Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals

The game is based on an alternative version of the original series on transformers, created by Canadian animators - Beast Wars . Maximalists , led by Optimus Prime and Predakony , headed by Megatron, fight for power over an unknown planet. The player has 12 characters to choose from - 8 main and 4 secret, slightly different in the versions of the game for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation :

Maximal

• Optimus Prime (present in both versions)
• Rattrap (present in both versions)
• Reader (present in both versions)
• Tigatron (present in both versions)
• Erazor (Nintendo 64 only)
• Silverbolt (PlayStation only)
• Windsor (PlayStation only)

Predakony

• Megatron (present in both versions)
• Tarantulas (present in both versions)
• Blackarachnia (present in both versions)
• Aspirator (Nintendo 64 only)
• Ravage (present in both versions)
• Starscream (Nintendo 64 only)
• Terrorosaurus (Nintendo 64 only)
• Rampage (PlayStation only)
• Quickstrike (PlayStation only)
• Megatron X (Nintendo 64 only) - non-player character, final opponent

Of all the characters, only Windsor is not the hero of the original animated series.

The game is a typical early three-dimensional fighting game of the fifth generation of gaming systems , such as Tekken and Tobal games. Each character during the battle can be transformed into a specific animal and military vehicle. For example, Optimus Prime can become a gorilla or stand on a skateboard , Terrosaurus - turn into a pterodactyl or fighter, and Tarantula - into a spider or motorcycle.

In order to complete the game, you need to defeat seven opponents and defeat Megatron X in the final duel, after which a victory is declared and the final credits appear on the screen. On Nintendo 64, each character has its own ending, while on the PlayStation, the final video depends only on which side the winning character stands for. At the player’s choice, each match may consist of one, five, seven or nine rounds. In addition, in the game settings you can choose the time allotted for each round, increase or decrease the complexity of the game.

Another distinctive feature of the game on the Nintendo 64 is the presence of three mini-games: a short distance race, a duel on pistols and collecting coins. There are no mini-games in the version of the game on the PlayStation.

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals received very low ratings in all reviews, many were dissatisfied with the poor set of techniques used by transformers, unlike most other fighting games, there are no special hits made by pressing the gamepad buttons in a certain combination.

Reviews

• The English-language news and information website covering the topic of computer games - IGN , gave the game 3.0 / 10.0, including: 6 points for music and sound effects, 3 points for gameplay and 2 points for graphics and "Playability" . The main disadvantages of the game were called poor graphics and a low level of computer intelligence ^[4] .
• The non-profit gaming website Nintenjo rated the game 1.5 points out of 10. The game was terrible and not worth buying. The poor design of the arenas of the game was compared in a review with the desert plains of Nebraska, music and sound were called unremarkable, and the gameplay was extremely unsuccessful ^[5] .
• MobyGames - a website dedicated to cataloging computer games, both past and present, put the version of the game on the Nintendo 64 1.8 points out of 10 ^[6] .

• Small sets of phrases pronounced by the characters of the game are voiced in the North American version by the same actors who voiced the original animated series “Battle of the Beasts”.
• At that time, when the Beast Wars option for the PlayStation was in open sale, the Nintend version could only be rented at Blockbuster ( en ) chain of stores ^[7] .
• At the beginning of the game, basic information about events is provided by text floating on the screen, as in Star Wars .
• Despite the fact that in the series Rainox and Ospinator remained in the first form until the very end of the conflict, in the game both characters have transmetallic bodies based on their toys.
• Despite the fact that the bodies of all transformers are transmetallic, they cannot stay in robot or transport mode for long, but are forced to switch to beast mode, which completely contradicts the series
• As bonus materials, the game contains images of toys.
• In the version of the game for Nintendo 64, Tigatron, Ravage, Blackarachnia and Starscream are hidden characters, in order to play for them, you need to select the character whose repepts they are (Reader, Tarantulas or Spinator, respectively), if you press Z + A and scroll through the color options until until the desired character appears.

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