Transformers
Battle the Decepticons through eight levels as one of three playable Autobots: Optimus Prime, Red Alert, and Hot Shot. Players can transform between robot and vehicle form during the action and collect dozens…
Transformers is a shooter developed by Melbourne House, released 5 May 2004 on PlayStation 2.
What Transformers is
Transformers is a shooter game developed by Melbourne House and released in 2004. It was published by Atari Europe. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On the planet of Cybertron, the Transformer war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons rages on. But the losses are mounting up, and the war's front has been pushed into the heart of Autobot territory. The Autobots’ last stand takes a turn for the worse when the Decepticons introduce their secret weapon: the new Decepticlone army. As if by fate, a distress signal from the Mini-Cons, the long-lost third Transformer race, blasts onto the battlefield. Knowing that the Mini-Cons will tip the balance of power, the Autobots and the Decepticons race to Earth. On Earth, the Decepticons and their army invade the planet with extreme prejudice. It is then up to the Autobots to save Earth…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Transformers series
Transformers is the 13th of 50 entries we hold in the Transformers series. The next entry was Transformers: Autobots in 2007. Its critic score of 79 is 18 points above the series average of 61. The highest-rated entry is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at 93.
How it was received
Transformers holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 67% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Transformers launched on 5 May 2004, within three weeks of Pikmin 2, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Pikmin 2, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Transformers yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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