GameSpot editors' review
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CNET editors' rating:
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Mediocre
Detailed editors' rating
- Reviewed on: 06/29/2009
- Updated on: 06/30/2009
- Released on: 06/23/2009
- Originally published on GameSpot: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii) Review
Transformers are pretty cool, though you wouldn't know it from playing Revenge of the Fallen. While the game does star the iconic alien robots and loosely follows the plot of the movie, the gameplay is generic and dull. For most of the game, you plod through linear levels in your humanoid form, blasting and punching other humanoid robots. There are a few vehicle-form levels, but they do little to break up the monotony of the short campaign. The cooperative assistance and fight-wave-after-wave-of-enemies modes aren't enough to flesh out this paltry package. Fans desperate for Transformers action may find some fun here, but even they won't be satisfied.
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The single campaign switches between Autobot and Decepticon missions as it runs its course parallel to the movie. You can play as one specific Transformer on each level, and the shiny, detailed character models from the movie are well represented, though the same can't be said for the blandly functional scenery. Cutscenes do a reasonably good job of telling the story, and the game is filled with campy writing ("Let's bust some Decepti-chumps!") that will make you laugh or cringe or possibly both.
The campaign lasts only about four hours, but it will probably feel significantly longer thanks to the repetitive (and repetitive stress-inducing) gameplay. Walking through levels as a bipedal bot, you move with the analog stick and point the remote to target enemies. You can shoot your primary weapon with the B button, or use the Z button to draw on your energy reserves for a more powerful shot. You gain energy from defeating enemies, and it can also be used to refill your health bar or unleash a powerful special attack. This attack does big damage to anyone in the area, and it's one of the only times you get to see your character transform. Controlling your character in vehicle form is restricted to specific levels. These levels allow you to briefly transform into humanoid form to attack your enemies, but they aren't exciting, just different.
No matter what form you are in, you spend your time following a linear path, with the exception of a few boss battles. Your guns are powerful enough to dispatch weaker foes without too much trouble. You can stand and blast away at them, repair the damage they did with the energy you gain from their deaths, and move on to the next encounter. Defeated enemies glow blue and then vanish with a small explosion, unless you force them off the edge of a building. Then they simply disappear, even if they are jet Transformers that could conceivably save themselves with flight. Waves of enemies appear regularly throughout levels, and you dispatch them in the same repetitive fashion, though you do take some time to traverse rudimentary jumping puzzles that beg the question, can Transformers really wall-jump?
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii):
$27.99 - $39.99
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