To be honest, when I saw the words Transformers, the first image in my mind was the scene of watching the G1 cartoon in front of the TV when I was a child. At that time, when Optimus Prime transformed, the truck head carried the container around in a circle, and I could show off in front of my classmates all day long. Now that I am thirty years old, I suddenly found the Hasbro officially authorized "Transformers: Earth War" in the app store. To be honest, I was a little excited.
To be honest, if you look at this game in 2024, the graphics and special effects are indeed not top-notch, but if you look carefully at its character modeling and combat special effects, it really has a movie-level texture, especially the details of the metal reflections in the base scene. It can be seen that the development team has put a lot of thought into it. As an old player who has played since the Symbian era, my tolerance for graphics is actually quite high. The key is whether the gameplay is right or not.
The main focus of this game is strategy + PVP. To put it bluntly, it means building a base, raising characters, and playing battles. The choice of camp is very interesting. There are two lines: Autobots and Decepticons. Old fans must have their own emotional preferences. I chose Autobots, after all, the childhood filter is too heavy. The base construction part is similar to the defensive layout of COC, but with the addition of individual training of Transformers characters and skill matching. Each character has a different profession, such as tank, output, and auxiliary. The combination can create many tactical changes.
After playing it for two weeks, I feel that the biggest advantage is that it is really "genuine", with high character restoration, smooth transformation animation, and the classic action of Optimus Prime pulling a container. Moreover, the PVP matching is fairly fair, and you won't encounter overwhelming Krypton gold bosses in the early stage, which is quite friendly to novices. There are also disadvantages, such as the later stage of building upgrades, which takes a long time. If you don't spend money, you have to wait patiently. Also, the novice guide is a bit confusing. It took me a few circles to figure out how to place the resource buildings.
I also want to complain about this game. This game is represented by Beijing Youdaoyi. The charging model is 0 yuan to download. It relies on in-app purchases to become stronger. But to be honest, as an old player, I have seen this model too much. As long as you don't spend impulsively, you can play it slowly and not bad. Recently, I saw that they have updated the linkage event, and it seems that they have added some skins from the movie version, which is a bit sincere.
Posting in this section, the main reason is that the Transformers IP is highly overlapped with fans of movies and animations. If you also liked those big iron blocks when you were a child, and you are looking for a mobile game that can pass the time and have some strategic depth, you might as well give it a try. Don't brag or be slanderous, I am worthy of my childhood heroic dream. 👍
Another reminder: Decide which camp to choose before entering the trap. All the friends in the team are from the same camp. If you don't get along, it will be very troublesome to start over. The mobile phone I use is an old one with 5.0 system, and it runs quite smoothly, so I don't have to worry too much about configuration issues.
Okay, let's stop writing here. I hope this game can keep me going for another year and a half like those old mobile games ten years ago. After all, there are really not many games that an old guy like me can write reviews for. 😅