Remembering The Transformers Video Games

The Transformers video games are a wild trip. From the era of High Moon to some serious duds, we gather to discuss them all in celebration of the newest movie: Rise Of The Beasts!

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[ChrisWTube]

Those 2 Cybertron games are incredible. It’s a crime we don’t have them at 60fps on modern consoles. Also the FoC soundtrack is so damn good

[rojobroko]

We need more Transformers games. It’s a shame we can’t play the old games anymore.

[James-gjrn]

I loved Transformers Devastation, the combination of Platinum Games and Transformers Generation 1 was just genius (Transformers Generation 1 was my absolute favourite, I ADORE the original 80's show, it's so iconic)

[MistaJonz]

High Moon also did the Dark of the Moon game on PS3/360. It’s the only movie game I somewhat enjoyed even with all the flaws and glitches which really felt like Activision was pressuring them to finish it and ship it as is.

[bowmaster]

Fall of cybertron is one of my favorite games of all time. The multiplayer was really fun and the campaign was just an incredible thrill ride of a story. I wish I still had my copy of the game

[lukebordarrampe]

Fall of Cybertron was so ahead of it’s time. Amazing story, multiplayer, soundtrack. Just so good

[AlexBtman]

TF Devastation is pure action hack and slash fun, is that perfect mix between button mashing and actually complex combat to enjoy

[blastedmcgraw]

I’m an 80’s kid and G1 Transformers was hands down my favorite childhood toy. I was VERY jaded by the Michael Bay re-interpretation of the Transformers, so when War for Cybertron came out, I was overjoyed. It was the first Transformers ANYTHING since the 80’s that truly recaptured that G1 spirit. I cried the first time I played the game. Fall of Cybertron refined the formula to a sheen. Totally agree it’s the best Transformers game ever. I miss High Moon, and am forever grateful for them giving us those two special games.

[levant]

It's such a shame these games are so expensive

You also missed transformers 2004 for PS2 which is insane to see ran on PS2 hardware. Also, Cybertron adventures on the Wii was pretty good.

[kcjc]

War For and Fall Of are two of my favorite things in the entire franchise. I remember buying the War Within comic story as a kid and those were basically that but more fleshed out and on steroids.

[kennypowers]

As an 11 year old that was always looking at the back of game cases to see the size of games back in the day, i for some reason thought the more gigabytes a game had the better it would be. When I got a DS lite and got transformers 1 as a gift I saw it was only 400MB, so I thought it would be terrible and I never played it 🤣. Glad I learned that isn’t the case with games lmao

[brettmccollum]

You should really check out Transformers for PS2. Not the movie tie-in. I think people forget about it because the movie game is also just called Transformers. It's unfortunate because imo it's the best Transformers game. It has some of my favourite boss fights of any game I've ever played. The helicopter boss on top of the Mayan ruins where he can literally throw you off the side and continue to fight you throughout the entire map blew my mind as a kid. Typically a fight like that you'd get thrown off and just die in other games but not this one. Then there's the giant ship that you infiltrate only for it to transform and chase you across islands as you run away and slowly chip down it's health. I'm rambling but this game deserves way more attention.

[zusk]

The PS2 Armada game was awesome, especially the boss fights. I'll never forget playing through an entire warship level and then turning around and watching the whole thing transform into Tidal Wave.

The mobile RID game with the scannable toys was a great game too. One of the best beat em ups for mobile imo.

[LDCyber]

War/Fall of Cybetron are the peak of transformers games! Will always remember playing fall and getting to play as Grimlock was Hype🔥

[traesmith]

The "Reach #1 on the ranked leaderboards" achievement for Revenge of the Fallen was insane 😅

Only 1 person could get it!

[statesminds]

I loved a Transformers game on PS2 in 2004 that had Atari logo on cover. Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon was alternative name I think. That was a good show too. Transformers Devastation by PlatinumGames was also cool. War and Fall of Cybertron wasnt bad either i dont think

[-.patty.-]

Dark of the moon actually came out in 2011, after War for Cybertron in 2010. Activision split up High Moon into teams to work on Dark of the Moon and Fall of Cybertron. They were able to work on that using a lot of existing assists from previous games, while the main team focused on Fall of Cybertron in 2012, and then moved onto Deadpool.

[Connor_]

War and fall hold such a special place for me, playing both of them from day 1, played nearly everyday for years and met so many amazing people during my teens years from these games. the wave of nostalgia i get everytime i think about those games is amazing.

[ImDaRealBoi]

Devastation's combat is so goddamn fun and memorable to me (as a DMC, MGR and bayonetta fan), and it's stuck in my head due to the sheer momentum and speed. One of my favorites growing up, and I'm so happy I got it from Fry's all those years ago. One of my favorite mechanics was those rush attacks, YOU CAN NEVER TELL ME DROPKICKING AT HIGH SPEED AIN'T THE SHIT

More games need dropkicks as a part of the moveset instead of a one off finisher

Also, it's ener-John. English being english ig

[gavo]

I'm shocked you didn't mention the Grimlock level in FoC where the game becomes a hack and slash. Probably one of my favorite missions in any game ever.