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 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 monsters that want to destroy life. The Autobirds and Deceptihogs must put their differences aside to destroy the transformed pigs and to chase 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 no pigs popped and/or having no health for that character. Pigs can be eliminated by shooting directly at them, but sometimes easier to defeat them by shooting at the structures or making TNT explode. Since the gameplay is a side-scrolling video game, 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, popping pigs and/or simply by waiting and collecting coins that generate over time from freed areas. Some levels or features can be only unlocked when the player has upgraded enough Transformers to level 15.^[6]

Episodes

Telepods

The game is the fourth game in the franchise to be compatible with Angry Birds' Telepods, a toy line that is also used in other Angry Birds games such as: Angry Birds Star Wars II, Angry Birds Go, and Angry Birds Stella.^[7] When using Telepods, it can summon the toy's Transformer, and either boost its power or recharge its armor. It is a 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 17 Autobirds and 13 Deceptihogs, but some have more than one Transformer alter ego. The 16 birds are: Red as Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Energon Optimus Prime, Ultimate Optimus Prime and Nemesis Prime, Chuck as Bumblebee,Rodimus Prime and High Octane Bumblebee, The Blues as Bluestreak & Prowl, Terence as Heatwave & Sentinel Prime, Hal as Grimlock, Energon Grimlock and Goldbite Grimlock, Bubbles as Jazz and Stella as Arcee & Airachnid.^[8] The 13 pigs in the game are the King Pig as Bludgeon, Ultimate Megatron, Brawl , Dark Megatron and Shockwave, Corporal Pig as Galvatron and Energon Galvatron, Mustache or Foreman Pig as Lockdown and Energon Lockdown, Chef Pig as Soundwave, Energon Soundwave & Soundblaster, and Minion Pig as Energon Starscream & Thundercracker, in respective order.^[9] In the comic book series about the game, Bomb portrays the role of Drift,^[10] but has not yet been added to the game.

Soundtracks

Tracks

There are 8 tracks in this game.

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"
7. "EggBot Activity Detected"
8. "Through The Pig City"

Comic series

At SDCC 2014, IDW Publishing and Rovio announced an Angry Birds Transformers crossover comic books series; it was written by John Barber and art by Marcelo Ferreira and published in early 2015 as a four issue mini-series.^[11]

Reception

Angry Birds Transformers has received generally positive reviews, with a Metacritic score of 72/100 based on 13 reviews.^[12] 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 character, however gems to upgrade instantly (slowly earned or purchased with real money) make the upgrade happen instantly when you tapped on it.^[13]

References

External links

• Official website