
Performance gets judged on multiple levels in the game. That's kinda like a consequence, right? It's a nice touch, but it only serves to bookend the level rather than impact the gameplay. Your faction leader or NPC will comment on your completion speed or targeting accuracy. The dialogue in cut scenes changes depending on how you perform in missions.

You'll see tiny, panicked humans running to and fro as you play, but that's about the extent of it. There's not a total lack of consequence, but your actions ripple only minimally through the game world.

It's a big, loud exercise in creating explosions without consequences, they claim, and as such the "Transformers" sequel resembles the big-budget videogames that have penetrated the mainstream consciousness.Īs a videogame critic, my impulse is to jump to the defense of the medium: "Our explosions have consequences!" Predictably, however, the new Transformers videogame undercuts that whole argument.

Lots of movie reviews have compared "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" to a videogame. What's Not: Bland visuals Repetitive action Poorly thought-out control scheme. *: Downloadable content in PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.What's Hot: Persistent competitive goals Collective upgrades Big, dumb explosions. Both of them loosely follow the movie's plot from each faction's point of view. Just like the first game, the DS version is separated into two titles. The PlayStation Portable version of the game allows players to play as Dead End, as well as to go through an loose version of the movie's plot.

The player alternates between both factions on specific levels. The PS2 and Wii versions of the game follow a completely different version of the movie's plot, with drastic differences even between the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions. The "main" version of the game has an online multiplayer mode and the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions have DLC comprising 11 new playable characters, 3 multiplayer maps, an expert difficulty "hard mode" and 10 new Achievements/Trophies. Versions Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC 1.1 Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC.
