Forum Overview :: Transformers: War for Cybertron
 
After finishing both campaigns, I agree - it's almost impossibly boring. by Dream Cast 02/08/2018, 5:37pm PST
One thing I didn't mention is the health system: unlike in a lot of modern shooters, health in War for Cybertron doesn't regenerate automatically. Which sounds promising, until you realize that means the ONLY way to refill your health bar is by smashing health crates and collecting the Energon cubes inside. Between health crates, ammo crates, weapon crates, and the rare overshield crate, that is entirely too much crateplay for my taste.

Here's how I would change things, if I were Prime: I would get rid of all the crates. I would make ammo unlimited, and I would make each enemy drop an Energon cube when you kill him (bigger enemies could drop more than one). So far, so Earth Defense Force, but here's where it starts to get cuh-razy. I would make each Energon cube worth 20 (or maybe 10? better playtest it) points of energy; these would convert to percentage points of health on a 1:1 basis, with every point of energy in excess of 100% health instead permanently increasing your FIREPOWER stat. (Permanently until the end of the level, I mean, I'm trying to shmuppify things not RPGify them.) Your FIREPOWER stat would boost the devastating efficacy of your awesome laser weapons.

I think a system like this would reward aggression (by encouraging chasing down enemies the way the game as it is encourages chasing down crates), punish recklessness (every point of energy spent restoring health is one less point spent boosting FIREPOWER), eliminate downtime/crateplay, and exaggerate the difference between skilled and unskilled play. That last one is especially important, since making me want to get better at the game is also how you make me want to play it in the first place. I thought Peter Cullen's voice might be able to do that on its own, but far from making me like a dull shooter more, it actually made me like Optimus Prime a little less. :-[
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Transformers: War for Cybertron makes a bad first impression. by Dream Cast 01/27/2018, 8:46pm PST NEW
    Re: Transformers: War for Cybertron makes a bad first impression. by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/28/2018, 6:14am PST NEW
        After finishing both campaigns, I agree - it's almost impossibly boring. by Dream Cast 02/08/2018, 5:37pm PST NEW
    People got really mad at Rian Johnson for "ruining Star Wars" by Fullofkittens 01/28/2018, 7:30am PST NEW
        Re: People got really mad at Rian Johnson for "ruining Star Wars" by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/29/2018, 10:22am PST NEW
        It's been long enough since I played this game that I'm ready to say something by positive about it, retrospectively. 02/20/2018, 5:49am PST NEW
            There has never been and never will be a good Transformers game NT by Star Trek Neither 02/22/2018, 12:53pm PST NEW
                Why can't we just have GTA re-Skinned for Transformers and Star Trek NT by I just wanna blow shit up 02/22/2018, 12:57pm PST NEW
                    Say what you will about GTA, we can all agree it got one thing absolutely right. by Dream Cast 02/23/2018, 3:39am PST NEW
                This is wrong and stupid. NT by Everyone here 02/22/2018, 2:42pm PST NEW
                Transformers: Devastation by Mischief Maker 02/22/2018, 3:09pm PST NEW
            How 'bout a Frank Welker-voiced Soundwave + cassettes + no invulnerable section? by Mischief Maker 02/23/2018, 8:11am PST NEW
                They even got Ravage in there! How are they so fucking good? NT by Dream Cast 02/23/2018, 9:52am PST NEW
 
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