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Devastation characters played by their original G1 voice actors:
* Bumblebee (Dan Gilvezan)
* Grimlock (Gregg Berger)
* Long Haul (Gregg Berger)
* Megatron (Frank Welker)
* Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen)
* Scrapper (Michael Bell)
* Sideswipe (Michael Bell)
* Soundwave (Frank Welker)
Played the first chapter with some mates. Took us about 90 minutes but we somehow missed two missions. It's an odd map with all those tunnels and what not.
Game made much more sense once we found those green circles that allow for character changes and weapon upgrading. I'm guessing that weapon upgrading only gets you so far and that we end to play on hard to get better base weapons.
You can also upgrade (purchase) additional moves as well as develop and equip technology. But these upgrades do significantly improve your performance/ability in the game. I finished the game on Scout level which I found challenging (cos I is gaming noobz), but I'm currently playing on the next level up and I'm actually finding it easier because of the more upgraded weapons, tech & skill sets that I'm packing which I didn't have the first time round.
The jumping levels are still annoying as hell. If only there were a jetpack (surely Sideswipe should have it!). :rolleyes:
I just liked watching grimlock run at the start! Nearly woke my kids up I was laughing that hard hahahaha
Either Grimlock is one damn fast Dinobot, or those other Autobots were stuck in 2nd gear, cos the top speed of a T-Rex is about 30km/h. ;)
As you say, he's a Dinobot, not a T-rex... so just like other Transformers from the futuristic alien world of Cybertron, the alt-mode "disguise" doesn't dictate the performance of the bot inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
The alt-mode may provide some improved or reduced performance because of its size and external parts (rockets, wheels, limbs, etc), but it's replicating the visual characteristics of the object, not replicating its strength or speed.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8c295f96.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Can anyone who has played on multiple difficulty settings confirm or deny that the weapon drops are better are harder difficulties?
It's report writing time which means that I am unlikely to get more an 2 hours on a Saturday evening to play games for the next few weeks. :rolleyes:
Good Game on the ABC did a review of the game last night. Bajo gave it a 3.5/5 and Hex gave it a 3/5.
Their main criticism of the game seemed to be that it was too easy on Easy and too hard on Medium. I've found it much harder on Medium and am using a lot of my med packs but don't think it's that bad considering a casual gamer like me is rocking along ok through it. But Bajo said that it's a must play for G1 fans and have to say that I agree :)
That show is still going :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
I don't watch it anymore but yeah. Here is their review of TF Devastation http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/vi...30.xml&item=02Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
For a game they seem to love they only gave it slightly above average scores
I caught the last five minutes of the show last night and they made a mention of the game, so I had guessed that they might have reviewed it.
I was trying to see if they had a repeat in the next day but couldn't find anything, so I'll just watch Trev's link.
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Came across this combo video. It's nice to see people coming up with decent combos.
I finished the game tonight (yeah... it took a while), after doing a chapter at a time every so often.
It certainly felt quicker than previous Transformers games, but not quick enough to feel cheated at paying forty-something dollars for it. And there are still the individual missions and replaying sections I rushed or skipped, still to do, so still plenty of play time left in it.
I played it on the easy setting first, to get a more fun initial run-through, and will try harder settings later to see just how hard it can be.
I found that it took until about the 3rd chapter for it to get interesting enough to want to keep playing it through to see where the story goes, so it was a bit "slow" to captivate me. Which I think was because the cannon fodder Decepticons in the first couple of chapters were not existing Gen1 characters. They look Gen1-ish, but it isn't until the Insecticons become the cannon-fodder opponents a few chapters in, that I really got drawn into it completely.
I liked the game, but felt it wanted you to rely on melee fighting... even though I found it a lot easier to take down most of the bosses and opponents with the sniper rifle and other guns when that one ran out of ammo. You basically start the game with a gun that has like 5 rounds, and it takes a couple of chapters to acquire decent weapons, forcing you to get into the habit of melee combat and not instinctively reach for your gun.
I think Devastator & Menasor were the only bosses I took out with melee attacks.
I'm more of a fan of shooting games, particularly for Transformers, who are supposed to be an advanced alien race who are known for their powerful weapons... why would they resort to close quarter contact and risk being blasted by their opponent.
I thought it was awesome that Rumble was the red one, just like the original toy that the Gen1 cartoon was supposed to be based on, but mistakenly got the colours mixed up with Frenzy. I saw on the credits that most of the creators behind the game were Japanese, and the Japanese market followed the original toy colours (only the recent Hasbro toy designers have been giving us blue Rumble to match the Gen1 cartoon).
I saw that the plot of the game was written by veteran Transformers writer Andy Schmit, but Hasbro America must have done the final approval, allowing Rumble to be red again.
Fingers crossed that there is another one.
At least all but Devastator & Menasor are still likely to be alive, as no one seemed to stay down after they were defeated, but those two combiners fell off the platform and there was a big explosion... which probably means they are still alive as well, as you don't see them exploding or dying.
As a fan, I give it about 8 out of 10.... but if I wasn't a fan I'd probably only give it a 6.
One thing to realise about Platinum Games games is that they are time attack games where the WFC/FOC are narrative sagas. Devastation is meant to be played quickly and multiple times, improving your score with bigger combos and shorter completion times.
The trophies suck.
I think it was chapter 5 of the 7 chapters before I got my first trophy, and then got 2 or 3 when I finished the game.
There's about 30 trophies for this game, and other games have given me at least half of the non-multiplayer trophies during the first complete (non-multiplayer) play through it. And I like the reward of the occasional trophy popping up on the screen, and seeing the total number grow as you go through the game... it's another incentive to keep playing the game.
I'm just not excited about being forced to replay the entire game several times just to increase the number of trophies in the account... it reminds me of the game Shadows of the Colossus (I haven't played it, but read up that you have to play it about 8 times to get all the trophies).
Reading all the reviews is making me want to play this. Only 5 weeks 'till Xmas (yep, I'm a big kid :D)
Yeh I couldn't wait till Christmas so picked it up early. You won't be disappointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
It's part of the reason I actually like this game. While I don't like it as much as WFC/FOC I think it's a change of pace and it's interesting to do the TF's as a mellee game. And I'm finding on my 3rd runthrough I'm using more involved combos which is unleashing moves I didn't even know I had before! It's not the same old same old.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
One of the criticisms of the game is that easy is too easy and medium and hard are way too hard. I polished off Megs at the end of the game without even paying attention on easy, when I fought him on medium I used up every health pack I had and only barely scraped through. Right now I'm playing on hard and I've had to use a half-energy pack on each fight when fighting the Constructicon pairs because my hardest hitting combos do negligible damage yet if I get a single kick in the guts from Bonecrusher it takes off a 3rd of my energy :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I'm mainly still playing just because my son loves to watch me play and nags me to do so so he can sit in my lap and pick the characters. In fact he likes watching me play the game more than watching TF cartoons!
Just finished this and this is most definitely a Platinum Games game. Hair trigger reflexes are needed in order to dodge at the last moment, not only dodging the enemy but also turning the tables by entering some kind of bullet time.
The G1 aesthetics are welcome and the tight gameplay is a challenge. I don't know how anyone can finish this game with a button mashing mindset though.
edit: if you do play this prepare to hear "I F*#%ING DODGED THAT!" A lot.
Finally got around to finishing the game. I played on the medium difficulty and couldn't believe how tough it was to beat the Devastator & Menasor combo. I can't imagine beating that boss fight on hard. The Devastation theme song in the closing credits was so full of 80's G1 goodness.
I certainly hope they make another. Though I think I would have preferred a G1 version of the High Moon style better, I preferred FOC/WFC from a gameplay perspective, particularly the inclusion of online multiplayer.
I've beaten the game on easy and medium but only the first two chapters on hard. I'm going back to play some of the other levels on medium to build up credits to upgrade my weapons before tackling chapter 3, it certainly does make a difference. I've got my A-grade twin bolt swords up to level 20 with 5 different buffs on them to give me more focus time and repair drops and they are fricken killers now!
Picked this up from JB Hifi as it is now $30 bucks (PS3). Despite initial misgivings last year from watching the game trailers I actually like this game.
I played the game on 'normal' difficulty and found it to be an adequate enough challenge for a casual gamer like myself. While the game is very easy to cheese (especially with rush attacks and super especially in the early-mid game) I found myself tending towards trying to 'win with style' rather than simply 'win as quickly as possible'. To me, nothing was more satisfying than (as Grimlock) smacking Starscream around with your fists, doing a dino roll as to dodge his snarky bladed counterattack, having his missiles explode harmlessly in your breath of fire when he transforms and strafes you and then knocking him out of his alt mode with a body slam before finishing with a shotgun to the face. This practice of course involves a good amount of dying but its so satisfying when you win on your own terms.
The creativity of some of the story levels was a surprise to me as well, a few car chase levels, a turret level, a couple of weird space brawls and a bizarrely pseudo 2D platform level. I love the cartoon cel-shaded visual aesthetic, only the environment comes off a bit bland.
I didn't play with the weapon crafting system until I was well halfway through the game (noticed I was doing next to no damage to some of the higher level mooks). While not especially deep, it did suck me in wholesale and I found myself equipping TECH that boosted weapon drops and rarity and weapons became those things I sold for money, to that thing I pay close attention to between levels. The TECH 'research' system was fun, but I found it kind of random. I frequently obtained TECH from 'red zones' that were inferior to those obtained from 'blue zones' and spending 5000 credits vs 1000 credits only seemed to stop you from obtaining bad TECH, rather than enhancing the quality of good TECH.
Finally, transformation. I love it. I found myself doing it more often than I ever did in the WFC/FOC games. It was quick, easy and gameplay relevant.
Onto what I didn't like:
The camera, while able to be manually controlled, it frequently defaulted to looking at the underside of my car whenever I got to the edge of the map. This did get me killed on multiple occasions.
Ammo on ranged weapons vs level design. While I understand some of the ranged weapons were supremely powerful and needed to be kept in check, if you made the mistake of only having a short ranged shotgun at your disposal, some of the aerial mooks simply became annoying to fight. I feel like every character needed a regular ranged 'blaster' with regenerating ammo equipped as a minimum. Or at least a tooltip recommending that you equip an appropriate ranged weapon when starting a level that has heavy aerial presence.
Devastator. While a visually imposing boss he's actually pretty easy to beat. You fight him way too many times and he doesn't really get that much harder to beat each time you saw him. Considering most would get in close to his feet for that fight, you don't really even get the field of view to appreciate his full majesty most of the time anyway.
The final boss battle. I wasn't a fan of the 'space' levels. While it was somewhat visually nostalgic, the lack of spatial reference and horrible camera made it more irritating that enjoyable, especially since the battle is 'just because'.
Overall I guess you could say the game was pleasantly "more than meets the eye" (ho ho ho). I was expecting a dumb boring beat-em-up but the creators have injected enough fan service, level creativity and gameplay mechanics to make it an enjoyable game. It's not a 'epic blockbuster' game but at $30 it is now more than worth the price.
Put this in to give it a first play and I'm not particualy loving it.
The G1 fan in me is loving playing as G1 Autobots and battling G1 Decepticons. They do a great job capturing the look and feel of the cartoon and animation models.
The gaymer in me is not loving how chaotic and confusing the battles are. Fighting Devastator the first time should be more fun than just jumping in the air and hitting buttons until you can't do that anymore. Maybe I'm missing something. I've played many a game where fighting is the pressing the attack button into a set of combos (AC, Arkham, GOW) but despite the long list of "combo moves" in the help screen, they just seem to be all the same.
It also took like 20 attempts to defeat Megatron as Sideswipe the first time (as Megatron kept hitting Sideswipe with moves that took out 60-70 of his energon in one go) - and the last time I tried was actually quite easy although my tactics didn't really change.
And for some reason I keep glitching on the transform control (sometimes the 'bot transformers only for a second, often it doesn't do the vehicle mode part of a combo).
Current judgement is the game is "okay".
Our PS3 copy went missing ages ago so when we upgraded to a PS4 I picked up a cheap copy for the new system.
I can't see any discernible difference between the two due to the relatively simplistic G1'esque graphics.
Good fun though - my 4 year old is on his 4th playthrough. He only needs me to help with those annoying jumping bits and the end fight with Megatron.
Finally picked up Devastation today as JB had it for $25. Spent about 2 hours on it tonight and while it looks pretty and is a good bit of fun, I'm glad I didn't pay any more for it. I started it on medium difficulty and have never played a Platinum game before so it took me a few goes to get the hang of it and beat Devastator. I can definitely see my son loving this game when he gets a bit older but realistically I can't see it getting a second play through from me.
Don't believe I haven't posted in this thread yet.
I bagged Devestation on PS4 and thought it was all right.
While nice messing about with G1 bots again, I found it lacking focus for my liking. For example, the fisticuffs seems pretty deep with dodging, slo mo and combos, and using transforming, but then they add in something a bit half baked, like weapons.
I always found the weapons a pain to use, they felt cumbersome and awkward and while games like Devil may Cry let you use guns while fisticuffin, there was non of that here. SO the fast pace of fighting was lost when you had to use a gun.
The weapon crafting and stuff never got me going either. I picked up so many as I went, that I'd be shown at the end of the level, and I don't care about, having to craft and equip etc, just took up time. I felt it distracted from the combat.
Speaking of which, while the combat was fun, some of the graphical bits were annoying. Example being this, I had a weapon with an ice element to it, which would make nice looking ice effects as I swooshed it about, however many times, the weapon effect would cover the animation of the dud I was fighting, so I couldn't see his attack. In some sections, this happened a lot and I found myself avoiding the weapons with some elemental attacks.
So while parts of it was fun, other parts were a little annoying. Many times I also felt like I was stuck with the same Autobot for a long time. In the end, I didn't find it terrible, but it wasn't as good as it could have been.
There were some damn cool fights in it! I really loved the Motormaster and Menasor section. But then there were damn annoying bits. Like one the insecticon sections where I just couldn't take him down.
I'd give the game a 7 outta 10.
Not terrible, not brilliant, but a bit above average