I am not sure if anyone got this, but did AOE felt like those old American westerns - lawless authority, Texa$, rough dirty posse of cowboys (Autobot team), desert landscapes, cavalry charge (Dinobot charge), western sounding influence in "Dinobot Charge" track, and so on.
Yea Lockdown is bad cowboy or whatever and Optimus is his most wanted man for a price of the Seed for the civilians.
It felt more like I was watching a Cybertronian rip off of the King Arthur Excalibur story after Optimus got his wicked sword.