Something about the Evergreen designs is subtly off-putting to me. I can't explain why. They're so inoffensive that I feel like I should have no reaction to them, but there's definitely a vague "ew" feeling.
Transformers Galactic Trials: new console game (Sept 5: gameplay trailer released)
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Is it that they feel "corporately safe"? Like they were focus-group tested?
Maybe, but I don't see why my reaction couldn't just be indifference. Like, I have no feelings whatsoever about the game itself, or anything else the Evergreen designs have been in. Total indifference. Doesn't bother me. Don't care. But I see those designs and some quiet alarm goes off.
I'm not quite sure what that's like specifically, but my own reaction is a weird sort of aggressive apathy.
Like, they're not designs I know from G1, so that hook is unavailable. But they're not particularly distinctive either in the way that other reinterpretations are, so there's nothing there as well. They're like pre-style guide, "let this artist draw them as whatever just close enough" for a tie-in coloring book or whatever. And so all that's really there are the broad strokes and little of the... Spark? That one might hope for from these. It's a bit odd because I didn't mind them when designs in that vein were used in Cyberverse.
Doesn't help that apparently the Evergreen artwork notes for Hot Rod specifically don't mention the flame deco as a signature element. I mean, I'm glad to see the pipes and spoiler there, but wow. Your whole thing is boiling characters down to their aesthetic essentials, and this guy doesn't have Hot Rod Flames?
Like, they're not designs I know from G1, so that hook is unavailable. But they're not particularly distinctive either in the way that other reinterpretations are, so there's nothing there as well. They're like pre-style guide, "let this artist draw them as whatever just close enough" for a tie-in coloring book or whatever. And so all that's really there are the broad strokes and little of the... Spark? That one might hope for from these. It's a bit odd because I didn't mind them when designs in that vein were used in Cyberverse.
Doesn't help that apparently the Evergreen artwork notes for Hot Rod specifically don't mention the flame deco as a signature element. I mean, I'm glad to see the pipes and spoiler there, but wow. Your whole thing is boiling characters down to their aesthetic essentials, and this guy doesn't have Hot Rod Flames?
Well, the game is out and, er, the reviews haven't been pretty.
Still, now we know what Shattered Glass Nemesis Prime looks like...
Still, now we know what Shattered Glass Nemesis Prime looks like...
That reminds me of Transformers Prime Ultra Magnus.
I never expected the next "War for/Fall of Cybertron" when a new Transformers game comes out within a year of the last game, and I sometimes think some immediately crap on these for not being of that past quality and prestige, and doesn't appreciate what these are just.
At least I'd like to start by saying that, as the Game store I Stop at didn't even have the copy I preordered the day it was supposed to come out, and (as of last Friday) still haven't.
I'm not expecting it to be great, and it looks like it won't be a quick completion like "Earthspark: Expedition" was, but I paid for it and I want to play it damnit.
At least I'd like to start by saying that, as the Game store I Stop at didn't even have the copy I preordered the day it was supposed to come out, and (as of last Friday) still haven't.
I'm not expecting it to be great, and it looks like it won't be a quick completion like "Earthspark: Expedition" was, but I paid for it and I want to play it damnit.
I tried to get a review copy for here and Nintendo Force, and was told they'd get back to me around release, but... they didn't.
And yeah, I tried following up. Nada.
That probably speaks volumes by itself.
And yeah, I tried following up. Nada.
That probably speaks volumes by itself.
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Transformers: Galactic Trials - Cut n' Shut (Review)
Transformers: Galactic TrialsReleased: October 11th, 2024Developer: 3D CloudsPublisher: Outright GamesSystems: PC, PS5 (reviewed), Switch, Xbox Series X/SA Transformers racing game isn’t a bad idea. This Transformers racing game is an appalling idea. I wouldn’t call Galactic Trials one of the...
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Oh, Sterling reviewed it?!
This I gotta see!
...
Hmm, she seems more restrained than I expected.
Still, guess not getting a review code could be considered a mercy, albeit one with a missed payday. Oh well.
This I gotta see!
...
Hmm, she seems more restrained than I expected.
Still, guess not getting a review code could be considered a mercy, albeit one with a missed payday. Oh well.
It was still a scathing review. She bloody hated it.
I expected this to be forgettable, but that review makes it sound aggressively bad.
Who here's going to stream a playthrough? I'll give you a watch.
Who here's going to stream a playthrough? I'll give you a watch.
Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm not sure what I was expecting, really.
More Skeleton Warriors, maybe?