tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post6787315337650217796..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: TRANSFORMERS: WAR AND PEACE #6Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-78214169405841698762015-11-09T09:10:59.109-08:002015-11-09T09:10:59.109-08:00True. Actually I liked the voice they used for Ra...True. Actually I liked the voice they used for Ratchet in the Bay movies, Robert Foxworth. He didn't sound like Don Messick, but I thought his voice fit the character. Though for the G1 iteration of the character, I'd want him to go a little less gruff with his performance.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-4712092244662844712015-11-06T19:30:38.673-08:002015-11-06T19:30:38.673-08:00No sadly First Aid isn't.
I was just throwin...No sadly First Aid isn't. <br />I was just throwing names around they could have used to expand the cast.<br />Especially with Cullen and Bell around, they already have Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Prowl, Sideswipe and First Aid. <br /><br />It might be difficult to find a soundalike for Ratchet, but Troy Baker sounded a lot like Scatman Crothers in Fall Of Cybertron, and Starscream sounds kinda like Latta. So it's possible.<br />Difficult, but possible. Snowkatthttp://focusedtotalitycomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-60317394636567023712015-11-06T09:27:06.301-08:002015-11-06T09:27:06.301-08:00Hmm, is First Aid in the game in some capacity? I ...Hmm, is First Aid in the game in some capacity? I could see why if he is -- he was also played by Michael Bell in the cartoon, so that's another easy casting choice. And finding a Don Messick soundalike to play Ratchet could be difficult; he had a very cool and distinctive voice.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-16226262934159099732015-11-04T19:30:48.059-08:002015-11-04T19:30:48.059-08:00http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Devastation-Pla...http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Devastation-PlayStation-3/dp/B00ZGRLMNQ/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_3?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1446693127&sr=1-1&keywords=transformers+devastation<br /><br />That's odd its 30 where I live but I'm from Europe. <br />But even then, it shouldn't be $ 49,99 new. <br />If you don't mind used its $ 35,95 then, which is more closer to what its actually worth. <br /><br />I agree that the other two characters should either be Ironhide and Jazz. <br />Or Ironhide and Prowl. <br />Especially because Cullen played Prime and Ironhide<br />and Micheal Bell played Prowl and Sideswipe. <br /><br />But speaking of Jazz, http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Troy_BakerWas Jazz's voice actor in Fall Of Cybertron and he sounded remarkably close to Scattman Crothers.<br /><br />All this makes the character choices even more mystifying. We could have had at least 10 Autobots <br />Optimus Prime ( Cullen) <br />Bumblebee ( Gilzevan)<br />Wheeljack ( Scott Whyte )<br />Grimlock (Berger )<br />Sideswipe ( Bell)<br />Prowl ( Bell) <br />Ironhide ( Cullen) <br />Jazz ( Baker or Whyte)<br />and First Aid.<br /><br />Or even Jetfire, he was voiced by Gregg Berger.<br />Maybe we will get all those in part 2, if there is a part 2. <br /><br />but stil its a decent gaem for what it is Snowkatthttp://focusedtotalitycomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-33746217443420068702015-11-04T09:10:40.177-08:002015-11-04T09:10:40.177-08:00Thanks for the rundown on the game. I don't ha...Thanks for the rundown on the game. I don't have a PS4 either, so I'll probably also pick up the PS3 version. Didn't realize it was only 30 bucks, but I'm glad to hear it!<br /><br />I suspected, based on gameplay videos I saw, that the game would be somewhat repetitive. Still, I think the look and the voices will hold my interest.<br /><br />I'm with you on the random inclusion of Wheeljack and Sideswipe as playable characters. I get the other three; they're G1 mainstays, but -- much as Wheeljack is one of my favorite Autobots -- I feel like the final two should've been Ironhide and Jazz, if we're going off of the most prominent characters from the G1 cartoon series.<br /><br />But at the same time, while they found a decent soundalike for Wheeljack to cover for the late Chris Latta, I suspect getting somebody to imitate Scatman Crothers as Jazz would've been a difficult task. So maybe instead of Jazz, the final two should've been Ironhide and Prowl. Heck, that's one less voice actor to pay, since Peter Cullen played both Prime and Ironhide!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-19247462595090478352015-11-04T07:31:02.397-08:002015-11-04T07:31:02.397-08:00at one point it becomes implausible though.
Anyw...at one point it becomes implausible though. <br /><br />Anyway, I have caved in and bought the ps3 version of Devastation and sunk about 3 hours in it. ( and I'm half way through already it seems. ) <br /><br />First the bad things. <br />The game is very short, 6 hours on average. <br />I'm fine with that, because my version was 30, if I bought the 49,99 version for the ps4 I'd be less pleased. <br /><br />The backgrounds and the game play it self is very monotonous. <br />Course the game play is solid and it being just 6 hours or so doesn't hurt much in that regard.<br />But you will be zipping across the same backgrounds more often then you'd like. <br /><br />...There is platforming ...with dissapearing platforms, thankfully its so far just one section but i hate platforming. <br /><br />The game play is well odd the Autobots jump around as if they are weightless and its just odd to see them do that. <br />Even Grimlock is fast instead of lumbering.<br />But its hilarious to see him run and just plough through everything. <br /><br />Now the biggest problems. <br />Only 5 autobots to choose from, and a random bunch at that. <br />Optimus Prime, okay. <br />Bumblebee, ...eh he has to be in there, I suppose. Not my favorite. <br />Grimlock, but no other Dinobots ?! <br />And then totally out of left field, Wheeljack and Sideswipe. <br /><br />No Ratchet, no Ironhide. ( I don't like Ironhide, but he is a stalwart. ) <br />No Prowl or Jazz or even Smokescreen. ( I ma fan of Smokescreen ..why are you looking at me like that ? )<br /><br />The cast is just very tiny and very random. <br />Most of my time is spend playing as Sideswipe. <br /><br />And NO original music ! Nothing, not even from the 86 movie. <br />It looks perfect, it looks like an interactive episode of the cartoon, but the immersion is ruined, ..well badly damaged, by no original music. <br /><br />Having said that, it is the original cartoon in video game form. <br />Everybody sounds as much as possible the same as they have always been. <br />Optimus Prime is heroic, Megatron is a cackeling loon.<br /> The plot is implausible and silly and all over the place, in short like the cartoon<br />The good guys are good. <br />The bad guys evil. <br />The voice work is solid.<br />The game play is solid too. <br />And it has the original transformation sound too each and everytime. <br /><br />The cartoon may not be my favorite iteration of G1, but I am still a Transformers fan in general and of G1 in particular and this game hits all the right notes. <br /><br />And I am absolutely certain that you will love it. <br />And for the going price of 30 bucks it's hard not to love. ( the ps4 version with a price tag of 50 is harder to love. Maybe if they include the full first season of the G1 cartoon, it wil be a better deal because I doubt there is a huge difference between the ps3 and 4 versions. ) <br />Snowkatthttp://focusedtotalitycomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-33181906385857780122015-11-02T11:35:56.000-08:002015-11-02T11:35:56.000-08:00As a fan of the original comic book Shockwave -- t...As a fan of the original comic book Shockwave -- the conniving schemer who constantly wanted to usurp Megatron's power -- and as a fan of characters like Mister Sinister -- behind the scenes masterminds who are retroactively inserted into every little event as string-pullers -- I actually didn't mind the revelations about Shockwave here. It's ludicrous, yes, but I liked it anyway.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-6318228584088394692015-10-31T21:17:49.868-07:002015-10-31T21:17:49.868-07:00To be honest, for me this is where the Dreamwave ...To be honest, for me this is where the Dreamwave G1 series went tits up. <br />I already thought the constant fanwank and nudging references to the cartoon, were bad enough. But with this issue Dreamwave's solution to every mystery and dangling subplot, becomes Shockwave did it. <br /><br />Ark II explosion ? Shockwave did it. <br />Truple changers ? Shockwave did it. <br />The great shutdown ? Shockwave did it. <br />Sennd Scourge to earth ? Shockwave did it. <br />Micromasters ? Shockwave did it. <br /><br />well you get the idea, it's a Shockwave ex machina. <br /><br />Figueroa is a superior artist compared to Lee, no doubt about that. <br />But his story telling is suspect at times. Snowkatthttp://focusedtotalitycomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com