New Transformers Mobile Game - Forged to Fight

[Bladestorm]

i downloaded this yeasterday and it's not bad.

Kind of satisfying using G1 Prime to kick Bayformer Prime's tailpipe... even if the G1 is modelled from the Combiner Wars figure.

There are lots of facets to the game though so it's still quite confusing.
Anyway if anyone else ends up playing let me know (or look me up - same username as my instagram) as it seems to be non-transformers fans who are mostly kids right now which makes it a tad frustrating when looking for a decent alliance.

[philby]

i downloaded this yeasterday and it's not bad.

Kind of satisfying using G1 Prime to kick Bayformer Prime's tailpipe... even if the G1 is modelled from the Combiner Wars figure.

There are lots of facets to the game though so it's still quite confusing.
Anyway if anyone else ends up playing let me know (or look me up - same username as my instagram) as it seems to be non-transformers fans who are mostly kids right now which makes it a tad frustrating when looking for a decent alliance.

how is it in terms of paying for items or 'crystals' and stuff etc?

[Bladestorm]

how is it in terms of paying for items or 'crystals' and stuff etc?

I've never paid for stuff in-game on any apps I've played so bearing that in mind I have gotten to level 15 quite easily and there seem to be several ways to earn energon, crystals, etc. I think energon is where you could be suckered into spending $$ if you're so inclined as that seems to be the hardest thing to acquire.
Leveling up bots is quite easy and you can earn a variety of different currencies by doing different things - stories, quests, raids as well as getting crystals which open a space bridge for various things from repair modules, new characters (I've only got 6 characters so far), energon, gold, raid crystals, etc... like I say - there is a lot to get your head around in terms of what there is and a number of different reward systems - some of which I haven't figured out or don't have access to yet.

Crystals for generic things like the ore-13 seems to come up regularly in game play (to the point my inventory can't store everything so I haven't opened a lot of those crystals). Character crystals are much rarer but do pop up.
I probably am not far enough into the game yet though to see where the potential big spending might be required though...

[griffin]

A promo trailer for the app-game was released at the New York Toyfair, and BWTF.com has posted it up on youtube.
To be released in "Spring", which would be some time around March to May.

[Bladestorm]

Wait... it isn't available globally already?

I'm playing this and there are LOADS of players... I just assumed it was already in general release. There are quite a few kiwis playing so I assumed Aussie had it too...

A few tips (note I don't pay for games so this applies to playing for free):
If you've played MCOC (I haven't) you will find this very similar and players are preferring this to MCOC in the global chat comments.
Ore 13 will be the resource you run out of the most as you move up in the game so don't throw it out or waste it. Story mode is the main way to get this at the moment.
The higher level bots take a LOT of ore to upgrade them.
Arena is great for getting crystals to top up your gold.
You will need to raid other people to get raid chips to buy sparks to upgrade your bots with.
You will need to complete daily quests to get specialised sparks (based on bots) to upgrade higher tiered bots with.
You can take lower level bots and forge them to your higher level bots to upgrade them. The bots used for forging disappear but you can get a respawn of the character from crystals.
There are alliances but I haven't seen much advantage to these teams yet. I've started my own just to get the alliance point character crystal so if anyone needs an alliance to join to get these too just let me know. Most of the alliances I've seen so far are full of kids so not my cup of tea.

The 3rd tier fight sequence for most of the characters is really nice animation.
Grimlock (not currently available to players) and windblade in particular have great animation for their top move.

At the moment I find the space bridge seems to be a little rigged as it "hops" the top prizes (eg energon - the credits you pay for) from the free crystals 98% of the time.

[griffin]

Maybe it is released in some regions... because I think the Earth Wars one was out for several months before the official launch (in America maybe).

[FatalityPitt]

I just watched the trailer. The game looks really cool!

I saw they had G1 Arcee and CW Mirage, and their special moves look really sick.

I usually avoid playing mobile/social media games like this, since I almost wrecked my life playing Marvel Avengers Alliance on Facebook.

But if they start introducing characters like G1 Hot Rod, Weirdwolf, Star Saber, and/or Knock Out (from TF Prime); I might actually give the game a try.

So who else have you seen in the game so far? And who's your favorite?