Really good, actually. From a beginning that suggests a 'decent' game to come, the level of depth and variety increases very steadily and very satisfyingly. A good few nods to Halo in terms of enemy AI and terrain, but overall a great example of how to fully exploit a single genre.
+ the frame rate is, for the most part, very solid
+ despite only offering three characters the game perfectly captures the appeal and potential of 'being a Transformer'
+ control system is extremely intuitive - near faultless, in fact
+ textures and models are exceptional
+ the Minicon system of powering up works extremely well
+ levels are monstrously large and well designed
+ the suggestion of scale in the game is handled magnificently - the boss encounter wih Tidal Wave will have your jaw on the ground
+ tonnes of unlockables, some of which are hilarious
+ good musical score which references the original Transformers theme to good effect
- some of the terrain can be deceptively steep, leading to a few frustrating 'slips'
- some challenges require persistence and patience to say the least
- as yet, no unlockable characters and very little chance of you actually being able to play as a decepticon
- it's the 'new' Transformers, so don't expect to recognise many people by anything more than name (Starstream remains cool, however)
+ the frame rate is, for the most part, very solid
+ despite only offering three characters the game perfectly captures the appeal and potential of 'being a Transformer'
+ control system is extremely intuitive - near faultless, in fact
+ textures and models are exceptional
+ the Minicon system of powering up works extremely well
+ levels are monstrously large and well designed
+ the suggestion of scale in the game is handled magnificently - the boss encounter wih Tidal Wave will have your jaw on the ground
+ tonnes of unlockables, some of which are hilarious
+ good musical score which references the original Transformers theme to good effect
- some of the terrain can be deceptively steep, leading to a few frustrating 'slips'
- some challenges require persistence and patience to say the least
- as yet, no unlockable characters and very little chance of you actually being able to play as a decepticon
- it's the 'new' Transformers, so don't expect to recognise many people by anything more than name (Starstream remains cool, however)
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