Transformers: Battlegrounds Gets Its First Gameplay Trailer, Digital Deluxe Edition Revealed

Is this the first game that favors digital buyers? Interesting!

It looks like a Wii game.

I didn't realize this was turn based. This game now has my attention!

BRING THE DEVASTATION TO SWITCH !!!

@koekiemonster no there has been a few - wwe battlegrounds had a digital deluxe version too. Made by different companies although similar name and now marketing practises ha

I can not make up my mind if I like this or not 😱

Isn't this free on IOS?

This looks like a mobile game

One shall stand one shall go straight to the bargain bin

@Itachi2099 XCOM Enemy Unknown’s on mobile, doesn’t make it any less of a great console game.

@nessisonett bad example, that was a console/PC game first.

@Itachi2099 And this literally isn’t coming to mobile.

@OorWullie A Wii game with better lighting and higher resolution, but otherwise yes.

Honestly, this look pretty bad to me. In both gameplay & graphics. Too bad. The idea is pretty cool & if properly executed, it could have been fantastic.

Basically no Transformers fan wants this game, lack of playable Decepticons is just one of many reasons. It's going to do terrible and there will be no TF games ever again.

What ever happened to that third-person shooter Transformers game..? The one that felt like Metroid Prime Hunters. Wish they would port that one instead.

It's one of those games that looks like it started as a mobile game and got expanded for consoles.
If it is I hope they change those stupid chunky menus that are great for touch screens but look horrible on the big screen.

"exciting tactical combat and co-op arcade action"
Hmmm... If the game has a tactical co-op mode then count me in. But it reads as co-op has an own mode that's action oriented. If so: I'm cold as ice.

Yeah not interested and can’t even remember if there was ever a proper transformers game. 😐

It looks so bad. How did we get here from the Cybertron games?

@Spoony_Tech i also had no idea it was turn based and much more appealing now. If it can match the gameplay and difficulty of Mario Kingdom I will pick it up.

Doubt they offer it but permadeath be nice option for TBS veterans.

Optimus Prime sounds like he's got a nasty cold, he sounds very nasally

As a Transformers' fan from the 80's: it looks alright to me. Perhaps not the cartoon style I loved, but it looks honest to the Cyberverse universe. I didn't see where Decepticons are not playable, but that would definitely be a miss from my point of view. Color me on the fence until there is some more actual gameplay & info.

Meh, rather have War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. Hope this is good for whom it appeals to.

@Itachi2099 your example is worse cause this isn’t even coming to mobile.

Looks absolutely awful to me. There is so much you can potentially do with the concept of transforming robots, yet it just gets shoehorned into this type of nonsense. And where’s the humor here , it’s all so joyless and over-the-top dramatic. Pass.

A turn-based tactical Transformers (or G.I. JOE, for that matter) game would be amazing if it A) was more comprehensive (featuring MANY more characters and sub-teams such as Constructicons, Dinobots, etc.) and had a truly "AAA" presentation (think along the lines of Valkyria Chronicles' amazing hybrid turn-based/real-time engine with those sweet visuals). And if you really wanted to push it into "All-time great" territory, you could offer both a thrilling, lengthy campaign written by people who know the franchises and their lore with a fully featured multiplayer mode (local or online).

For now though, this is what we get. Meh.

@Stocksy it’s an interesting choice.
Perhaps it’s cheaper for 3rd-party’s to publish on the e-shop than physical releases?!?

1. This looks like a gameboy advance game. HORRIBLE looking.
2. The fact that the first trailer really didn’t reveal it was a turn based game leads me to believe this game is horrible. Why would you have hidden that?!?!
3. Why does optimus prime sound like he’s trying to seduce me???? I don’t like it.
4. Horrible graphics. Just HORRIBLE.

Wow its looks so good I'm from the past of 2007.

Not that exciting for such a beloved franchise. Also, someone please nail a Macross/Robotech game for once!!!

Terrible. Awful.

Cyberverse?
BOO!

@koekiemonster digital buyers are favored by most game developers or distributors. Used games up for sale is a big no no.

@Scrubicius but why are almost no publisher take these steps to make digital more attractive?

No thank you. Come back with a game on par with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron and then I'll buy your Transformers games Hasbro. Also, no Cyberverse. I'm not a big fan of the art style and also, bring back Peter Cullen and Frank Welker as Optimus and Megatron respectively.

@Spoony_Tech

It's not turn-base, but rather a real-time strategy game.

Why must you throw your cash away so recklessly!?

@TimboSlice Check what GBA graphics look like again.

was hoping this was gonna be another battle royal game. tbh, not enough going on to hook me. sadly looks like itll get boring quick.

I don't think that Transformers look bad despite i'm not a fan of Transformers.
The graphic was okay, very standard kids games.
The gameplay was okay, strategy game like Mario + Rabbid.
I think too many saltiness about this game from majority users here.

@arrmixer There have been a few. The War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron games were pretty good and I'd say "Transformers Prime: The Game" on DS/Wii/WiiU is somewhat of a hidden gem - terribly short, but pretty well put together.

"Transformers: Animated" on DS was a good "Lost Vikings" clone.

And "Transformers" on PS2 (the one based on the TF Armada series) was great as well.

And there was also a previous turn-based title on mobile phones - Transformers G1 Awakening that was pretty addicting and I quite enjoyed it.

Why do massive, important franchises allow terrible games to be made of them, and actually let them go through to publishing?

@koekiemonster Arent EA and Epic doing this already
Good question!

@Preposterous No playable Decepticons?

I'd honestly rather they port over Devastation to Switch.

Hey Developers of this Transformer game? Get out of the office and check the newspapers! We are in 2020. Competing PS2 games is NOT AN OPTION.