![]() ![]() Here, time-gated energy recharges needed to start a level breaks that flow and, even if it didn't, the gameplay is about as dry as the desert highway you initially find yourself on. Sure most runners are somewhat repetitive by nature, but usually they have some manner of inherent addictiveness in their design that players don't even notice that they've been at it for an hour straight. The biggest downside to Age of Extinction is the repetitious grind of it all. ![]() Stars are used to unlock some of the characters and gaining all three stars flips the Decepticon logo on the map over to Autobot red. Defeated enemies will drop Energon cubes, which serve as one of several different currencies used to do things like purchase new Autobots, purchase boxes of random equipment, and upgrade said purchased bots and equipment.Įach level has three different goals (usually variants of "score/kill/collect X number of points/enemies/Energon cubes") which makes a certain level of replay essentially mandatory, as each goal scores one star on a level. And while I'm not saying that it totally falls short in all these categories, it doesn't really quite reach them either.Īge of Extinction is a runner (or occasionally, a 'roller' - you know, for those times your character has wheels) where your Autobot of choice goes lumbering along various stretches of open road, shooting and slicing at enemy bots along the way. I'm speaking more to just the general level of quality, fun, and fan service that one would hope for. That would be a grossly unfair burden to shoulder Transformers: Age of Extinction with. That's not to say that I'm expecting a full console-style experience from a free-to-play iOS release, mind you. So whenever a new Transformers-related game rolls in, there's always that small spark of hope that it'll turn out more like High Moon Studios' excellent 2010 console release Transformers: War for Cybertron and less like, well, pretty much every other Transformers game in the history of ever. No matter how you feel about Michael Bay's take on the franchise, its hard for anyone with an even remotely geeky bent to not have at least a little soft spot for the Transformers. ![]()
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