TL DR This game has some serious matchmaking issues. Even then, it should prevent you from doing anything. This needs to be done at the end of a match. Everytime I have to duck a lobby, because it isn't launching, I have to communicate with Teletraan I or whatever. One of the biggest things that bugs me is the general clunkiness of the menus. I like being able to play a game where I can rely on teammates and have strategy. In order to play with your friends you have to play against them. Private matches are there, which is nice, but there is no real way to play ranked 5v5's or 4v4's with your friends (premade). This game REQUIRES being able to speak to each other. There are no chat lobbies, dedicated servers, VOIP (voice chat), or any other means of communications at all. Other features that are missing from this obvious console port are communications. WHEN I get into a match, it is some of the best multiplayer action I have experienced in a long time. I am plagued with negative countdown timers (the matches never start) and a barebones community. The multiplayer is fantastic, not quite as in depth as the first one, but just feels tighter altogether. I had a tear in my eye, so High Moon did well there. I have not completed the game, so I cannot comment on story besides the fact that the first few missions are awesome. I have not completed the game, so I cannot comment on story besides the fact that the first few This game has the potential to be great. Given that, I give this game an 8 out of 10. While the game can drag on in its stages and lacks some focus, it makes up for that with pretty much everything else that it does right. To conclude this review I'm going to say that it is an overall great game. The premise is pretty much the autobots trying to leave cybertron after the events of the first game. The soundtrack is composed of amazing sounding orchestral scores that create an atmosphere appropriate to that in the game.
For me that's alright and in fact I enjoyed it because it felt like the original transformers cartoon. The voice acting might be a mixed bag for some people as it is campy as heck. And in each different style of play it brings to the table, it executes fantastically. I highly suggest cranking up the graphics all the way if your computer can handle it. The game sports a larger variety of locations than the cramped and sometimes creepy corridors of the first game, and these locations look great on a good pc. Now for the god stuff and there is a lot of that. My second and final issue with this game is that levels drag on for at least a half our each but that is remedied by a healthy amount of checkpoints about 5-10 minutes in between each other. Unfortunately once you get the hang of said character, you're immediately switched to a different one. Thankfully this game provides a good difficulty ramp for each set of stages to allow you to get accustomed to playing as that specific character. And the next I was playing metal gear fall of cybertron as cliffjumper. For instance here I was shooting the crap out of decepticons as optimus prime in a gears of war-esque couple of stages. This game can lack focus And by that I mean that in almost every stage you're playing as a new character with a huge difference of gameplay style than the last. Let me start on a more negative note this time. It improves upon almost everything its predecessor did and is just an all around fantastic game.