Multiplat Transformers: WFC

[caMoGFC]

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beat the single player on hard about an hour ago

single player is extremely action packed and if you play it smart should never really get in much trouble even on hard....a couple of bosses are a bit tough but playing it smart will see you pwn

was SO DAMN SATISFYING beating the last boss (who took me a fair few goes since i employed an incorrect strategy at first) and receiving six, yes six trophies at the end for my efforts (3 silver and 3 bronze)

if i may just re-enact and reflect for a moment here

......ching......ching.............ching.......ching......ching...............ching
BAM BABY WOOOO!

now i'm looking forward to playing some escalation and dominating some multiplayer in the near future

epic game and CLEARLY the best value for money deal in gaming this year
how this is selling for 50 bucks or thereabouts has me stumped

 

[Ant_]

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Aerialbot chapter would be my favourite

 

[caMoGFC]

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yeh the flying just feels so damn natural in this game

which one is the aerial bot one though...is that the decepticon or autobot campaign? either way i liked both

i'm actually spewing you're on the xbox, woulda loved to play co-op with ya

 

[Ant_]

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yeh the flying just feels so damn natural in this game

which one is the aerial bot one though...is that the decepticon or autobot campaign? either way i liked both

i'm actually spewing you're on the xbox, woulda loved to play co-op with ya

Autobot campaign. Yeah co-op is alot of fun, played with Rockford from here and a few on my friends list. You can also do a region search on randoms in co-op.

 

[HBK619]

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DLC confirmed, to release next week.

Source: http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1107516p1.html

Activision and High Moon have officially announced the New Map and Character pack, set for release July 27th for PSN and Xbox Live for $10.00US and 800 MS Points respectively.

The New Map and Character Pack DLC includes new characters Scattershot and Onslaught, as well as Shockwave, Jazz, and Demolishor, who were originally exclusive to pre-order customers at particular retail locations. The DLC also contains two new multiplayer maps, and also doubles the number of maps for the Horde-like Escalation mode to four.

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[Ant_]

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Nice, guessing they're already on the disc I've seen someone playing Jazz before in escalation.

 

[RoosterLad]

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Just started playing this myself over the last couple of days. I am also playing on Hard and I'm glad I am, it is something I've started doing lately. Far more rewarding but you have to be pretty patient at times. It is pretty tough as a couple of hits and you are dead but is is an excellent game.

I just finished Chapter 3 but each chapter so far has taken a fair bit of time. Loving the game so far, I didn't think I would get around to playing it but a mate brought it around the other night.

It is a shame it isn't split screen co-op, are there random co-op games online? I haven't checked that out yet but I'm keen to give that and Escalation a go too.

 

[Ant_]

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Just started playing this myself over the last couple of days. I am also playing on Hard and I'm glad I am, it is something I've started doing lately. Far more rewarding but you have to be pretty patient at times. It is pretty tough as a couple of hits and you are dead but is is an excellent game.

I just finished Chapter 3 but each chapter so far has taken a fair bit of time. Loving the game so far, I didn't think I would get around to playing it but a mate brought it around the other night.

It is a shame it isn't split screen co-op, are there random co-op games online? I haven't checked that out yet but I'm keen to give that and Escalation a go too.

Yeah random co-op and you can do region search to get locals. Much more fun co-op as your AI teammates are pretty average.

 

[caMoGFC]

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Yeah random co-op and you can do region search to get locals. Much more fun co-op as your AI teammates do absolutely nothing whatsoever

fixed.



so now 5 people in australia have bought this game, NICE!

 

[Ant_]

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so now 5 people in australia have bought this game, NICE!

Still a good community on MP for live.

 

[RoosterLad]

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Just played a couple of games of MP, excellent when there is no lag but I see what you mean when you said nobody is playing the game. Already enjoy the MP of this more than MW2 and I've only played two games so far!

 

[caMoGFC]

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Still a good community on MP for live.

i stopped long ago now....was only like 800 people playing online on the ps3 at the time and if i did happen to get into an aussie match i was always against a bloody clan who were all joined at the hip and were borderline impossible to take down due to the numbers game.

so yeh as much as i loved the game it wasn't worth the frustration in the end.

 

[caMoGFC]

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Just played a couple of games of MP, excellent when there is no lag but I see what you mean when you said nobody is playing the game. Already enjoy the MP of this more than MW2 and I've only played two games so far!

the multiplayer is excellent! especially the domination mode where the majority actually go for the objective and flag capturing literally swaps every 20-30 seconds!

it's just frustrating as hell getting constant lag and waiting so long to find games after putting up with it for so long

 

[Ant_]

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i stopped long ago now....was only like 800 people playing online on the ps3 at the time and if i did happen to get into an aussie match i was always against a bloody clan who were all joined at the hip and were borderline impossible to take down due to the numbers game.

so yeh as much as i loved the game it wasn't worth the frustration in the end.

That sucks, always get a game though you end up playing the same people a lot.

 

[HBK619]

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Just started playing this myself over the last couple of days. I am also playing on Hard and I'm glad I am, it is something I've started doing lately. Far more rewarding but you have to be pretty patient at times. It is pretty tough as a couple of hits and you are dead but is is an excellent game.

Definitely agree with that and something I am going to be doing since it's worked really well in Transformers.

I've played through Dead Space almost 2 times on Normal and am now doing it on Impossible and it's far more rewarding to play. On Normal you don't have to use some of the perks you get and you can rush through a lot of it, but on Impossible you really have to think your way through each battle, taking it really strategically and using the perks to your real advantage. It creates a completely different system to play it. The same thing goes for Transformers (not that I know about the other difficulties) but I really have to play it smartly otherwise I'll be dead fast.

 

[RoosterLad]

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Just beat Omega Supreme the first time in Chapter 4, took ages but was fairly simple as there were a lot of hiding spots. Useless teams are annoying though.

Then jumped online, got in a game with minimal lag and I was dominating and in line for an MVP possibly, then it freezes.

 

[RoosterLad]

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I can't remember the last time a game has made me rage so much. **** this game is hard and annoying at times. I am only on Chapter 6 (first level of Autobots) and it is a bitch, I went for something different and tried Ratchet instead of Optimus. Not sure if that was the right move now and there is no way to switch is there?

I am up to some massive thing where you destroy 3 legs then smash the core which takes ages to destroy. It shoots out a laser and sometimes I am standing in the spot the laser starts which means instant death. All of the work to destroy the legs gone.

My main gripe is the fact that my two partners DO ABSOLUTELY ****ING NOTHING! Most of the time they are just standing there watching me, sometimes they fire off a few shots but it obviously does little to no damage.

The thing is, why even include them in the game? Is it so the game can pretend that you and 2 other Transformers are out on a mission together? I HATE games which give you team mates, the majority of games result in the the team mates doing nothing. All they do is get in your way.

 

[Ant_]

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I can't remember the last time a game has made me rage so much. **** this game is hard and annoying at times. I am only on Chapter 6 (first level of Autobots) and it is a bitch, I went for something different and tried Ratchet instead of Optimus. Not sure if that was the right move now and there is no way to switch is there?

I am up to some massive thing where you destroy 3 legs then smash the core which takes ages to destroy. It shoots out a laser and sometimes I am standing in the spot the laser starts which means instant death. All of the work to destroy the legs gone.

My main gripe is the fact that my two partners DO ABSOLUTELY ****ING NOTHING! Most of the time they are just standing there watching me, sometimes they fire off a few shots but it obviously does little to no damage.

The thing is, why even include them in the game? Is it so the game can pretend that you and 2 other Transformers are out on a mission together? I HATE games which give you team mates, the majority of games result in the the team mates doing nothing. All they do is get in your way.

Most of the end level guys there is a pattern to take to destroy them. As for the AI characters yeah they suck, use them as decoys as they will suck bullets.

The best option is play through on co-op that makes the campaign.

 

[RoosterLad]

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I finally managed to pass that level, the bit I got stuck on was a long, long way from the finish. The funny thing is I've actually passed that level before, I played a level on co-op but that was on Normal and I want to finish it on Hard. You can actually complete the game on Easy and then pass the final checkpoint on each chapter on Hard to get the trophy etc. I just wanted to finish the whole thing on Hard.

I did suss the pattern out but putting it into practice was difficult. There is also very little ammo and I found myself running out a number of times, also the game has a chronic freezing problem.

 

[Ant_]

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I did suss the pattern out but putting it into practice was difficult. There is also very little ammo and I found myself running out a number of times, also the game has a chronic freezing problem.

Freezing? Didn't get it once.

 

[HBK619]

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I can't remember the last time a game has made me rage so much. **** this game is hard and annoying at times. I am only on Chapter 6 (first level of Autobots) and it is a bitch, I went for something different and tried Ratchet instead of Optimus. Not sure if that was the right move now and there is no way to switch is there?

I am up to some massive thing where you destroy 3 legs then smash the core which takes ages to destroy. It shoots out a laser and sometimes I am standing in the spot the laser starts which means instant death. All of the work to destroy the legs gone.

My main gripe is the fact that my two partners DO ABSOLUTELY ****ING NOTHING! Most of the time they are just standing there watching me, sometimes they fire off a few shots but it obviously does little to no damage.

The thing is, why even include them in the game? Is it so the game can pretend that you and 2 other Transformers are out on a mission together? I HATE games which give you team mates, the majority of games result in the the team mates doing nothing. All they do is get in your way.

That boss is WAYYYYYYYYY too long. There's a couple of other bosses that are long too, which adds to the frustration. There's also another section where you're waiting for something to happen (very subtle) and you basically just get bombarded with enemies for ages, I struggled massively on that section. Have found much of the campaign to be relatively normal to go through for the most part at least, you do encounter the odd moment where you'll go way too hard into a section and just get killed in seconds but I've been doing ok on my own.

I think for me the problem with the partners with them being AI only is that they follow you around and then get in your way. If they'd occasionally take a flank and rush or if you could give them that sort of a prompt it would be great even if they are useless at killing anything, because them following you tends to just turn the boss or enemies attention straight to where you are.

I can understand the reasoning in this game as to why they do it, because the story is far better than most co-op games that revolve around the characters and it'd be stupid for Optimus (or one of the side characters) to just go into everything on his own. But there has to be some way for better partner AI to be created? Uncharted 1 and 2 did it fairly well and Half Life 2 did it extremely well too. But those games weren't co-op oriented (in fact not at all), it seems to be when you hold the focus on those partners being actual humans as the main focus of your game it is like they just say "nobody is really going to NOT play this in co-op so why make some complicated AI for the partner/s?". Still yet to see a focused co-op game (and that is a co-op game where you assume one of the characters, not just a drop in character, so you have to have that partner be in the game either as AI or human controlled) with an AI partner system that works truly well.

also the game has a chronic freezing problem.

Can't say I've had it freeze on me.

 

[caMoGFC]

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yeh i never had it freeze on me once.

some parts on hard playing by yourself can get a little frustrating but generally you should be able to smash past it in only a couple of goes.

if you need a partner hit hbk up, the douche still needs to finish it!

 

[HBK619]

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Sequel announced for 2012 (might have to complete the first still now).

Source: http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1134148p1.html

Hasbro confirmed during its investor conference earlier this week a sequel to Transformers: War for Cybertron is currently in development and is set for release sometime in 2012.

"This is the most highly-rated, critical success of any game that's had the Hasbro brand yet and we're looking forward to a sequel in 2012," Blecher stated.

 

[HBK619]

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Sequel announced for 2012 (might have to complete the first still now).

Source: http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1134148p1.html

New teaser trailer:
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Actually coming this year now too, it will even be a lead in to the upcoming 3rd Transformers movie. STILL going to be the same developer though, so don't expect the usual cheap cash in, High Moon have stated the game will play out more or less the same as WFC.

Source: http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/114/1149238p1.html

Despite the less than kind reception for the last Transformers film, the most recent Transformers game, War for Cybertron, was pretty well liked around the office. With that in mind, I was excited to hear from Activision this week that Transformers: War for Cybertron developers High Moon will bring the official game for Transformers: Dark of the Moon to Xbox 360 and PS3 this summer.

We had a chance to speak briefly with High Moon about the upcoming game. Game Director Sean Miller explained why War for Cybertron fans will be comfortable with Dark of the Moon."In terms of similarities, we think people will be excited to know that we're sticking with a similar control and gameplay scheme from War for Cybertron," Miller said. "We want you to be able to play in whichever (transformation) mode you want - you're never without your weapons, but you've got choices."

 

[HBK619]

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FINALLY finished the campaign tonight since I've had a bit of time to get into some past games I've not yet finished (next up Bioshock!). It was a great end to a pretty damn good campaign, but I know what my trepidation was with going back to the game, the chapters are just too long. I'd say each one goes for about an hour and it just requires time if you're gonna get through it.

Also hands down the best credits song ever!