Hot damn. I know it’s just a pre-rendered trailer, and I know the song is corny, but this 1:47 of Transformers action spoke to me more as a Transformer fan than Michael Bay’s three films put together.
It’s the Spike Holiday Video Game Advertising Extravaganza Spike Video Game Awards trailer for the upcoming action game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and I feel quite comfortable getting excited for it since its predecessor, 2010′s War for Cybertron, was so great.
Chuloopa
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:41 AMFor once in my life i’m going to give Luke a standing ovation for that title alone
NegativeZero
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:43 AM“this 1:47 of Transformers action spoke to me more as a Transformer fan than Michael Bay’s three films put together.”
That’d be because this is actually Transformers. Bay’s films are B-grade giant monster films where the monsters are transforming robots and they’ve conveniently dug up a well-known 80s franchise to stretch over the top.
Zug the Megasaurus
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:47 AMSo well said.
James Mason
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:08 AMI would like to bake a cake with Zug.
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:41 PMBay’s films had more in common with GoBots than Transformers – War for Cyberton was the best Transformers story I’ve seen this side of the 1986 movie.
Heisenburg
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM“Tool”, what have you done….
zodmode
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 3:25 PMwell to be fair, it’s just keenan.
JAZMAGNUS
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:50 AMPLEASE MAKE AN ANIMATED MOVIE BASED ON THIS
Steve
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:45 AMTransformers Prime has already finished its first season you know
Chuloopa
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:54 AMAlso
STARSCREAM GOT KNOCKED THE F*** OUT!!!
James Mac
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:03 AMSo… you’re saying Bays’ movies need more cg?
Chuloopa
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:07 AMNah – just less Bay :P
Mic
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 5:15 PMIf more CG removes the humans entirely from the font row of the story, I’m fine with that.
TheLastQuestion
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:09 AMI am so ridiculously excited for this. I am very sad to hear that they’re scrapped campaign co-op, but Escalation should more than make up for that. I just hope that the multiplayer lasts a little longer than it did in War for Cybertron.
This is going to be my Battlefield, CoD and Halo all wrapped in a delicious slice of pop culture.
I really hope the likes of Hot Rod, Kup and Springer make it into this one.
Samuel Webster
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:12 PMI just hope the multiplayer has an offline option, please please please
TheLastQuestion
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 1:04 PMIt won’t. No split screen either.
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:44 PMOn Xbox at least the multiplayer is still going – the other night me and my brother were playing BF3 and decided to try out Crysis 2 – no-one was playing – on a Saturday night! We then booted up WFC – 200 people were in the game – it still gets played, not the biggest hit but hopefully they figure out how to hold onto the aud this time around cuz it really is one of the TDM games in recent years.
Effluvium Boy
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:46 AMReminded me of a Zack Snyder film (or John Woo)
Also, man, that music is awfully cheesy.
Also, why does Bumblebee have rosy cheeks?
Steve
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:47 AMI like the visuals but why did they have to use the same faux-prog rock that Michael Bay uses in those movies. It even sounds like Linkin Park.
AnalystWeresmurf
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:01 AMDid you see the same clip everyone else did? The song was ‘The Humbling River’ by Puscifier, one of the TOOL band members and A Perfect Circle made it. Sounds NOTHING like Linkin Park??? A solemn song, not screaming nu metal crap.
Steve
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:23 AMHave you heard Linkin Park’s recent work? (I have, but only because they’re shoe-horned into the Transformers movies), they ALWAYS start off with this exact same slow, ‘solemn’ tone before the noise begins. I don’t know if it was intentional to echo the Michael Bay-style, but boy is it close.
matt
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:39 AMyeah this is offending me, it sounds nothing like linkin park, just stop talking about maynard as if he can be compared to RADIO music…
Chazz
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:23 PMDude, really? Even as a Linkin Park fan (yeah I said it) that is a ridiculous comment to make.
The Cracks
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:59 AMSHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
*throws wallet at screen*
Todd
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:12 AMI’ll say it…mother-Blamming GRIMLOCK baby!
That’s enough right there.
matt
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:37 AMmaynard isnt corny hes a musical genius!!!
Antho
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:46 AMIm so stoked for this game.
Did anyone else notice the decepticon combiner??
Just Awesome.
TheLastQuestion
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:09 PMThey announced Bruticus a while ago, but damn he looks good in action! I hope they give all of the bots that make him some decent characterization. Considerng they’ve already written a blurb about how Vortex is a kind of ‘spec ops’ con who gets the wet work done, I can’t wait to see what they’ve done with Brawl and Swindle.
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:47 PMHopefully they look at how they didn Swindle in the recent Transformers Animated series – he was pretty badass in that
Mase
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:10 PMBruticus looked awesome, Grimlock looks badass… TAKE MY MONEY!!
Chazz
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:19 PM“Michael Bay, This Is How You Do Transformers” AMEN!!!
That trailer was epic!
warcroft
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:21 PMGrimlock KING!
Xasrai
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 1:42 PMNot to mention that the plot lines in these terribad movies makes no sense? Megatron the schizophrenic anyone?
Why did he try to blow up earth in number 2 if he wanted earth as a new cybertron in number 3? The 1980s plot made so much more sense. Even with dare to be stupid in it.
drewskeOne
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 3:11 PMLuke Plunkett and Fanboys:Hurrrrr durrrrrr hey Michael Bay this is how you do Transformers
Not a single fuck was given when you fanboys still watched it and he made a shit load of profit
Chazz
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 4:00 PMYeah I’m thinking those who didn’t trust Michael Bay with it downloaded it…
drewskeOne
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 4:14 PMThey watched it one way or the other and yet he was still able to pull in a lot of money from his ‘terribad movies’
Chazz
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 5:34 PMYeah but your sentence implied that the “shit load of profit” was a direct result of the fanboys watching it when in reality we know it was a bunch tweens, parents taking their kids and people in their mid 20′s who never got into Transformers growing up.
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:49 PMHe got my money for the first one, but not since and he’s movies are just violent enough for me to veto the kids from seeing em.
Chris Lynn
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 4:13 PMI applaud your psychic powers… oh wait, you’re just assuming the same people watched it.
Nate
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 6:11 PMITT people comparing a full length feature film to a game trailer under 2 minutes.
quicktooth
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 7:39 PMThis looks so sad and serious. It’s actually a lot like the start of the original series; super intense and you never know if the autobots will actually survive. Almost TOO serious and grim to want to play- but this is surely Transformers.
Ash
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:11 PMHow is that song corny, It’s Mystic river by Puscifier. Which is headed by James Maynard Keenan who is also the Lead singer of Tool. I think You need Some Music education Mr Plunkett
Ash
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:13 PMWoops i meant Humbling river. Mystic River is a Sean Penn Movie lol
Mic
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 5:17 PMJust wish this was on PC :(