WFC2 - Fall of Cybertron game revealed

[GoktimusPrime]

ROFL!!
I agree. Maybe he aint a t-rex, just a monster bot that just so happens to look like a t-rex...

After all, iirc, the Terrorcons were seen on cybertron in their alt modes in the Headmasters comic, so why can't some of the Autobots have monster modes as well?

Non-Earthen monster modes I can accept. A T-Rex, even a robotic one, on the other hand is very much an Earthen mode.

Perhaps they could design him as a non-Earthen looking robotic monster (much like say, the Monsterbots) - but it has certain features that evoke Grimlock's T-Rex mode... much like how Trypticon's robot mode isn't saurian, but it still evokes his Earthen saurian robot mode.

I would have liked the opportunity to play as soundwave as a cassette player. Hey it worked in the Takara G1 game.

Not really But it was funny!

Also, wasn't that game set in the distant future of last year?

Oh really? , Looks like I'll have to go back and re-read that part in the Comics as I do remember that they were sent to intercept Shockwave before the rest of the Bots were activated on the Ark, by millions of years and getting stuck in the Tar Pool , but I thought they'd been built at the time for that purpose?...
(Just had a quick re-read and I stand corrected )

Thanks for the clarification Kup, I've been reading these comics one after the other for the 1st time so I guess things have been 'pushed out' in a sense.
Hang on though, were they known as the Dinobots prior to their activation on Earth? - That'd be a little odd.

Still, I don't want Grimlock ending up as yet another boring-ass tank; it did feel odd playing as the Dinobots on the DS version of the game so it'll be refreshing to play a game as a Beastformer.

"Dynobots" was a term that Dreamwave came up with for their continuity. In the G1 comics... I don't think their sub-group was ever referred to by name until they got to Earth and became known as Dinobots. Perhaps they were called 「恐流戦隊ファビューラス・ファイブ」 ("Flowing Fear Battle Team Fabulous Five!" - the word 'Flowing Fear' (I just made it up ) is a play on words because it sounds like the Japanese word for "dinosaur" (which literally means "fearful dragon") but I changed the Kanji for "dragon" to "flowing" ) - or maybe they were called Team Kick-Butt... who knows.

We know that not all Cybertronians were bipeds (humanoid), as we've already seen Laserbeak and Trypticon only had beast forms... so it is quite possible that other animal forms already existed on Cybertron as well, and their similarity to beasts on planets like ours shouldn't be questioned if no one bothers to question why their dominant form (the bipeds) are so similar to our planet's dominant lifeform (biped/humans).

1. Trypticon and Laserbeak's bestial-looking forms are their robot modes, not their alt modes. Trypticon's alt mode was that massive orbital space station and I don't remember what Laserbeak transformed into in WFC. If it was an 8-track cassette tape, then okay, that's equally as dumb as a dino mode for Grimlock. Also, if you look at WFC Trypticon's robot mode it does look more humanoid (or primate-like) than like a T-Rex. Notice a massive arms and the forward pointing knees -- it's more like a hunched over humanoid or ape... but the colours, bulk and head are designed in a way that evokes Trypticon's saurian G1 robot mode. Laserbeak's WFC robot mode is inspired by his Cybertronian robot mode from the G1 cartoon.

2. Consistency. All of the WFC Transformers alt modes were consistently portrayed as Cybertronian.
+ Optimus Prime: Cybertronian truck
+ Bumblebee: Cybertronian compact car
+ Sideswipe: Cybertronian car
+ Ironhide: Cybertronian armoured vehicle
+ Warpath: Cybertronian tank
+ Soundwave: Cybertronian armoured vehicle
+ Megatron: Cybertronian tank
+ Starscream: Cybertronian tetrajet
+ Skywarp: Cybertronian tetrajet
+ Thundercracker: Cybertronian tetrajet
+ Air Raid: Cybertronian jet
+ Breakdown: Cybertronian car
...etc.

Showing characters like Trypticon with a bestially inspired robot mode I can accept because that's his robot mode and it's inspired by his G1 robot mode - whether you think it makes sense or not, all the WFC robot modes are G1 inspired, so at least they're consistent in that regard. The issue I have with Grimlock transforming into a robotic dinosaur as his alt mode is that not only does it not make sense as a Cybertronian mode, but it's inconsistent with how other characters in the game are designed... so the Dinobot mode seems "out of character" (if you will) for the setting of this game.