GI Interview with TF Universe developers

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Mako Crab, Mar 4, 2013.

  1. Digilaut

    Digilaut Well-Known Member

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    An MMO could definitely work for Transformers. But how come not many people here are aware of the fact just how risky an MMO is? Nobody noticed the giant MMO boom the last 10 years? A LOT of games created, mostly thanks to the success of World of Warcraft - but most of them bombed big time.

    Bottomline: it's really hard to introduce a new MMO and then keep it running. And I will bet you that Transformers doesn't have enough reach to be feasible. Especially when it's intended to be free to play.

    Is it a shame it will not be an MMO? Yes, but it's probably for the better they changed it to a much simpler MOBA.
     
  2. Reflector Prime

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    This game is really really horrible. I played it during the Beta and it's worthless. We have Fall of Cybertron, this is the same thing only about 10% the quality.
     
  3. Shizuka

    Shizuka Optimus Prime's Scriptor

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    Has anyone just stopped caring about this game? I sure have. How about give me the next Cybertron game?
     
  4. king_of_forgoten

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    The fact that TF has such a HUGE fanbase, literally spanning generations, means the game as an MMORPG would make money free to play or not. as for this game and its developers feed them to the sharkticons along with bay.
     
  5. Mako Crab

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    THIS. It's not hard. Nobody was expecting or demanding realistic, super-detailed transformation like in the Bay movies. All you'd have to do is carry over a couple elements from the vehicle to the robot mode. Matching wheels, paint scheme, whatever. FOC already did it, but their customization was shallow. Jagex had been teasing this idea of deep character customization. Their whole selling point for the last 2 years (has it been that long???) was how you could build your very own unique TF.

    As have I. And yeah, that's exactly what he's describing. Squads of generic cookie cutter robots in small arenas battling it out for a few minutes at a time. No open world. Yawn. I'm placing complete blame for this game's direction at Alex Horton's feet. He's the one that came in and gutted the whole concept and watered it down to this.

    If all I wanted to do was customize my weapon loadout, I could just as easily do that with the PS2 Armada game. And I'd get cooler, crazier weapons to play with there like the awesome tornado canon, the discord attack, which causes enemies to go after each other, or a tractor beam to whip enemies all around with. Crazy ass fun!! From what I've read about the weapons in Jagex' game though, it doesn't sound like they have anything that inspired.
     
  6. ian5555

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    WoW and their silly battle arenas and other instanced areas really killed PvP with MMOs. Before it came along PvP was fun and this has really killed this game for me. DAOC imo had the best PvP system and it is too bad that the $$ and carebearism of WoW has ruined PvP in MMOs to the point where these arenas is all they seem to do. Sad.
     
  7. RayTheSun

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    What? No. That's a multiplayer TPS. It has like, zero MOBA elements.
     
  8. 5ky7ynx86

    5ky7ynx86 Lieutenant Commander

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    Great. This creative team has just lost all my respect. "Look, we realize everyone wants to make their own Transformer. So we aren't going to put it in the game!" I used to be excited for this, and I still really want to, but its not that easy.

    Of course, this makes it easy for the game to exceed expectations. It COULD be good, you know. But at the moment, it just sounds like a ripoff of Pokemon.
     
  9. LegoShokwave123

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    Yep. Jagex: Ripoff, and Screw Ups, and Ruined Forevers 'R' Us
     
  10. Rob

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    Fundamentally what's the difference?

    It's still pvp not pve.
     
  11. trence5

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    Umm I probably behind but has this game been completed and release yet?
     
  12. Sludge

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    Not even close.
     
  13. Dashdragon

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    I'm a bit confused by what you're stating regarding PC and the controls. But yes, it's like FOC & WFC (which are both on PC if you weren't aware) only it's a browser-based game. The controls are basically the same as any other shooting game so I'd hardly call that part stupid. The strange aiming assist and timed clicking to shoot on the other hand....
     
  14. VaderPrime1

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    I might actually check it out now. MMOs suck, so my intrest was lost at the beginning.
     
  15. RayTheSun

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    What.

    Look at every version of DOTA, League of Legends, Heroes of Newearth, Smite, Super Monday Night Combat, and literally any other MOBA and you'll note that AI controlled units are a freaking massive part of them. Y'know, the creeps/bots/whatever that you're meant to be levelling off of?
     
  16. Dashdragon

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    I've not played any of those, but you are aware that this is a third-person shooter right? They're just using the term MOBA because it technically can apply to any fps/tps/etc. This is more like WFC, FoC (without the story).

    There are some weak dark energon zombies that show up from time to time, but mostly you're just deathmatching other players.
     
  17. Rob

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    That's not how the game is setup at all though.

    Like i said earlier: pvp and basically FOC dm but (likely) not as good.

    Now Actually interacting with the TF Universe and having a direct roll in it with ones own TF avator we don't have.

    Yup

    I think what bugs me the most is that the guy who took over development talks like he knows the franchise but, seems to be wrong in every turn; robots don't fish (Daniel and Hotrod), robots don't go on quests (minicoms, relic hunt, the knights of cybertron), robots dont hunt (Ironhide hunts turbo foxes), they dont bake bread (no but they make energon ore of varying grades) and finally lets add a bunch of new characters (we have over a thousand existing characters we don't need more we just want to interact with the existing ones).
     
  18. destrongerlupus

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    This is what makes me sad too, it takes only a modicum of creativity to apply the mechanics of any game style to the TF universe, saying that "These guys are robots so we can't" is just so lazy, and clearly an excuse trying to cover other issues.
     
  19. Mako Crab

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    Right there with ya'.


    Carrying "Gold" (Yeah, they're rubies, but you get the idea)


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  20. Hot Shot.

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    At this point, this game will either:

    1. Never be released.
    2. Get released and suck eggs.

    It's a shame too. I was proud over how I registered the name Hot Shot before anyone else.