TFW2005 War For Cybertron Game Play Thoughts and Interview!

Has this been posted yet? It's a cool interview with Matt Tieger from High Moon studios, talking about the story, characters and other stuff from the game. And there is some new gameplay footage as well!

STAFF EDIT: TFW2005 Gameplay Thoughts and Interview with High Moon.

Gametrailers video link:
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My confidence in this game is rising.

man this game just keeps getting more beautiful by the second, this game is the video game i have been waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!

can't wait to kick all your asses as shockwave

man this game just keeps getting more beautiful by the second, this game is the video game i have been waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!

can't wait to kick all your asses as shockwave

Interesting stuff there. Interesting how he plugged 360 first, which doesn't bother, mind you. It just makes me believe this game was designed for the 360 first and ported to the PS3 rather than the other way around, which of course brings limitations, but I'm sure the game will still be good, but (sigh) the could have beens...

The civil war between Autobots and Decepticons continues with this interview with Matt Tieger, Game Director for High Moon Studios, revealing new details about Transformers: War for Cybertron.

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Warpath FTW!!!

Did you see Nemesis flying in the background at 2:05? Awesome!

No new footage. Still not happy that Jets are only playable in separate levels. I guess we can only use Jets in Multi-player online jet modes. And still no word of offline co-op. Interesting he said the campaigns are long and there are unlockables.

I got to talk to Matt myself last night. Ask me anything, Ill do my best to answer.

?? You know someone working on the game? What is the final roster? Sideswipe, Hot Rod? Any Dinobots?

looking forward to inserting the game vigorously into my ps3 slot...hard and fast!

I edited my post to point out I got to see the demo and talk to Matt myself. I don't know everything but i'll do my best to share what I do know.

No Dinobots, can't say on the others.

if mr. seth buzzard himself says this could be the best TF game ever made, THEN IT WILL BE THE BEST TF GAME EVER MADE. huzzah!

oh yes, and i have a question. did he mention at all how long each campaign will be? will they be short, medium, long?

Do you know how many characters we're getting and the roster? Will the Jets be able to mingle with non jets in online modes? What are the unlockables? But isn't Grimlock in the game? A tank maybe?

I'm relieved to hear that Transformation is toggled.
Not only does it enable greater control of the alt-mode vehicle, it also avoids buggy context sensitive re-use of buttons.

I was forever randomly transforming in the PC ROTF game when trying to attack, I'm unsure whether pressing attack keys changed the pressure on the Transform/ accelerate button, or the inputs weren't mapped effectively.

Seth, did you see the 'flyer' levels first hand? Do you know how each flying map is limited?

Did Jetfire and Breakdown look like their cartoon versions?

Greedy question number 2: Do you know if the Drones/ Clones Transform in battle?
(A wasted opportunity for updated reflector clones if not!)

He didn't get into how long the game will be but the 1st half is Decpticon and the 2nd Autobot. The Con story leads into the Bots I don't know how many there will be. The demo only showed off limited parts of the game but I never saw cars and jets together. Whenasked he said no Dinobots.

They showed a short bit of a level flying around as Starscream. It looked like it was set inside a massive cavern of sorts.

I am concerned that every time there's an interview with these guys, they say the same things every time (two campaigns available, three TFs per level, drop in co-op, jets, etc...). With all of the coverage, you'd think they'd be revealing more but they keep dropping these few talking points every time.

Probably the fault of those damn PR people . What wet blankets they are

I'm confused and disappointed. Kotaku said Grimlock was in the game and Matt says no Dinobots. I would have liked to have a least Grimlock. Something tells me this roster is going to be lacking for the Autobots. As it is Jazz and Prowl, 2 big players probably aren't even in the game. And Shockwave is only available in Multi-player. And the Jets more than likely won't be able to play online with the other vehicles and need their own online modes. I have no interest in Warpath. Grimlock could have been made into a tank like in IDW and DW.

Were you told of any other characters that will be in the game, besides the ones mentioned above? Did you maybe even see some other characters in the game play you saw? Just curious because I haven't seen some of my favorite characters in the game yet.

He saw Skywarp, Thundercracker, Jetfire, Breakdown.

You are most likely very wrong.

I was asking if he saw more than those but just didn't say.

Thank Christ there are going to be no dinobots in this.

Holy Sheeit, I knew the Buzzard was , like rly cool, but not that cool!

Awesomeness

No. You can see both in the gameplay trailer released a week or so ago. Jetfire’s the hologram figure many thought was Ultra Magnus (according to the story tformers.com reported on yesterday) and Breakdown can be clearly seen standing with Megatron and Brawl a few times throughout the trailer. The two, however, resemble their classic looks in style/color. I think Jetfire’s jet mode looks fantastic! Breakdown’s vehicle mode hasn’t been shown, if I’m not mistaken.


Tell me about it. Why do those conducting the interview ask the same questions? …or why do they allow the same answers? It’s like those interviewing are afraid of losing the opportunity to interview in the future or something

Wasn’t Kotaku.com talking about the DS version? I thought they had an exclusive on that version only.

Matt was talking about War for Cybertron soon to be released on the PC, PS3 and XBOX 360, which he plugged at the end of his interview.

Each interview feels as though he’s holding something back, keeping gamers and potential buyers interested, and why wouldn’t he? High Moon studios is getting free advertising by not divulging to much information, but a little at a time, as interviewers will run updates at every whim.

I think it’s doubtful the Autobot’s story will be limited to three single characters. As Matt said, Transformers is one of those rare lines in which there are too many fan favorites. Rather than cramming everyone into the story for the hell of it, they put only those that made sense to the story and environment—sounds fantastic to me

Here’s hoping to many surprises still left to be discovered come release day, though new information that doesn’t ruin the story is always welcome

Am I the only one who wishes like hell they have a simultaneous release of the game and
the figures from Hasbro,how cool would that be,but last I heard the figs aren't coming out
till late fall.Come on Hasbro and release em with the game.

I second that!

First of all: Dinobots were built after the Transformers came to earth (in the show).

Second: I think the Dinobots would limit the game play as far as their alternate modes (excluding Swoop, because he's pretty much a jet).

Last: I don't even really like the Dinobots.

Breakdown was the most unlike this G1 counterpart. His car mode looked more like Lockdown.

Jetfire is mostly white with red bits and his head and jet mode are diffrent then the cartoon but close enough I recognized who he was and can easily make the conection.
There where 3 PR guys in the room but only 2 topics they made clear where off limits. They where very friendly and I teased one of them a bit for not letting Matt tell us the good stuff. We all had a laugh. I could have sworn he said no Dinos. Maybe Grimlock is in it but just not a dino alt-mode. Things where happening fast and there was a bit of a time limit. All day things I wish I had asked have been popping in my head.

Well my hype meter has went down somewhat. I'll still get it but I'm not pumped like I was at first. Since the Jets get their own stages you can't even have Soundwave, Megs and Screamer together in the story mode.

Who says they have to follow the show? Trypticon is in it. And he was created on Earth. I'm so tired of hearing that lame excuse. They were built after Earth, my gosh get over it. I hope none of your favorites make the cut now. And do you not read? The Dinos could be tanks like they were in the IDW and DW comics.

I think it's best to separate them, actually. Otherwise, you'll be left with characters fighting inside a sandbox, no place for a jet to be contained in. An open field would make jets unbeatable, as they'd be way out of blaster range and/or would be able to dodge income shots by a mile, literally.

...though, it would have been cool to have them playable against bosses like Omega Supreme and Trypticon, attacking these giants from up high and down low.

True but if they can't do it for single player then online is going to be bad cause you can't mingle the jets and land vehicles. And it still baffles me that Shockwave, who is a big player for the Cons isn't playable in the story mode.

the dinobots would be cool but personally i hope they are not in it as they seem to be hoping that this game can produce subsequent sequels. If that's the case then with each new game they can insert various favorites (dinobots, galvatron, ultra magnus, sixshot, etc.). However if just grimlock himself were in it, then that would be cool. He'd absolutely need to be his War within incarnation or similar though. Looks unlikely as that dude from high moon specifically mentioned the need for an autobot tank and mentioned warpath.

I never said they had to, but the way it's been talked about it sounds as though the game comes before what happened in the G1 shows. Also, I'm just stating my opinion. Lastly, I could care less if my favorite characters aren't in there, I'm just curious (I've seen and heard about all but two of my favorites from G1 in the shots and videos).

The images released so far are awesome! Can't wait to see more or maybe I shouldn't spoil any more surprises for myself?

Yeah that's what I wanted. At least Grimlock. Warpath is so boring. Grimlock would have been the perfect tank.

I wonder if any of the turrets will be surface to air heat seeking? That usually puts a dampener on air superiority.

Yeah...it's just when Transformers games are hit-or-miss, all the questions we WANT to know simply can't be answered.

Listening to a bunch of video game news, every studio unfortunately can't reveal the fun stuff T_T. So many hoops to jump through, so I can't blame them for not saying anything new because they need to keep us on the hook somehow.

As frustrating as it is, it IS a nice change from 90% of other games that tell you so much in advance. This at least keeps us in the dark (maybe more will come out closer to release).

But they're not following straight from the cartoon. The Alpha Centauri setting is from the comics. They are taking things from different media. Do some research. Ratchet's red helmet, comics, Autobot Wreckers symbol, comics. Zeta Prime, comics. If that was the case Trypticon wouldn't be in this game. He was built on Earth on the toon.

I think it's a smart move. And more than various PR maneuvering/development concerns, they're probably trying manage expectations. If you're looking to make a splash..under-promise and over-deliver.

I listed every character that I saw in the game or who's name was said out loud.
I'm actually more cool.
It takes a long time to develop a toy and get it produced and out to stores. Hasbro didn't even decide to do the toys until the game was well into it's own development.

Yes they do, in one part as they where playing part of the Autobot story a squad of purple Con jets fly in, transform and attack.

They also seem to be a little more then just drones as they where shouting out out random dialog. Maybe more like each side just has a lot of guys that turn into the same thing and aren't cool enough to have there own colors.

I did ask about lookalike drones and that answer will be in an upcoming podcast. Yes I was able to record a short interview. Ooooh teaser.

Well, this looks like a belter of a game. The graphics and presentation are absolutely superb going by the videos.

For the person who saw it from TFW, did Jetfire look like his G1 or Classics version? Did he look good? What did Warpath look like? (pleased he's in the game BTW). Which character looked the best from what you saw? Also, how was the combat from what you could tell?

Not necessarily. I felt much of what was discussed was for story mode play only, thus jets be with jets and cars with cars and whatevers with whatevers, creating a balanced mix-up with a winnable outcome. There’s nothing like playing a game with an unbeatable boss/character.

Online mode could be the same as off, though with more characters available for it, there might be room for more varied play, but we won’t know for sure without studio confirmation or the actual game.

Why X is in/out of the game is explained by Matt when he said the game, story were created first and than the Transformers were placed within that world. If the character doesn’t make sense to the story/setting, don’t expect that character to be there. I’m sure when the game comes, we’ll bicker about how X could have fit here or there, but when you get down to it, it’s there story and they’ve designed the game the way they want us to see their story.

Sequels will have even more characters and fan favorites that missed an opportunity this time around.

True. We’ll have to wait and see. Also with Jets being able to hover, you’d think anything’s possible, but a Jet will always be faster than a car…