Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

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Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is a third-person shooter in the Transformers franchise. The game has a new developer and bridges the gap between the Transformers movie universe and the game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. It acts as a prequel to both Fall of Cybertron and the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction. It takes place before the Ark is launched in the Aligned continuity (after the events of Transformers: War for Cybertron), but also deals with one of Lockdown's schemes in the Age of Extinction part. At the start of the game an object flies towards Earth, in continuity with the movie, destroying an orbiting satellite and it is spotted by the mercenary Lockdown. The player starts as the Autobot Drift, sent to a burning city to investigate the attack. Lockdown is there as well and he manages to reach the artifact that crashed there first, the titular Dark Spark. When it is in Lockdown's possession, its power makes Optimus powerless to intervene and Lockdown departs. Through thirteen chapters the story takes various characters through many locations based around the Dark Spark then played largely as a flashback in Cybertron based on the games' storyline instead of the movie. For each chapter the perspective usually switches between Autobots and Decepticons and the game does not offer a choice in transformers or a specific faction side as in the previous games.

Characters players get to control are Bumblebee, Drift, Grimlock, Jetfire, Optimus Prime, Sharpshot, Sideswipe, Soundwave and Swindle. There are about 20 guns in total, including a regular shotgun, rifle, minigun and semi-automatic gun, but also chaining beams, a slime cannon that slows down and a blade shooter (Gear Shredder). Certain attacks are unique for a specific transformer, such as the ability for Sharpshot to cloak. There are both car and air-based transformations, as well as a Dinobat and an Insecticon section. Weapons can be upgraded with bonuses for specific weapons, faster reload and larger clips. By leveling up or completing bonus challenges gear drops can be earned, ranging from bronze to gold in value, and prime for specific milestones. These boxes provide new weapons, character unlocks for multiplayer, Tech (single-use power-ups) and Hacks (gameplay modifiers). The latter two often offer experience multipliers or other advantages. Duplicate drops are converted into upgrade points.

The online multiplayer mode is called Escalation. Up to four players work together cooperatively to destroy fifteen waves of progressively more difficult enemies on eight maps in totals, grabbing ammo and reviving each other during games. In multiplayer there are over 40 characters to choose from, some with different models based on the movie or the game universe, and also the Generation 1 Optimus Prime. The Wii U version does not have the multiplayer mode. The experience and leveling system with its unlocks is shared between the single-player and multiplayer mode.

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Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine3
• Inspiration: Movies
• Middleware: DemonWare
• Middleware: Scaleform GFx SDK
• Protagonist: Robot
• Transformers licensees

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Critic Reviews

411mania.com	Xbox One	Jul 07, 2014	9 out of 10	90
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Jun 27, 2014	56 out of 100	56
TrueAchievements	Xbox 360	Jun 08, 2014		50
4Players.de	Xbox One	Jul 03, 2014	41 out of 100	41
4Players.de	PlayStation 4	Jul 03, 2014	41 out of 100	41
4Players.de	Xbox 360	Jul 03, 2014	41 out of 100	41
4Players.de	PlayStation 3	Jul 03, 2014	41 out of 100	41
Nintendo-Online.de	Wii U	Jul 06, 2014	4 out of 10	40
Nintendo Life	Wii U	Jun 30, 2014		30
GameAwards.ru	Windows	Sep 30, 2014	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

PlayStation 4 Pre-Load

The PS4 version is the first game for the platform to use the system's pre-loading feature introduced in the v1.70 software update. It allows users to pre-load games after pre-ordering them to play them right away after they are unlocked on the release day.

Related Web Sites

• Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (official website)
• Wikipedia: Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (Article about the game in the open encyclopedia)