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Although is still dreaming of a comeback of Go Nagai's super robots in recent years mechanical design enthusiasts have enjoyed the massive comeback of Transformers, driven by the success of Michael Bay's blockbuster. Although the film productions based on the license have not received attention from critics videogame, the game of High Moon, The Battle for Cybertron , with its own authenticity, has demonstrated that with the Transformers you can have fun even without a model of metal and plastic in his hands but simply holding a controller. Thanks to this successful media, the universe's robotic Takara (imported by Hasbro in the West) has taken a new branch independent, that instead of doing the special effects to the aesthetics of cinema again redraw the needs of the origins of the contemporary.

The new game in the works, Fall of Cybertron, scheduled for 2012, you hang up the events of the previous chapter, but, from a stylistic point of view is that the narrative, it stands out, posing as a new game. The main difference is the progression: The Battle for Cybertron, in fact, presented the war for supremacy on the planet through two separate campaigns, one of the Autobots and the Decepticon. Great idea, shame that in this way, the difficulty curve could be compromised, presenting twice for the same type of levels. In the Fall of Cybertron, which recounts the final stages before the collapse of the planet (an event that will then lead the Transformers on Earth), there is a unique storyline, which starts and ends with the Autobots, but also with the participation of the Central Decepticon rivals, thereby presenting both points of view, but along a playful progression of increasing difficulty.

For longtime fans of one of the most interesting is the presence of the Dinobots, the robots are able to turn into mechanical dinosaurs. Unlike counterparts in the shape of the vehicle, keep the Dinobots look more like the animated series, while presenting the same aggressive style and dynamic of the other media. Style that points to a more "physicality" of the characters, emphasized even more by animation: you can see the new livery of Optimus Prime to note that what may seem like a simplification of lines actually serves to ensure a more massive stage presence (in vehicle form, Optimus arrange before almost looks like a closed fist with the wheels), highlighted by animation from robot to vehicle movements reminiscent of a proud gorilla. The key to the interpretation of the characters are animated by their own transformation, which High Moon has devoted much attention and that, in fact, have always been the strong point of the toy.

If it is true that the transformation is the key mechanism of the model, in a video game is not enough to ensure the pleasure of interaction. Fortunately, the different view of the cosmos by Autobot and Decepticon leads to particularly address the issue in terms of physical dominance, thereby leading to an armed confrontation between the two factions. The military confrontation as demonstrated by the variety of armaments, divided into primary and secondary weapon, and at the level of implementation and effects reminiscent of other imaginative arsenal of games such as Ratchet & Clank . Both the Autobots that the Decepticons have access to all weapons in the game and, above all, every weapon can be modified through specific locations that are located around the world, adding significant performance, as an increase in firing rate of 75% . Having a single weapon enhancement, rather than subtle updates any changes will play an important right from the start, in addition, this improvement is already available for the character that uses that type of weapon at a later time.

To compensate for this increased accessibility to the power of fire, High Moon has also improved artificial intelligence system, which shows the reaction times significantly faster and to provide more variety, the robots are divided into classes that have different patterns of behavior : already the type of animation of the transformation we can identify any weaknesses in planning my attack strategy.

Summing up, we are still far from having a complete view of the project, but apparently the development team is doing everything possible to equip the saga of a thickness increasing, creating an interesting product not only for the nostalgic TV series, but for fans of video games and mechanical design in general.