Angry Birds Transformers

Angry Birds Transformers

Developer(s) Rovio Entertainment
Exient Entertainment
Publisher(s) Rovio Entertainment
Distributor(s) Hasbro
Composer(s) Vince DiCola
Kenny Meriedeth
Series Angry Birds
Platform(s) iOS, Android, Windows Phone[1]
Release date(s) September 25, 2014 (Finland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia)
October 15, 2014 (worldwide on iOS)
October 30, 2014 (worldwide on Android)
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up, side-scrolling

Angry Birds Transformers is a in a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game, the tenth installment in the Angry Birds series, a crossover between Angry Birds and Transformers, featuring battles between the Autobirds and Deceptihogs, Angry Birds versions of the Autobots and Decepticons. It is published by Rovio Entertainment with collaboration from Hasbro.[2][3] The game was released on October 15, 2014 for iOS, released on October 30, 2014 for Android.[4][5] The release includes related licensed merchandise and a toy line from Hasbro. The game's catchphrase is "Birds Disguised as Robots in Disguise".

Plot

The EggSpark has crashed into the surface of Piggy Island and the birds and pigs have turned into the Transformers. Unfortunately, it has also turned the eggs into the EggBots, which are turning all pigs into their minions and then turning non-living things into towers that want to destroy life. The Autobirds and Deceptihogs must put their differences aside to destroy the transformed pigs and then capture the mischievous EggBots.

Gameplay

The goal is to survive through the run, shooting at pigs and structures and transforming into vehicles, since failure to survive results in zero destroyed pigs and having zero armor for that character. Pigs can be eliminated by shooting directly at them, but it is sometimes easier to defeat them by shooting at the structures or making TNT explode. Since the game is a side-scroller, pigs who have gone out the screen can no longer be eliminated. The player can use the user's Facebook friends unlocked characters or randomly generated characters to assist in a level for a limited time.

Coins may be collected either during runs, or simply by waiting and collecting coins that generate over time from freed areas. The game has beach, forest, desert and urban city levels. Some levels or features can be only unlocked when the player has eliminated a particular number of pigs, collected enough coins or upgraded enough Transformers.[6] As of January 2015, the last Transformer (Dark Megatron) is available to unlock at Rank 150.

Telepods

The game is the fourth game in the franchise to be compatible with Hasbro's Telepods, a toy line also used in other Angry Birds games such as Angry Birds Star Wars II.[7] When using Telepods, it can summon the toy's Transformer, and either boost its power or recharge its armor. It is necessary to scan the toy's QR code each time after the app is closed since the application will "forget" the Telepods the user has previously scanned in.

Characters

In the game, there are six Autobirds and five Deceptihogs, but some have more than one Transformer alter ego. The six birds are Red, Chuck, Terence, Hal, Bubbles, and Stella as Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, Bumblebee, Heatwave and Sentinel Prime, Grimlock, Jazz and Arcee, in respective order.[8] The five pigs in the game are the King Pig, Corporal Pig, Mustache Pig, Chef Pig, and Minion Pig as Bludgeon and Megatron and Brawl, Galvatron, Lockdown, Soundwave and Soundblaster, and Starscream, in respective order.[9] In the spin-off comic series of the game, Bomb and the Blues (Jay, Jake, and Jim) portray the roles of the Autobots Drift and Bluestreak respectively, but they are not yet playable.

Soundtrack

Angry Birds Transformers
Soundtrack album by Angry Birds, Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth
Released October 14, 2014
Length 14:91
Label Music Kickup under license from Rovio Entertainment Ltd

Tracks

  1. "Angry Birds Transformers Main Theme"
  2. "The Battle for Piggy Island"
  3. "Autobirds, Roll Out!"
  4. "Unstoppable Robots"
  5. "In the Desert of the Deceptihogs"
  6. "Robots Chill Out"

Comic series

At SDCC 2014, IDW Publishing and Rovio announced an Angry Birds Transformers crossover comic books series; it will be written by John Barber and art by Marcelo Ferreira and published in Q1 2015.[10]

Reception

Angry Birds Transformers received generally positive reviews, with a Metacritic score of 72/100 based on 13 reviews.[11] The Guardian praised that the game appeals to Transformers fans, while also providing more proof that the Angry Birds can fit neatly into new stories and game genres, while the downside there are timers of multiple hours to upgrade a Transformer, however gems (slowly earned or purchased with real money) make the upgrade happen instantly.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Angry Birds Transformers ‘coming soon’ to Windows Phone. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  2. ↑ "Red Bird as Optimus Prime doing the robot". Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  3. ↑ Rovio Announces ‘Angry Birds Transformers’. "Rovio Announces ‘Angry Birds Transformers’". Morning News USA. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  4. ↑ Stuart Dredge (2013-11-05). "Angry Birds Transformers cues up battle of 'Autobirds and Deceptihogs' | Technology". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  5. ↑ Andy Robertson (2014-09-05). "Rovio Announces ‘Angry Birds Transformers’". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  6. ↑ "Angry Birds Transformers official gameplay trailer released". Angrybirdsnest. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  7. ↑ "Rovio and Hasbro: More than it meets the Eye?". Angry Birds Nest. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  8. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUmALdUbfo
  9. ↑ Meet Angry Birds Foreman Pig as Lockdown
  10. ↑ IDW Publishing 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Announcements Round-Up - Official Press Release
  11. ↑ "Angry Birds Transformers". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  12. ↑ Angry Birds Transformers review – a warmer, crafted homage than the films

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