I had a "Cybertron Edition" of 'Transformers' in my grubby little hands. I kept it for a week and then eventually returned it to the store, unopened. Why? Because of all the horrible reviews of the game.

It killed me. I was dying to play this game. From all the footage I had seen I couldn't image it was THAT bad. It LOOKED amazing.

I couldn't stand it any longer. I had to play this game. I tracked down a copy at my local Blockbuster and, and, and... wait a minute, when did Blockbuster start charging $8 to rent a game?!?! That's almost one-fifth the cost of buying it. Good lord! But, I digress...

You know what? The game is not that bad; and after seeing the movie, I like it even more.

What I like:

• I love the graphics. The complete mayhem with multiple robots, crowds of people, crumbling buildings, crashing vehicles and the ability to pick up almost anything is awesome, and looks so cool.
• The robot details... amazing likeness to the movie.
• The fun of tearing everything up. I love being able to grab a tree out of the ground and beat the heck out of Barricade or one of his other robo-buddies.

What I don't like:

• Driving controls are a little wonky. I can't figure this out. Did the developers want the vehicles to feel like they were housing a 10 million pound robot? It takes a little getting used to, but it's not easy to drive these things. I almost prefer driving as far as I possibly can then running, in robot form, to where I need to be. And as for the "turbo" feature: forget about it... the vehicles are hard enough to drive slow!
• Cut scenes. UGH, not only do they look bad, they interrupt the action every time the game is starts to get good. Get rid of these things!
• Having to restart from the beginning of each mission every time you fail or die. It's great if you can't wait to see all those cut scenes again! Frustration for all of us normal people.

Conclusion: I have only spent a few hours with the game, but I think I'm going to track down another copy to buy (unless someone wants to give me one). It's not the greatest game, but it's far from being bad. Ultimately it's a perfect souvenir from the movie (which I have seen twice and loved) and a great deal of fun to play. I just wish I had kept my "Cybertron Edition."