Why Is Transformers War for Cybertron Loved?

With Transformers Rise of the Beasts coming out later this year I wanted to play Transformers War for Cybertron for the first time. In this retrospective review I explore the development history behind the game, the gameplay mechanics, and story that gave us a background on characters like Optimus Prime who we have grown to love. Drawing on lore from Transformers Beast Wars, Transformers G1 and Transformers War Within, the game hoped to establish a more cohesive backstory that old fans of the franchise would appreciate. War for Cybertron broke the trend of bad Transformers video game releases and showed the world that the franchise can produce high quality stand alone games and not just movie tie-ins.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:49 Development History
4:26 Gameplay Mechanics
13:56 Story
28:53 Presentation and Performance
30:11 Multiplayer and Extra Content
31:47 Companion Games
32:40 Game Ranking
#transformers #warforcybertron #retrospective

[@VirtualLegacy]

If you want to remember some more gems from the Xbox 360/PS3 era check out my retrospective on Star Wars the Force Unleashed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmKZi2lneLeFipY

[@Bcd31997]

War and fall of cybertron need to make a comeback for current gen systems, its my favorite generation of transformers to this day

[@VirtualLegacy]

I would love to see the games get remasters

[@TheBlackKakashi]

It did a few years back. Both games were remastered

[@ayaannazir7308]

@@TheBlackKakashiwait they did?

[@confluxes5514]

@@ayaannazir7308 I think he means the backwards compatibility for Xbox that I think they removed.

[@irishempire9811]

i hope for a double remaster of both someday

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Because it's not a game, nor is it simply a movie, granted it is "THE" movie we all have wanted, It is a work of art, a literal Shakespearean theater piece come to the consoles,

[@fernfernacelli]

WfC, FoC, and Devastation are (to me) the absolute epitome of the franchise.

[@Breadn11]

This and Fall of Cybertron were my childhood. I have so many fond memories of staying up late trying to get high rounds in escalation. Great retrospective, by the way. Great to see people still remember this game.

[@-.patty.-]

Why is bread dog here? Is he stupid?

[@RedDecepticon]

Ok, and?

[@narlord8613]

@@RedDecepticon Rude

[@ggcanti]

The multiplayer was so good. Spent so much time in this game. I’ll never forget reaching higher waves on escalation or the glitch at Broken Hope to open certain doors.

[@aeonversestudios01]

Using the scientist's disguise ability was my favorite. Unfortunately it didn't fool anyone with a decent eye for multiplayer mechanics

[@PurpleTrooper]

faaacts

[@ignotiev]

One of my favorite things to do was zoom up to a platform as a scout in vehicle mood, jump, transform and double jump, and then transform again on the landing. It was such a smooth experience that it was a great way to escape pursuers.

[@derekosoriomartinez5974]

These games have forever shaped the lore and the history of Transformers, from it’s amazing plot, and it’s sequel series, which characterize Megatron as a Revolutionary turned Tyrannt, I hope Reactivate lives to be almost to hopefully as great as War for/ Fall of Cybertron

[@galaxygamer5269]

I love war for Cybertron let's hope you're right about it

[@periclod1877]

8:15 Megatron just casually kick flips himself

[@modern-synthesis]

very cybertronian thing to do

[@yoshidinono8095]

War for Cybertron got the physics JUST RIGHT. You can hit a ramp as a car. Transform into robot in mid-air. And then continue that momentum by sliding on your feet when you landed, while shooting. It was *perfect.*

[@kidmjr]

I played it on PC and was blown away. The way it portrayed both sides of the conflict and the pacing of it, I was properly satiated.

[@ProfessorAlexSilver]

Surprisingly epic game. I have fond memories of playing it

[@jetsetsnic5109]

You were the last guy I expected to see here 💀

[@silverkingprime2121]

Really well made retrospective! One thing I just want to mention is that thanks to the user DarkElement that is also on the ReEnergized server managed to transfer DLC maps for online modes and DLC characters to the PC version of the game which is really amazing to experience since I didn't get those on my ps3 version before they were delisted.

[@VirtualLegacy]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@Roubainx]

There is a physical PC version, I got it when I was 11 in Poland! Now I'm here in Virginia, reminiscing about the good old cybertron days.

[@Turtle_D_Money]

This was such a fun game and in my opinion easily the best transformer game I’ve ever played and I’m 80s baby

[@MrBdog1021]

Armada is such an underrated series. Also had the pleasure of watching it growing up. Best Starscream of any series.

[@titanapd9647]

I actually did find out that trypticon's size is fairly consistent with the orbital station, he's about double the size of omega supreme when comparing the two side by side; I think the reason why he looks smaller is because he's crouching down

[@guywiththesly3321]

no he is not LMAO he is exactly the size of omega supreme source: I just did the boss fight

[@titanapd9647]

@@guywiththesly3321 my source: I compared the two official models right next to each other

[@novius1051]

Amazing retrospective video about one of my favorite childhood game! I'm sure you will enjoy Fall of Cybertron once you play it in the future.

[@maxhocks2006]

Jet fire and the aireal bots section was my favorite part of the campaign. These two games were great

[@ffffffffffffff43]

Brilliant essay and nostalgia throwback for me in uni. Subbed

[@Ben942K]

I had the pleasure of playing with the leader on the scoreboard or whatever it was called. This game was really fun and I think BF3 followed after. Great times.

[@TheBlackKakashi]

Still waiting on a third game

[@VirtualLegacy]

It seems unlikely at this point, but we can hope

[@dalenlewin]

@@VirtualLegacy well, there is rise of the dark spark, but we don't talk about that.

[@autobot1stlieutenantjazz980]

We don't talk about "the third game"

[@KaizerSozaye]

We don’t ever mention that embarrassment of a game Rise of the dark spark

[@explodingdynamite7319]

No No No!

[@Handinmapocket]

Great video! Really well made in writing, editing and cohesion! You deserve a lot more views!

[@VirtualLegacy]

Appreciate it!

[@3Kings_Industries]

This game was a solid game changer into unique team formats during the era of shooters and team games.

[@jmorgmate]

This game and Fall of Cybertron were literally my entire childhood. Must have lost thousands of hours to the multiplayer across both games. Genuinely breaks my heart that we never got another one, and that High Moon are nothing but a support studio for COD games now.

[@legojedi5296]

i have so many memories of this game i love it with my entire heart

[@UltimateTS64]

They really need to do a remastered dual pack of these games, or just full on remake them. Imagine what they would look like in 4K with Unreal Engine 5 and on PS5 the adaptive triggers and rumble would be insane.

[@HiddenChannel]

Another amazing video. This series really needs a proper conclusion.

[@sirrr4881]

This was my childhood, god i miss this game so much. So much memories!

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

Another great video❤ love the transformers really wish this storyline got a conclusion

[@StaviPorter]

Both the campaigns and online matches for war and fall of cybertron were before their time! Definitely would love a comeback of the same game mechanics on the new gen graphics

[@40kfanatics]

showing Warhammer 40k space marine at 1:50 as a "gears of war clone" couldn't be a more bizarre comparison. space marine doesn't even have a cover system

[@Catchphrase_]

I am Majinkakarot1386 and I was one of the top players in this game and yes it was so ahead of it self please remake this for us game devs please

[@getsumjr1044]

Don't know if this has been commented already, but on pc there is a popular FPS unlock tool that lets you play up to 120 frames. Instantly brings this game to modern standard and maybe beyond! One of my absolute favorite titles of PS3 era

[@katakuna2806]

Ill never forgive activision for delisting war and fall of cybertron

[@gimpsickle5806]

Because the gameplay was so solid

[@RJclough]

Dark of the Moon is the best tie in movie game, making it a prequel was so much better

[@abnormalitiesinreality6649]

Its crazy how they made 2 of the greatest movie tie-in games (X-Men Origines: Wolverine and Dark of the Moon) Not many game development studios can say the same

[@WillMack38]

definetly needs more subs

[@teddycush55]

Incredible games loved the feel fall of cyber torn was incredible and hearing ‘the touch’ made me tear up. Playing as Dinobots in multiplayer. Loved it

[@Juju-cm7ge]

The mp was so underrated

[@matternot666]

the unique bodies you could make were goated

[@thewhiteshadow127]

I just got out my Xbox 360 the other day and first thing I did was see if any of my transformer games worked sadly 2 don’t but but the cybertron games still work thankfully and I’m playing both from start to finish to just feel how good it was to play

[@konstantinivanov1717]

Out of curiosity, which are the 2 that don't work?

[@firepounder]

@@konstantinivanov1717probably the ones based on the movies which is a W

[@incognit01233]

This is the cartoon and movie transformer fans wanted to be honest. Would like to see them make a canon version of the original script that was supposed to be done for the og movie. Would like if they had a build your own bot type thing.

[@arceusthegod4123]

Thanks for mentioning the DS versions! I grew up on those before getting it on the Xbox 360. I remember having so much fun as a kid on the ds versions, I still have the deception one today but I’ve grown out of it sadly. I’ll still go back to it one day I’m sure. PS: I know you didn’t put that at C???? 😟

[@TheRandomrandom97]

campaign banged, escalation banged, multiplayer banged one of the greatest games ever made

[@thehoodedone3822]

I loved this game so much. I use to play it every day after school. 1 day my PS3 just stopped working and I was mentally destroyed! 😂😂

[@AdamSelvig]

War for cybertron is my 3rd transformers game

[@skeletor8951]

The PC version of WFC did in fact have a physical release, I have it. Unfortunately disk drives are not that common on PCs anymore, which left it unplayable for me lol.

[@jamesconway7695]

this is one game that should get remade for next gen console

[@titan_redeemer7371]

I think that, with evidence from the concept art, the final fight arena with Trypticon was originally meant to be far larger to accommodate a fight with him at a more consistent scale

[@SosaXSeraphim]

I think this games timeline of events was perfect we got the war the fall out and then transformers prime on earth

[@daveyfgn]

SIMPLE….. GREAT STORY/ GAMEPLAY AND GREAT PVP!!!!! If a new transformers game doesn’t have good PvP I’ll wait for a sale

[@docsavage4921]

It's loved because you get to fight Omega f'n Supreme in an arena. I remember just before this game came out, all anyone could talk about was how Megatron rose up to Omega's ankle.

[@ignotiev]

I played on the PS3. I loved the multiplayer so much. While the maps were a little generic, the combat was very intense and very fun. While there was one or two things that I liked that were added in Fall of Cybertron, I felt the attempt at simplifying combat was a mistake. It's my hope that with the arrival of Transformers One next year that Hasbro might consider making an MMO game set on Cybertron or across multiple planets.

[@BoringRoboBoi]

Don't know if anyone's posted this comment, but there is a physical release for PC, but its difficult to find as far as I'm aware and still reasonably priced (paid $20 for mine on ebay about a year ago)

[@chifuee226]

There is a physical pc version, I am holding it rn

[@bitwize]

I would rank the campaign a B. It was really solid, I loved the third-person shooter setup that emphasized mobility and the use of your robot abilities (including "changing form") to gain a tactical advantage rather than just bog-standard fire-and-motion tactics. And the story and characters were well done, akin to one of the Transformers comics, with recognizable characters displaying personalities faithful to the G1 originals. It's really sad that what I had feared would happen when I played this game has come to pass; and the servers were shut down rendering multiplayer impossible except for those who go out of their way for an unofficial multiplayer setup using DNS spoofing. This and Titanfall 2 are in the category of those games that deserve to live forever, like Doom does.

[@willthomas3399]

I will never understand why Hasbro hasn’t done a movie about the cyberteonian civil war. Everyone lost their mind when Bumblebee 2018 had a WFC scene at the beginning and for good reason

[@God-xd1wr]

The Cybertron games are my all time favourite parts of the entire Transformers franchise. Gotta be two of my favourite genders 🙏

[@factuallysomename]

Two of your favourite genders?? 😂

[@actionman9451]

We need more games or series that actually focus on the war on Cybertron instead of focusing on them with the humans or landing on Earth.

[@dden5396]

A few years ago, I bought fall of cybertron at gamestop, and when I opened the case, I got the download code for war for cybertron. Literally the best purchase of my life.

[@tokusatsukeyblade797]

We need more Transformers games like the Cybertron games.

[@famalam943]

Man, the 3rd game, what the he’ll happened there? We had a good run of 2 games, then just crash & burn hard

[@wifine1951]

The cover art goes hard

[@darthdavlo9516]

curious how this video comes out around the game´s new toyline being released

[@vibespidersstudios8895]

I say for experience too that performance issues hinder my experience a lot. I’ve been through 2 classes into maya and a lot of teachers and assistant say if you are making a model or animation. Less is always better especially a game. If you put less models in a scene the less time the game doesn’t have to optimize and can run better. To be honest, if wfc probably polish their models by doing decreasing facing or vertices (or whatever they can.) Then yeah I think the performance issue would’ve been fixed and especially on consoles like ps3 and Xbox didn’t have the capability to run a game like this at the best performance at the time. Where a pc probably has the better to run the game. Also I didn’t like how slow the robot to alt mode it took. Other than that really solid game and I think people should play it and I hope they open the multi player servers again if they put it on ps5/Xbox (they have the codes really to go for remaster the game but I think it is a copyright issue) 😊🙏

[@matternot666]

it was the first time transformers committed to being mature, too bad they refuse to go that direction in modern media other than comics

[@Ace-rp7vr]

Ok the DS games for the first bayformers movie was amazing

[@kaymeachem1619]

If it’s not able to be downloaded might get the same treatment as metal gear solid and grand theft auto. Getting a version for newer consoles

[@joshy9140]

good video, although I don't think I'd say Space Marin is a gears clone >.>

[@expertbacon6447]

It probably doesn't matter but this game came out before they were trying to combine continuity so it was actually canon to the g1 series

[@lumpies]

Please remaster these games, please!

[@aircraftcarrierwo-class]

Awfully long video to say "Because it's extremely good", but I appreciate the work that went in.

[@MeruAileron]

Yo, I remember playing as Grimlock in this game and just whooping the shit out of Shockwave! Edit: I realize now that might've been Fall of Cybertron... still a memorable series of games. Trailers were hype!

[@logantaggart4069]

I still own my original copies of both WFC and FOC

[@g04tn4d0]

Because they're fucking awesome. That's why. 🐐😎🎉

[@guyarmon9410]

No no no, i remember I got my pc copy in a shop with a disk!!! It has a pc copy

[@bovenistheking2334]

Cause of this video I bought a 360 and the two games, techinically three I bought a sealed fall of cybertron

[@ayaannazir7308]

This game was amazing but I’m confused as to why the game was capped in on 30fps, idk it just bugged me

[@VirtualLegacy]

The game really struggles to hold even 30fps on the Xbox 360. Is the PC version locked to 30fps? The games delisted now so I couldn't play that version, but I heard it wasn't a very good port.

[@tommonarch9488]

The port has community fixes that make it the preferred platform. 4k, fov, unlocked fps, updated textures, etc.

[@JackSCole]

coz they were rly good writen games

[@novustalks7525]

Not a fan of the story, but the gameplay and world building is fantastic

[@ElJorro]

We need a renewal

[@johnprime1147]

Thank you for not Acknowledging the Abortion known as Transformers ROTDS. I like the Idea. Not the Execution. There's this Saying we have Among out Community. There are ONLY 2 Transformers Cybertron Games. Not 3. A 3rd NEVER Happened. But I grew up with War For Cybertron. So I got used to a Lot of things. And I was Really Young when I played it. Like 5 Years old to 10 Years Old. The Game was Apart of my Childhood. Without it I wouldn't have Been able to Live. Oh and it's Sequel. Jesus. When I saw the Trailer for the First Time. I HAD To get it. The Teo Trailers for Fall of Cybertron Sold the Entire Game Series for me back then. Rewatching the Trailers. They Still Hit Fucking Hard. The Trailer's have Aged like Fine Wine

[@TBH_happymeal]

Is it just me or did the designs regress in the sequel, i think optimus looks way better in this game honestly, but i like his car mode better in the sequel, both are amazing but i think war had the better designs

[@ranimdude]

Its peak.

[@jeff_howard_photos]

Most people forget, but Starscream was never known by that name he used to be name sky commander

[@novustalks7525]

Nintendo doesn’t split games up. Your statement there was incorrect

[@Alan69696]

Nah, S-tier forever and always, this was a GEM, and I'm happy to shill over 80 bucks for a copy of this treasure. Great vid tho.

[@RRagan]

Way better than fall of cybertron.

[@primevalyautja1305]

Honestly I Prefer WFC over Fall of Cybertron

[@therealking6202]

Alt-mode.

[@peterlawson8040]

Comment

[@kyzit8458]

War and fall arent really in aligned

[@chino19963]

It’s considered in aligned, until someone says otherwise it’s in aligned

[@kyzit8458]

@@chino19963 well is rise of the dark spark also in aligned? I mean i dont think its canon to the games because you cant even place cybertron moments on the timeline.

[@chino19963]

@@kyzit8458 I always thought of rise of the dark spark as non canon

[@chino19963]

@@kyzit8458 plus aligned always had a loose continuity, the stuff that happens in the games, comics, and transformers prime were always similar but different also, it was a weird time period for the franchise lol

[@kyzit8458]

@@chino19963 yeah but what happened to hundreds of autobots on the ark in tf prime? In the novels there were a lot less i think

[@BansheeNT-D]

Fall of Cybertron has no replay value in compare to War for Cybertron.

[@jakepfander2490]

Now who played cyberton ADVENTURES on the Wii?! That game went hard

[@Juju-cm7ge]

Uhh no.. it didn’t 😂

[@JackTheFenris]

Game is a mediocre third person shooter with a transformer skin.

[@masturch33f66]

You’re the only one who thinks that

[@genyakozlov1316]

@@masturch33f66 Not the only one.

[@masturch33f66]

@@genyakozlov1316 You’re the only two who think that