Transformer: Fall of Cybertron Is Adult Oriented

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will be the first title in the series that is not linked to any movie release and the development team behind it believes that the game can succeed as long as it promotes the tone seen in the initial trailer, revealed during the VGA ceremony.

Greg Agius, the marketing manager working on Fall of Cybertron at High Moon Studios, stated, “We needed to communicate that Fall of Cybertron is an adult oriented game that stands totally apart from anything related to the films. 

“So the team set out to break every rule we could think of for a Transformers trailer: we had zero voiceover, we destroyed main characters, we made the story come to you, and we picked a song that is totally groundbreaking for this franchise.”

He added, “When fans started posting, ‘attention – this is how you do Transformers’ I knew we had done things right. The style and look is all very in line with what gamers are currently playing.”

The High Moon development team needed to make a clean break with the movies based on the Transformers franchise because a number of gamers associated them with bad storytelling and with tie-in games that lacked any compelling mechanics.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will tell the story of how the home planet of the Autobots was destroyed and the developers plan to use a dark tone and approach a lot of complex themes with their story.

Characters included in Fall of Cybertron include: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Jazz, Shockwave, Starscream, Onslaught, Blast Off, Cliffjumper, Ironhide, Grimlock, Sludge, Slag, Snarl, Swoop, Soundwave, Brawl, Swindle and Vortex.

Each character will get its own play style, special attack and unique look.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is set to be released on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and Xbox 360 from Microsoft on August 28 in North America and, presumably, three days later in Europe.

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