Being a shooter, the sound effects take advantage of a surround sound system, but it doesnвЂ™t necessarily make your subwoofer work out. The music strikes the вЂњepic orchestraвЂќ tone youвЂ™d usually expect from war-centric title, although this being the Transformers, thereвЂ™s a certain nerdy hope that Stan BushвЂ™s iconic song will make a cameo, and it does. Other voice acting veterans include Fred Tatasciore and the almost obligatory Nolan North appearance, but Cullen is clearly the star of the show. The audio department maintains the same quality as the previous game, with Peter Cullen still taking up the bassy mantle of Optimus Prime, so all is still right with the world. ItвЂ™s a good looking game, but since it takes place on Cybertron, donвЂ™t expect any lush jungles here. The art direction carries over from the predecessor itвЂ™s a shiny, more elaborate interpretation of classic G1 character designs although some transformations-like Megatron shrinking into a Walther P38-have been ignored, and others-like Soundwave still turning into a boombox-are left hilariously intact but unexplained. The rest of the time performance sat at a comfortable 20+ to 30 frames per second, well within the acceptable range for decent action play. There is some occasional slowdown, but during the review playthrough only one session ever yielded a drop in frame rate so serious it bordered on a slideshow. Unreal Engine III is once again called to action for the graphics, and this time the usual woes of blurry textures snapping into proper resolution a few seconds too late is kept in better check.

Obviously the game looks at its best when played on the PC, but the console versions are no slouch in the looks department either. You donвЂ™t have to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Transformers to know whatвЂ™s going on, but it sure helps a lot if you remember what jerk Starscream was in the old cartoons. Although Fall of Cybertron takes place within its own continuity, it borrows heavily from the G1 universe its target audience-men who are children at heart-will be most familiar with. Would a Transformers fan have it any other way? Nope to that too. Does MegatronвЂ™s innate 80s villainy make any sense in this game? Nope. Optimus Prime and his remaining warriors mean to be on it, while Megatron continues his crusade to rule a dead world and destroy all who oppose him just on principle. The inhabitants of the planet have been fleeing their desiccated world in ships and only one great ark remains. The Autobots defeated Trypticon, but the victory was pyrrhic at best since Cybertron itself is on the verge of shut down.

Fall of Cybertron follows from the events of the self-contained continuity that was War for Cybertron.

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