Transformers Devastation - Xbox 360

This is great fun, if you're a fan of video games and of the "Generation 1" (1980's) Transformers cartoon. I find this presentation far more appealing than the Michael Bay CGI characters. There are no human characters to get into the way of your robot fighting this time. Here it's all about following Optimus Prime, Bumble Bee, Sideswipe, Grimlock and Wheeljack on a series of puzzles and brawls against Megatron and his evil decepticon goons. The gameplay is easy to learn and before long you'll be trading fisticuffs with Shockwave, Blitzwing, and other infamous bad guys from the tv show. The other fun thing is that you can turn into your "vehicle" mode any time you want, and even use it in attacks. So cruise around the streets as a car, truck, or robot dinosaur breathing fire. You can throw cars around and smash trees to find "energon" to heal up. It's too bad you can't become a plane or climb up the side of a building (something only the villains can do in this one). A simple radar shows you where you're supposed to go, and if you die, you can restart the mission to try again, until you reach the next save point (certain power ups let you revive without losing your progress). Autobot labs sprinkled throughout the levels offer an oasis to buy/sell off collected weapons and "research technology" (little bonuses that can be applied in combinations to your robots to tweak out their stats).This is essentially a third person action beat-em up game, using excellent cell shaded graphics, voice acting from some of the original actors who did the Transformers US tv series (G1) and has the stylings and visuals of "The Movie." Your robot can be customized to carry up to four weapons, one of them has to be a melee (fists, sword, drill, etc) and one has to be a projectile weapon (machinegun, laser cannon, grenade, etc) and the other two are up to you. Along the way you have many optional side missions (basically puzzles involving finding or collecting objects or tagging targets). You'll start was the leader of the Autobots and gradually unlock the various characters, then you can replay missions with anyone you want. The bad guy fights are awesome, you'll go against the HUGE devestator and swarms of insecticons, or teams of bad guys.At first you may be overwhelmed and frustrated. You'll need to rest your eyes (and ears) after awhile, because the presentation is so high adrenaline and over the top (I love cranking my original G1 soundtrack CD's instead of the generic music included with the game). Eventually you'll unlock new moves (which if used properly make the game unfairly easy) and fights will be a breeze. Then it becomes a game of "how cool can I look" and "how many bonus points can I get." There are ways to earn money and "level up" your character, but it's mostly under the hood stuff, the basic visuals don't change much. You'll also cover the same areas a lot which may get boring.If I had to nitpick, I'd point out that Megatron in the show always transformed into a "gun" not a tank. This is a livable change, but it just feels lazing when several of the other bad guys also turn into tanks, and we had another decepticon that uses his "gun" form but why not the most famous one? Anyway, the true biggest drawback to this game is the total lack of multiplayer. I would have loved to do a split screen coop mssion, or even a deathmatch with these characters, or go online, but none of that appears here (though it does appear in some of the Michael Bay inspired games released on the same systems right before this one). The cutscenes are fun and are almost as cool as the TV show, but bring back a lot of memories nonetheless. The ending leaves things open for a sequel, so I really hope we get that on the Xbox 360, and please, please, with multiplayer options this time, okay? Thanks.

This is one of my son's favorite x box games!

Challenging game. Takes a little time to figure out how to proceed to the next challenge sometimes. Fun playing requiring skill.

I extremely loved This game I just love how everything sounds and looks G1 it’s just incredible I think you should get a five star because I mean they even did a good job on the boss battles and it’s really cool how they have a triple changer boss battle and of the personThat created this game is reading this than I just wanted to sayThis game it is just amazing and also do you think you could make a game Transformers game that you can scan things and transform into those things Now I’m not talking about scanning a building and then transforming into a building i’m talking about scanning a car or a truck or stuff that you just see in the game and would like to transform into and by the way this isn’t a complaint. And I’m a kid so if I spell or something else wrong then I’m sorry but I am a kid.

I'm gonna be brutally honest here. The game is pretty much what I expected but exceeded expectations in one area but tore them down in another once I completed the game. So here's the SPOILERIFIC rundown:Pros:- The Gameplay - Probably the absolute best thing about the game is, of course, actually playing it. It is incredibly fast paced and exciting. Platinum Games did an astounding job in the combat aspect of the game- The Appeal - I did not grow up with G1 Transformers, however I am a 25 year old manchild who will likely continue to be a manchild for at least 10 more years. To this regard I can completely relate to how the G1 look and feel to the game will draw in G1 fans like moths to a bugzapper. And yes, they tried their best to keep it as accurate as possible. From the designs, the art style, the voices, the characters, and even the cookie cutter plot, it's straight outta the glorious '80's. Certain things might be different for certain reasons. Like a voice actor who couldn't reprise their role due to their passing or whatever reason, to Megatron being a tank instead of a gun. Whatever the reason I'm sure it's sound. I'm just waiting for a Beast Wars game to wash the taste of that abysmal Playstation 1 game.Cons:- The Length - This game makes Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes look like the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Seriously, it's TINY. There are literally two stages. Only TWO, count 'em TWO places you go in the game. 1) A city that the Gamecube would laugh at and 2) an underground Autobot ship called the Proudstar with rooms that I could build in 3DS Max in about an hour. Not impressed.- The Product Placement - Not gonna give away anything, but in the end you see Optimus looking at a computer screen discussing what kinds of drastic measures that might need to be taken in the future. It's blatantly obvious that on the screen is a blueprint for the Optimus combiner toys that form Ultra Prime. Plus the Devastator in the game is CLEARLY not modeled after his G1 look, but rather the Combiner Wars toy.So it turns out that although the game is fun to play, it is incredibly short and is basically one big toy advertisement. Sure, you could argue that any medium that the Transformers appear in that isn't a toy is in some way advertising that toy, which I can definitely agree on, but this was just way too blatantly obvious. Sure I bought toys associated with the Cybertron game titles, but at no point did it feel like the games were just big pop-up ads for the toys that you couldn't click the "x" on. There are just much better ways to do that. Plus we already have the Combiner Wars show coming to Machinima, so this wasn't needed.Granted, the gameplay is AMAZING! If you get it, awesome, play the crap outta the thing. But don't look to keep it. Unless you find way more out of it than I did, be prepared for some disappointment. Just keep a level head. Try not to gush too much.

I bought this game for my stepson for Christmas. It was the only thing he couldn't stop talking about. The game came in two days ahead of schedule and was in pristine condition and still in the plastic when I opened the amazon box. My son ripped it open Christmas morning and started playing it immediately. No glitches, no scratches, absolutely perfect condition. Exactly as described.