Transformers: Devastation‘s gameplay is simple. And when the developers warped to a boss battle so Prime could fight the skyscraper-tall Constructacon monstrosity Devastator, I started to think that, maybe, this was the Transformers game I wanted, too. When they fought Soundwave, it was Peter Welker as him and Rapage, too. Video games have made playable cartoons possible, and somehow, impossibly, Optimus Prime was still here in 2015 to prove it.Īnd it was Optimus Prime, too, voiced by the venerable Peter Cullen.
I can't help but thinking, as two representatives from Platinum play through a couple of levels and discuss the game, that it looks just about exactly like what I pictured in my head when I was a kid. These are cel shaded recreations of their '80s incarnations, rendered in 3D to look like cartoons that burst into another dimension. These are not Michael Bay's Transformers. Transformers: Devastation is not a modern take on Hasbro's changeling robot franchise. And it might just be the game I didn't even know I was looking for. Here is my report: This game looks awesome. Anything's possible.Īnd so it was with a bit of side eye and a willingness to be impressed that I walked into a conference room on the first day of E3 2015 to see Transformers: Devastation, the just-announced title from Platinum Games. The former is more abundant than the latter, but still. But there's also Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and the Batman Arkham series.
Yes, there's a lot of crap floating through the lazy river ride of licensed games, sped through development to meet a deadline. Licensed games aren’t supposed to be good, but I like to keep an open mind.
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