Transformers Rise of Dark Spark (PS4)

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Activision's Transformers adaptations shed a little more charm and fascination each time they transform. Finding the positives, it's a transformers game, unlocking all content, and leveling will provide plenty of gametime. Even though that’s not a bad thing at all, everything is half done at best and especially the graphics and story is downright terrible.

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There are always 15 waves to complete, giving you a sense of progression as you blast towards the end. We’ve added new strategic tools like barricades, turrets, and decoys to give you more ways to stay alive. The game tries to keep you hooked by doling out a constant stream of rewards for your progress in the form of weapon upgrades, experience point boosts, and other doodads, but the action is too shallow to make any of these rewards meaningful. In an epilogue scene, the G1 continuity Optimus sees the Dark Spark crashing on Earth and also says "I thought this day would never come.There are guns that shoot blades, guns that shoot acid and even guns that allow you to mind control your foes.

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That's just me saying my piece though I'm not firing shots I just think the game is being unfairly bashed due to the Bayformers tie in. The bland and ugly Earth environments don't really make you feel like you're travelling the globe and most of Cybertron is spent indoors, rather than out in the mostly good looking spacious areas. A trailer for Rise of the Dark Spark featured American rock band Linkin Park's single " Until It's Gone". In fact, the only real immediate difference that you’ll notice to High Moon's output is the terrible narrative structure which attempts to glue the game together.

Sure, you have 40 playable characters, plenty of chances to open up lockboxes to up your arsenal and transformer collection. Escalation doesn't have the epic boss encounters of Gears of War's Horde mode, the alternate objectives of Mass Effect 3, or the insane extraction endings of Plants vs. Fortunately for veterans, there’s been a shining light among the countless explosions and Megan Fox pouting that has sought to preserve the authenticity of a brand that means so much to so many: High Moon Studios’ excellent Cybertron series.