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A disclaimer first up, I am not a huge Transformers fan, I certainly have always had the impression of the toy line firmly set in my psyche rather than any of the recent movies.  But having played through 2010’s War For Cybertron, I had a fair idea of what to expect.

High Moon studios has refined its technique for creating a colossal scale robotic war.  In this case the endless war between good (the Autobots) and not so good (the Decepticons) wages on, with Optimus Prime attempting to lead his Autobots off the dying machine world of Cybertron.

As the game goes on, players will have a chance to take the form of many iconic ‘bots, Optimus Prime can call down artillery strikes, Jazz uses his grappling hook to get around the large levels, whilst Cliffjumper can cloak himself to sneak up on unsuspecting purple Decepticons.

The animation is smooth, whist forgiving – by that I mean, transforming into vehicle form will not be impeded by a close by wall, so getting stuck in terrain, the bane of many games, should not occur.

Bots can switch weapon arms (making aiming around terrain more tactical) and swap between heavy and light (but not that light) weaponary.  They can also deploy a number of gadgets from portable shields to armed hover drones.

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