Ralph Wiggum: I highly, HIGHLY recommend that you watch Beast Wars. If you're going to watch just one post-G1 Transformers cartoon, then watch Beast Wars. Aside from having the best screen story ever written for Transformers, it is also definitely free from that "Get 'Em All" vibe that you get with Armada and other TF shows.

One reason for this is because CG animation is really expensive and Beast Wars had a relatively modest budget - one which was cut for Seasons 2 and 3. For this reason, the show only ever has a limited cast number. There are only a set number of Transformers who are on the show at any one time. And sometimes when new characters (and thus new CG models) are introduced, old models are removed from the show... often brutally.

The CG animation may look dated, but bear in mind that this show is about 20 years old. More importantly, the stories are still really excellent. If you want to see a pretty visual spectacle, then go watch Bayformers (I'm serious - those movies do look really good). Beast Wars won't give you that level of spectacle -- they didn't have a US$200 million dollar budget. But what it'll give you is one unforgettable story.