The 2012 date makes it likely to be a different game than the previously-teased release for 2011. Considering Activision's penchant for annualized franchises, we're not particularly surprised.
[Thanks, Shockwave!]
The 2012 date makes it likely to be a different game than the previously-teased release for 2011. Considering Activision's penchant for annualized franchises, we're not particularly surprised.
[Thanks, Shockwave!]
Reader Comments (62)
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:00PM Howard Roark said
@fdsajfdas9
WTF are famale goods? i prefer tamales, you damn bot. wait. i get it. bots in a post about transformers. makes sense.
nice hello kitty ASCII art, though.
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WTF are famale goods? i prefer tamales, you damn bot. wait. i get it. bots in a post about transformers. makes sense.
nice hello kitty ASCII art, though.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:36PM Epoque said
"This is the most highly-rated, critical success of any game that's had the Hasbro brand yet ... you know, aside from Baldur's Gate II that is"
There, fixed Mr. Hasbro man.
There, fixed Mr. Hasbro man.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:38PM DeadpooI said
"This is the most highly-rated, critical success of any game that's had the Hasbro brand yet,"
The Transformers Armada game on PS2 was better.
The Transformers Armada game on PS2 was better.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:50PM neonlights326 said
@pButter Be careful. He might blow up part of the world.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:42PM Electrium said
WfC was a ton of fun and an all around good game. A sequel is exactly the opportunity High Moon needed to make it a great game though, and I'm really looking forward to it.
We've got potential for new classes, new weapons, new canon (hehe puns), and new Transformers. Not to mention they're spending a lot of time on it - could we ask for any more?
We've got potential for new classes, new weapons, new canon (hehe puns), and new Transformers. Not to mention they're spending a lot of time on it - could we ask for any more?
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:42PM slickie said
I hope the sequel takes place on Earth.
War for Cybertron was fun, but I was tired of the setting by the fourth level. :(
War for Cybertron was fun, but I was tired of the setting by the fourth level. :(
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:21PM Hyperion45 said
@slickie
Earth as a setting has been way overused compared to Cybertron, so I fail to see how you got bored of Cybertron and are craving an Earth setting.
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Earth as a setting has been way overused compared to Cybertron, so I fail to see how you got bored of Cybertron and are craving an Earth setting.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 12:22PM TheDarkWayne said
@Hyperion45 Because everything looked the same. Earth might be in a ton of games, obviously, but you can't really have a forest, desert, ocean, savanna, or jungle made of metal
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Posted: Nov 16th 2010 12:43AM PN04 said
@slickie Might be kinda odd for "War for Cybertron 2" to NOT take place on Cybertron. Aside from the comics that not everyone who's a fan of Transformers even read, the planet has gone incredibly underused as a backdrop for the series, making it a huge playground for potential storylines and events. I can understand a bit of exhaustion but it's likely that the next game might refine the environments to give more variety or take place on alien ships that can offer different settings.
But even if they dont, it's a planet of robots, really expecting anything different than "the inside of a toaster" is actually kinda silly.
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But even if they dont, it's a planet of robots, really expecting anything different than "the inside of a toaster" is actually kinda silly.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:42PM JBourne said
War for Cybertron was such an awesome surprise. It actually motivated me to go back and watch the old G1 cartoons.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:43PM einhanderkiller said
Isn't this game just Call of Duty with robots?
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:54PM TheDarkWayne said
@einhanderkiller Call of Duty isn't even in third person ffs, geez.
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Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:07PM wcarnation said
@einhanderkiller what would be wrong with that, anyways?
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 6:27PM Chareth Cutestory said
@einhanderkiller
Its actually 3rd person Halo with robots.
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Its actually 3rd person Halo with robots.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:44PM Ryuk said
I liked it, it was a really cool story that gave me a lot of nostalgia. The only problem i had was i found the controls a little clunky
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:45PM Burnflare said
Man, I loved the first's single player, but the multiplayer community soon became nonexistent. Hopefully this second one is marketed a little more so that more people are compelled to play online.
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TRANSFORM AND ROLLOUT!!
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TRANSFORM AND ROLLOUT!!
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:13PM (Unverified) said
@Burnflare Or they could skip on mutliplayer, altogether and focus on an even better single player game. Not every game needs deathmatch.
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Posted: Nov 15th 2010 6:30PM Chareth Cutestory said
@(Unverified)
The multiplayer was one of the coolest parts. It was the real showcase for the "classes" of transformers, which were kind of useless in the corridor-corridor-courtyard-corridor level design of the campaign.
More maps would've been nice. Anything, really... They did let that community die on the vine.
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The multiplayer was one of the coolest parts. It was the real showcase for the "classes" of transformers, which were kind of useless in the corridor-corridor-courtyard-corridor level design of the campaign.
More maps would've been nice. Anything, really... They did let that community die on the vine.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:49PM ManaByte said
The 2011 release is the movie tie-in.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:18PM The Harbinger of Pie said
I would have bought the first one, and I was about too, but I learned it did not have local co-op :(
So, uh, MAKE IT HAPPEN DEVELOPERS!!!
So, uh, MAKE IT HAPPEN DEVELOPERS!!!
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:21PM Vhayste said
The first one was really great! I'm looking forward to this :)
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:24PM Cafecito said
The game was okay, but as someone before said, grew tired of the setting really quick. I'm all for a new transformers game, but make it on earth, with recognizable vehicle forms, different environments and stuff.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 6:35PM Chareth Cutestory said
@(Unverified)
It could transition in to the plot from the animated film well enough...
I was already listening to the soundtrack from that throughout my entire playthrough of War for Cybertron. It enriched the experience greatly. I feel the game should've used that soundtrack by default.
No Rodimus Prime, though, please.
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It could transition in to the plot from the animated film well enough...
I was already listening to the soundtrack from that throughout my entire playthrough of War for Cybertron. It enriched the experience greatly. I feel the game should've used that soundtrack by default.
No Rodimus Prime, though, please.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:26PM bargaingamer said
I'm glade they making a sequel. The first games was awesome especially, when they find developer passionate about a franchise like rocksteady(batman), cyberconnect(naruto) and now high moon studio(transformers).
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:32PM m0c3 said
I'm so down.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:43PM Wiizer said
@ben linus
What is this?... No really, what is this?
What is this?... No really, what is this?
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:54PM TheDarkWayne said
@Wiizer dont worry Wiizer, everything he says is either completely irrelevant, blatantly trolling, or downright incomprehensible
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:56PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
"Thanks, Shockwave!"
Of course Megatron's most-trusted follower would report this (unlike that traitorous Starscream).
Still haven't played the first one... been meaning to, though.
Of course Megatron's most-trusted follower would report this (unlike that traitorous Starscream).
Still haven't played the first one... been meaning to, though.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:17PM Mazrael said
Campaign was pretty good... everything else was just lag.. it was like trying to play on dial up.. they should just leave the multiplayer out, that community died faster Carmine
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:19PM ShingoEX said
"The 2012 date makes it likely to be a different game than the previously-teased release for 2011. "
DURRRR...the "Dark of the Moon" game is coming next year. Did you honestly have to think about 2011's TF game was, considering the 3rd movie is due that summer????????
DURRRR...the "Dark of the Moon" game is coming next year. Did you honestly have to think about 2011's TF game was, considering the 3rd movie is due that summer????????
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:23PM Styli said
WFC was one of the surprisingly great games of the year. There are still improvements that could be made though. One thing it lacked was a local co-op campaign. I know someone already mentioned that, but it is a big deal to some of us with friends we like to hang out and game with.
I hope they have it in the sequel.
Apart from that, some more locations - such as Earth or similar - would be nice.
Maybe Dinobots too.
I hope they have it in the sequel.
Apart from that, some more locations - such as Earth or similar - would be nice.
Maybe Dinobots too.
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 6:39PM Chareth Cutestory said
@Styli
Even more robot planets would be nice. My problem wasn't so much that it was wall to wall metal walls, but that they were all blue and purple. There was a great deal more color variation in G1 transformers. Their ship was bright yellow, for Christ's sake. (He loved yellow)
The gross 70's oranges and browns of the junk planet, some blues and yellows of that planet with the sharkbots...
I don't know why everything had to be blue and purple.
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Even more robot planets would be nice. My problem wasn't so much that it was wall to wall metal walls, but that they were all blue and purple. There was a great deal more color variation in G1 transformers. Their ship was bright yellow, for Christ's sake. (He loved yellow)
The gross 70's oranges and browns of the junk planet, some blues and yellows of that planet with the sharkbots...
I don't know why everything had to be blue and purple.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:26PM Flapjackal said
Loved the first game, excited for this.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:39PM andrewpoe said
War For Cybertron is probably one of the better games this year -- in a year full of good games.
But what I really want is Singularity 2
But what I really want is Singularity 2
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:44PM ihealthcare said
Why would you do this Hasbro!?
War for Cybertron 1 sucked! It was just a COD MW2 knockoff, which needed much refinement!
Please, Hasbro, don't make another horrible game. the movie games were better than that crap!
War for Cybertron 1 sucked! It was just a COD MW2 knockoff, which needed much refinement!
Please, Hasbro, don't make another horrible game. the movie games were better than that crap!
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:50PM That Zombie Guy said
The main problem with the other Transformers games were that they were on earth. Playing as giant robots in our cities just doesn't click to me. There is a huge time difference between the ending of WfC and the transformers coming to earth, they have plenty of time to think something up for what goes on in between those 2 major parts of the timeline.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:59PM UnverifiedUser said
Sweet! Just recently started War for Cybertron with a pair of friends and I'm lovin' it. The gameplay is tight and well done, the graphics are simply amazing, the locations and design are awesome and really bring Cybertron to life and co-op is a blast.
Really never thought the controls would be THIS good, though. Even though I thought they were well done in last year's Revenge of the Fallen... another game I enjoyed, but felt it was hindered only by the fact that it was a movie game.
Something like the Spider-Man game trilogy being meh, but Web of Shadows being amazing. Game developers need that free reign to draw upon the respective game's universe to really flesh things out.
Really never thought the controls would be THIS good, though. Even though I thought they were well done in last year's Revenge of the Fallen... another game I enjoyed, but felt it was hindered only by the fact that it was a movie game.
Something like the Spider-Man game trilogy being meh, but Web of Shadows being amazing. Game developers need that free reign to draw upon the respective game's universe to really flesh things out.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 11:16PM pro cow tipper said
Nice. I hate the multiplayer is dead i still have one achievement left
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 11:34PM Shockwave said
I contributed to a story! I'm so proud... of....... finding stuff.
Nevermind..
Nevermind..
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