Transformers Devastation

[Yakumo]

I wonder if this game isn't up to the usual hight standards of Platinum Games because of the Activision involvement? Their last game which Activision were also involved with was below par while all of Platinum Games Japanese developed titles have been excellent.

[Soundwave]

Done a chunk of Ch1 and it's exactly as imagined. A solid but straight forward PS3 era-esque budget title. It's fun though, solid, I'm enjoying it a lot. In terms of fan service, it feels like it's designed to make this happen to Neil

Lol that's pretty much what happened to me as soon as I watched the first trailer & I've not come back down since.

Glad to hear it's hitting the right notes for you & I'm excited to get my hands on it...whenever 365games ship it that is.

Neil

EDIT - Just had my dispatch email from 365 so hopefully be with me tomorrow

[Asura]

I wonder if this game isn't up to the usual hight standards of Platinum Games because of the Activision involvement? Their last game which Activision were also involved with was below par while all of Platinum Games Japanese developed titles have been excellent.

Was that Korra?

I suspect Korra is the reason Devastation exists - it probably proved that a Platinum game made for a niche cartoon audience could work.

[speedlolita]

I wonder if this game isn't up to the usual hight standards of Platinum Games because of the Activision involvement? Their last game which Activision were also involved with was below par while all of Platinum Games Japanese developed titles have been excellent.

Well, yeah. Platinum being contracted to make games means that their output won't necessarily be on par with the likes of Bayonetta or Metal Gear Rising (that was a slightly different deal with Kojipro).

I bet this game plays fine, but is safe and accessible - which is fine.

[fuse]

I love Platinum (more than most, in fact), but I think the suggestion that Korra wasn't 'Japanese developed' is just plain false - Activision were only responsible for publishing.

[Neon Ignition]

Presumably this type of fan service stuff is what they use so they can help fund their bigger titles. Ironically i'd rather the funds went to this than Scalebound

[QualityChimp]

EDIT - Just had my dispatch email from 365 so hopefully be with me tomorrow

Me too! Huzzah!

I saw it available to download on XBox Live last night, so it's out there, at least.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/07/transformers-devastation-review-pc/

"Devastation?s too throwaway to be a game many of us will still be talking about beyond this month, but it?s a blast, and not simply on a guilty pleasure basis. As well as being the most unabashed Transformers fan-service games have given us yet, it?s also a slick, exciting, hyper-fast punchy-shooty game in its own right. It?s dumb as a box of Dinobots of course, but it?s not even trying to be otherwise ? and that?s why its simple, colourful enthusiasm for robot-bashing is so infectious."

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/10/07/review-transformers-devastation/170887/

"In a lot of ways, Transformers: Devastation feels like Bayonetta in disguise. It has the same linear arena combat format that alternates between narrow hallways (in this case, roads) and open environments that signal a fight from miles away, even borrowing a few similar action set piece ideas later in the game. That?s not a bad thing; Bayonetta?s gameplay was solid, but its world and tone proved polarizing and its story was nigh-incomprehensible. Devastation takes some of the best pieces of Bayonetta and throws them in a package you can feel unadulteratedly good about while also producing the best Transformers game yet."

[speedlolita]

Presumably this type of fan service stuff is what they use so they can help fund their bigger titles. Ironically i'd rather the funds went to this than Scalebound

Nah, I'd rather see effort put into new IP than a franchise that has a track record of pretty terrible video games.

[Yakumo]

Mine should be here tomorrow as it's apparently in the courier's depo which is down the road

[dataDave]

I'm still waiting for a proper gameplay review before I drop $60.

I could probably check Neogaf or Twitch but those places hurt my head and waste my time.

[k0pp0]

gah. This will hopefully turn up tomorrow, but I'll probably be the worse for drink as it will be my last day at work and I'm going out for a tipple. Which means that I'll think it's a million times better than it is for the first 15 minutes then fall asleep.

[Soundwave]

My copy arrived today, couldn't be happier with 365games service or price.

Will be using them more often in future

Neil

[QualityChimp]

My copy arrived today, couldn't be happier with 365games service or price.

Will be using them more often in future

Neil

Well bully for you!

Mine hasn't turned up. Boooo!

[Colin]

And it's not as if he'll have played it either, it'll be on the shelf with all the other cellophane entombed boxes.....

[Darwock]

Despite preordering months ago, and charging my card five days ago, P-A haven't even shipped mine. Says they are pending stock arrival.