading up to the conclusion. The story being expressed in this way is very effective because if you were to replay the first chapter after the completing the campaign, you will have an understanding of what drove the transformers to the final showdown. You will play as various members of the Autobots and the Decepticons which are all suited to the environments they are in based on what type of vehicle they transform into and the unique ability that they can use. Any fan from the Generation 1 or Michael Bay series will have a high sense of nostalgia hearing the voice of the prominent Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime once again. Voice acting overall is on point whether it’s one liners coming from fellow NPCs or Optimus Prime’s narration. What adds to the authenticity that reminds players that they are fighting on one side of the war, is the option to converse with other transformers and even at times assist them in completing miscellaneous activities. There are also quick time events that engages players during the more emotional sequences. What may not seem authentic to some players however is the easter eggs which cannot be disabled but they do encourage going back to different stages for extra replay value which is a good thing. These are relatively well hidden so you probably won’t see a lever turn into a transformer until your second playthrough. At any time, you can have a primary and heavy weapon which can be utilised by any transformer and there is a good variation from weapons that fire remote detonated globules to an electro-diffraction beam that when fired, can chain kill enemies in proximity of where the beam is directed. You can also rate these weapons according to how useful they are for you which is recorded so that others can see the community ratings for them. This is something that isn’t seen much of in games, but it’s a great way to find out what personal loadout is best for you. Considering that co-op campaign was an option in the previous game that was more popular than the multiplayer itself, I had concerns that the developers had taken a wrong turn. The fact that you could play as different transformers for each chapter really increased my replay value in the previous instalment although I have finish this game 3 times already to obtain the collectibles throughout the campaign. Whether this game would have been better with or without co-op is hard to say, although, because the plot has been designed for each transformer's side of the story to be individualised, it may have had an impact on the story along with its dark and gloomy vibe that the game establishes. Despite the exclusion of this feature, escalation is a mode that allows players to play with friends against hordes of enemies.


Escalation is a wave mode that has you play from a selection of transformers including exclusive ones that would not otherwise be present in the campaign. The maps in this mode are inspired by the environments found in the campaign. It offers challenge and a test of your abilities to effectively communicate with the other players and your individual performance. This is more so important in the multiplayer which has taken a turn for the better.


Multiplayer makes a return with a little more to offer. A feature that stands out is the freedom of building your own transformer completely from scratch and being able to play it in-game. There are several game modes to choose from including conquest and capture the flag but at the time of this review, you will most likely only get the chance to play team deathmatch since there is such a small player base. There are four classes to choose from, which determine what weapons you can have and what you can transform into. However, these are noticeably imbalanced which encourages players to only choose specific classes. There is also frequent lag which is to be expected for a 5-year-old game which has a handful of online players in-game daily. But this also negatively contributes to the imbalance classes, as choosing weapons that have a high fire rate (which only some classes have) means there is less chance of losing a gun fight whilst experiencing connection issues compared to semi-automatic weapons like the riot cannon, which shoots significantly slower and allows players to easily maneuver out of the line of fire. The classes did feel more balanced on enclosed maps which makes it easier to defeat enemies no matter what class you use.


What’s a really important aspect to this game across all modes, is that it’s main focus is gameplay and the ability to do something that you would not otherwise be able to do in most games: transform. Its apparent that all levels have been built from scratch to ensure transforming has a purpose and at times, is mandatory.


While the game is still worth purchasing at its current price $50 USD, I would suggest purchasing while it’s on sale especially if you are considering purchasing the DLC add-ons as well.


If you have never played a transformers game, you’re probably going to like this game. On the other hand, if you’re a fan, you’ll definitely enjoy this near-masterpiece that will keep you captivated for quite some time. There are plenty memorable moments to be had across all game modes, and it takes the liberty of giving players the nostalgic feel of the G1 series and at the same time, doing what it does best as a third person action shooter which the game is intended to be. No doubt will there be more transformer games pumped out in the future, but could there be one that unleashes its full potential to be become the ultimate transformers game, or is it right in front of us? There is a sequel to this game called Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark which I’ve played on the PlayStation 4 but unfortunately did not live up to my expectations after the ingeniousness of Fall of Cybertron. I think it’s safe to say though that from the quality of presentation and gameplay and the minor flaws in these areas and online, this is and will be the best game in the series at least for a while.

9.5/10

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The story makes me replay it over and over again...it's sad, yet the campaign is brilliant.
I wish it had a good follower, worthy of this title.
A solid 10/10 for the Singleplayer campaign.
Multiplayer has died out, unfortunately.

"Multiplayer Servers offline"
Does NOT have Co-Op as advertised on this page. All multiplayer is permanently offline and after research I found out that it doesn't have campaign Co-Op at all. They have survival mode but that is permanently disabled as well. Steam did not refund my purchase.

Transformers Fall of Cybertron is a third person action game, developed by Mercenary Technologies and published by Activision – being released in August 2012. Being a bit of a fan of the Transformers franchise, this was my first foray into the games for the series so was quite excited to see what was on offer.

The game play is played from the perspective of a number of main characters from the series, you don’t play as a single side of the factions, you swap from side to side which was an interesting way to take the game, throughout the campaign you get times where you will swap characters midway through cut scenes in order to help the story flow better; this was done really well and made the game a much more memorable experience overall. The action in Fall of Cybertron is done really well too; there is an element of cover based combat because as soon as you enter open grounds you tend to just get pummelled into mincemeat by incoming fire so you have to use your environment to your advantage. All of the characters you play as have their two different forms, these can vary from a car, tank, or planes, all following suite with the lore of the series. The characters will also come equip with distinct different abilities, some of which are a little out there such as stealth mechanics which didn’t really fit too well, but it was a bit of a change from the norm.

Throughout the campaign you’ll run into a number of fights which are done on the larger scale, obviously being a Transformer you are much bigger than most enemies anyway, but some fights take place in large open battlefields where you are really tested against your skill and of course you’ll stand side by side with a city sized autobot which just wrecks anything in its path quite early in the story too so you’ll really want look forward to that!

Even though this game is nearing on four years old now, it still looks fairly decent, you can definitely see a bit of the aging come into play when you get up close to some textures, but the majority of the time you are able to forget that this game came out in 2012 because it doesn’t look like it. The animations of characters are really well done, especially the transformation from different forms, I was almost expecting it to go through to a pre-animated cut scene to see these play out but they are all done in engine and real-time which was a pleasant surprise. Voice acting is spot on with all the veteran voice actors; Peter Cullen and Fred Tatasciore making an appearance which is always a major plus for any franchise game to get the actual voices of the characters involved too.

Whilst the majority of the game play from Fall of Cybertron is fairly easy and simple, there were a few times which had me dying a lot. Any mission which involved defending a NPC whilst they carried out a task, always seemed to end up with me dying constantly. After a few attempts I was able to get passed but that is probably down to me being more of an incompetent player. The game does have varying level of difficulties which you can change on the fly throughout the story mode which is a key factor in getting the longevity out of a single player experience if you ask me – start on the highest difficulty and then work your way down if you find things too tough.

The single player mode of Fall of Cybertron took me just over eight hours to complete – this consists of 13 chapters and a decent amount of cut scenes to allow the plot to flow more easily. Whilst there are alternative endings to the game depending on an important decision towards the end, you’ll probably only get enjoyment out of a second play through if you are a real hard core Transformer fan. It is also sad to say that the multiplayer scene for this game is none existent; I wasn’t even able to find a match to play in so I can’t even comment on whether it was any good or not.

Even though I enjoyed Fall of Cybertron, and it’s a good game; I was at no point really looking forward to playing it whenever I booted up my computer. It took me over a week of real life time to actually finish a game, and normally for games like this I can blast out in a day or two; it didn’t have that real WOW factor that a lot of games have now days; even though my review talks mostly about the positives of the game, and even though there are no real negative points it’s still hard for me to recommend this game higher than a mere recommendation for when it is on sale. The premium price tag of £29.99 is way over marketed for what is essentially a single player game with not much replay ability going on.

Tom's Score Card
1) Stay away
2) Not Recommended
3) Only recommended when on sale
4) Recommended
5) Highly recommended
6) This is a must play

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it WAS a great game until activision disabled the multiplayer. If your only intrested in the single player then enjoy but avoid the bundle as it only benefits multiplayer. Avoid purchase until online play is fixed.

Unfortunately Michael Bay's films ruined the franchised that I loved so dearly and very much as a child. I remember begging my parents to buy me those voyager/leader/ultra class figures so I could re-enact the epic and badass battles between the cunning Decepticons and the heroic Autobots. I grew older, and then I saw the train wreck cash grab of a quadrilogy that Hollywood has produced, and my heart grew heavy. It was hard for me to remember the awesomeness of the story about the fight between good and evil, between Primus and Unicron, between the Autobots and Decepticons. Then I saw this game on sale and gave it a shot. When I first played it, I shed a tear. It was beautiful. The voice acting, the soundtrack, and gameplay made me a 6 year old again. It was very nostalgic and brought me back to the old days of watching those cartoons and playing with the action figures. While the movie industry has failed the franchise, I am very happy that the video game franchise has not. If you are a huge Transformer fan like I am, I would definitely buy this, especially if it is on sale.

I'll make this one brief: it's an excellent Transformers game.

PROS:

+ combat
+ switching between vehicle/robot forms feels natural and fits the gameplay perfectly
+ there are DJENT METAL ELEMENTS IN THE SOUNDTRACK :D
+ you get to play both as the Autobots and the Decepticons
+ single player campaign missions are diverse and fun
+ multiplayer is quick-paced and enjoyable

CONS:

- the game feels a bit short
- the aesthetics might not be right up everyone's alley


Transformers: Fall of Cybertron delivers an intense TPP action shooter experience.
The gameplay is smooth, the story is decent enough to keep you interested from one mission to another,
the multiplayer is there, if you are a die hard fan of the franchise.
Two words: pure fun.

"Till all are one."

This is even better than the first Cybertron game. you will love the Story, and enjoy the gameplay of this game. this is a game for true transformers fans. I massevily recommend you to get the game. Don't miss out on this thrilling adventure for both story worth getting into and the multiplayer creating your own transformer charecter of any type.

Incredible incredible incredible singleplayer!
Any fan of Transformers, whether a simple or die hard fan will enjoy the campaign on all difficulties and they will love working for those in-game acheivments, just like war For Cybertron.
However the multiplayer of course is nearly dead which is a shame.
I played this game on XBOX 360 and PS3 when it first came out and the multiplayer is straightup a 9/10. PC multiplayer also a 9/10. Controls are all good, no mouse acceleration issues (COD), the game was ported nicely to PC. Thumbs up to highmoon studios.
Back when multiplayer was alive, this game was absolutely wonderful in that regard. There was a nice skill gap that wasn't too harsh if you get what I mean. After I primed and started my ranking over from zero again, I could still destroy people with my character because I was far more experienced and skilled in the game than my opposiiton, no matter what level they were or what high level abilities and guns they used.
The great thing about this games multiplayer is that it's like CSGO and COD Advanced Warfare met halfway with the skill gap. It wasn't just a run around and hope for a kill kind of arcade shooter, but it also wasn't down to the memorizing the map flow and gun recoil patterns either. The placement of the skill gap was set perfectly to where if you could manuever your character well enough, go for some headshots and be a hard target to hit, you would win everyone 1v1 fight. With enough of a drop on the enemy, I could 1v2 two destroyers or tanks with my scout class. It was just a matter of skill.

So all in all, 10/10 campaign, and 9/10 multiplayer (would be 10/10 if you could change your keyboard/controller buttons)
This game honestly deserves the popolarity and longevity of Call of Duty. I'm not asking for TF Fall of Cybertron 6, like the repititous COD titles, but I wish the community for this game lasted like COD4. There is absolutely nothing better than the feeling of transforming your custom made character in-game and flying/driving around in-game.
As said before, I 100% recommend this game to fulfill your singleplayer transformers needs, but if you came for the multiplayer... I'm sorry to say I do not recommend because it is long gone. R.I.P. (10-01-2015)

- - - Hats off to HighMoon Studios - - -

Despite Activision being the publisher of this game, it actually exudes quality all around if your a fan of transforms buy this, if you like robots buy this, if you like 3rd person shooters with solid shooting mechanics buy this, if you like solid single player campaigns buy this, if you like multiplayer deathmatch buy this and most of all if you dislike everything michael bay has done to the transformers movies buy this

Megatron is a tank, which is acceptable. Soundwave has his tapes, there are Dinobots, and when the Insecticons showed up I was feeling the full power of the untainted by Michael Bay 80's Transformers that didn't need human characters to carry the f'ing story for them. This game and it's first installment are to this old man enough to forget past transgressions against the series, if only for a few hours.

“More Than Meets The Eye”

Set amongst the burning ruins of a dying planet, ‘Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’ is an exhilarating, at times truly spectacular, Third-Person Action RPG - and is very simply, the single best gaming interpretation of the iconic Transformers franchise.

Campaign: Released in 2012 by High Moon Studios | Activision, ‘T:FOC’ is the second entry in the Transformers trilogy and is clearly the series’ high water mark - The opening credits thrust you into the midst of a massive space battle over the destroyed planet of Cybertron, besieged by Decepticon Battle-Cruisers, and front row to the ultimate stand-off between Decepticon supremo, Megatron, and Autobot leader, Optimus Prime. The game then flashes-back 6 days, and drops you in to play through the final few days of the conflict and events leading up to that historic last stand. An engaging story-fueled campaign takes you across a lovingly-crafted, richly atmospheric Transformers universe, putting you in control of popular characters (from both Autobot and Decepticon factions) such as Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee, Cliff-Jumper, Jazz, Grimlock and more.

Gameplay | Graphics | Sound: From a technical standpoint, gameplay is a pretty standard Third Person RPG | Shooter | Racer (for the Transformation bits). While there is nothing groundbreaking here, there are several elements that do elevate this title – 1. Unlike other RPG’s where you control one main character throughout, here each of the campaign’s 13 chapters is framed through the viewpoint of a different Transformer allowing the gamer to control many beloved characters each with their own weapon systems, unique transformation, special abilities etc, providing some great overall variety - 2. The game’s pacing is also well constructed with third-person Shooting sections broken up through Stealth, Platforming and Vehicular missions, and intermittent set piece elements that are truly epic in both size and scale. – and finally, 3. A good number of collectibles, upgradable weapons, multiple endings and ultimately, the sheer glee of controlling some legendary characters builds great replayability into this title. Sound Design is also particularly noteworthy, with a grand operatic score accompanied by voice-actors from the original TV-series reprising key roles as Optimus and Megatron. Great graphics, well optimized K&M controls, an ‘Escalation | Survival’ mode, and a highly customizable Multiplayer experience round out a well polished title.

Flaws: For all it does well however, one cannot escape the glaring fact that gameplay is rather restrictively linear. Further, an uneven Multiplayer experience (of dropped connections, hacks and exploits, exclusion of the popular Co-op option) in addition to an unseemingly high pricetag of $60 for a 3-yr old title (Note: Steam Sale Price at $15), mar the overall package.

Overall, ‘Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’ is a fantastic interpretation of a beloved franchise – and although a pretty average RPG on a technical level - its grand cinematic campaign, breathtaking scale, phenomenal sound design, cast of iconic characters and high replayability, elevate the game to something more than the sum of its parts. This is an ode to the Transformers universe made by fans, for fans – and this is as close to ‘Prime’ as you will ever get – Highly Recommended! (Rated 9/10)


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A very good video game representation of the G1 Transformers. The single player campaign has a strong plot which plays out a bitter war between the Autobots and Decepticons during the final moments of the planet Cybertron.

Game primarily playes like a 3rd person corridor shooter. Game was executed very well so the weapon and movement controls feel really good. Animations were well done and the robot to vehicle transitions look really good. The single player campaign will take roughly 10 hours or so on regular difficulty and consists of 15 chapters. The player does not get to choose which Transformer character they play through the game with the campaign regularly featuring a different character between chapters. Characters will switch between Autobot and Decepticon depending on which part of the story the player is currently playing and the game appears to feature equal time between the two factions. Difficulty on normal settings was neither too easy or difficult, but there were times that were a good challenge. Fortunately the checkpoint system was done well enough that you will not have to redo too much after defeats.

Many of the fan favorite characters are featured as playable or ally, and the inclusion of others like Metroplex, the Combaticons, Insecticons and the Dinobots were very welcome. Both the voice acting and the soundtrack were extremely well done. This helped create a good feeling of chemistry between the characters and sets the tone of the game.

The game does have a multiplayer feature which I have tried only briefly. It is cool to create a customized Transformer to do battle against or with other players. I understand that cheating does happen quite regularly but I am hopeful that this will not hurt the experience too badly. I will review this feature further as I play it more.

I had a lot of fun with this game and highly recommend it to those who are G1 Transformer fans.

I'm not a very big Transformers fan, but bought the game anyway due to good reviews. I'm glad I did. Graphics are great, storyline continuously develops and the combat styles change as you play different characters. All of this combined made for a great game overall.

Just absolutely gorgeous campaign with locales ranging from wide open arenas to corridoor fights. You play as lot of autobots and decepticons in succession, the gameplay is pretty smooth and there are no graphics performance issues. The shooting feels tight, the guns are really powerful (even more so after upgrading them), there are some good voice logs to be found and the in game character chat is hilarious. There are a couple of difficulty spikes, but overall the game is pretty enjoyable on the hardest difficulty setting. There are also moments when you play as giant hulking machines and your character feels like a real badass. Buy this game, if just for the campaign. It's worth it.

This is not a game; this is a love letter to Transformer cartoon fans everywhere. Improving on the original title, the combat mechanics are more varied (your robot avatars stealth, platform and fly across the levels as opposed to the first game's lackluster cover-based combat) and there is more variety to the robots themselves. The level design is somewhat improved; the original game was endless halls of metal but there is somewhat more variety in the sequel. Still, compared to the diverse world-spanning locals of other franchises, the levels can't compare in color or style; it is, after all, based on a robot-planet.

Still, while the gameplay is improved it is still not exceptional. It is the robots that are the stars of this show; the Transformers so many of us grew up with. Fighting battles with Jazz, Starscream, Metroplex and Optimus (amongst many others) is something no fan should miss. But I can imagine that people who don't love the franchise might find the experience lacking.