Product Description

Transformers: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as Autobots or destroy it as Decepticons and experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favourite robots in disguise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1915 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-07-20
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
In Transformers: The Game, players choose to protect the Earth as Autobots or destroy it as Decepticons. Playing as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Barricade and other characters, gamers will experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite robots in disguise as they battle for Earth.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
I got Transformers Autobots as a Christmas present for my 8 year old Son. Eversince opening the game, he just cannot stop playing it. It's not boring at all, he has lots of other games for Nintendo but I have never seen him so glued to a game before(apart from when he got Mario Cart). The graphics are really good and the general feel of the game is very smooth. I would certainly recommend this game.

Terrible control system ruins game
I got this recently and can only warn others not to make the same mistake. The game may have a good storyline, It may have interesting levels, It may be truly engaging. Sadly you will never find out because it is crippled by a control system that makes it almost impossible to direct your character around the map.

The camera swirls around as you move rather than stay centred on one spot. Sure it looks good but it means you cannot climb the stairs ahead of you as aiming for them with the d-pad leads you off to one side. You have to constantly jockey the camera back and forth with the L and R buttons to keep looking ahead. In combat this means you must press at least three buttons at once just to turn to face and target your opponents.

I can see what the developers were getting at. On a PC you can use a mouse to look in any direction (Quake etc) whilst using keyboard buttons to perform multiple tasks. Even top down games like NWN allow you to spin the camera to check out the surrounding areas. Trying to allow this level of control on a handheld was a nice idea. It does not work. Six buttons and a d-pad give limited options.

Stick to playing this on some platform with an analogue control such as a mouse, a joystick or the analogue joysticks on a PS gamepad

Good but not a keeper?
My son seems to love it although it's not a replayer, he doesn't return to it as much as his other games. Graphics look great though.