Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

Transformers: More than Meets The Eye is an open-world action  game. It will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows platforms. It is the first Transformers game since Transformers: Devastation following the expiration of Activision's licensing deal with Hasbro. It is colloborately developed by Avalanche Studios, Platinum Games, Nihon Falcom and Square Enix. The game primarily draws inspiration from the original cartoon, the IDW comics, the Bumblebee Movie, Beast Wars, the War for Cybertron Trilogy notably Siege and Earthrise, and the Combiner Wars toyline, among other sources, and features the return of some of the surviving voice actors from the original cartoon alongside ones from the Unicron Trilogy, Prime, Live-Action Films and Animated.

Plot
The story is the same timeline as the classic Transformers G1 cartoon while the characters will be in the looks that inspired by incarnations from Generation 1, the Bumblebee Movie, Beast Wars, Combiner Wars, the IDW comics and the War for Cybertron Trilogy, notably Siege and Earthrise but will act like in classic G1 timeline.

Gameplay
The gameplay is very reminiscent of the Just Cause games with the open-world and destruction gameplay while retaining the hack and slash feel from Devastation and the gunplay from the War and Fall of Cybertron games. Players choose from a huge variety of Transformers in both sides.

The game also includes a player-customization system just like Devastation. Several different weapon types can be potentially dropped by enemies or found in weapons caches and vaults. Each type of weapon, such as axes, swords, or hammers, can only be used by certain characters, and new weapons can be synthesized by using the old ones as materials, allowing players to create stronger weapons of different types. Players can also spend in-game credits to develop T.E.C.H. that grants passive boosts to their characters, giving them bonuses such as auto-recovery or an increased credit drop rate; the strength of the T.E.C.H. developed varies depending on the amount of credits spent, as well as the player's success at a quicktime event during the synthesis process. Characters' individual stats can also be improved either through combat or by purchasing upgrades with credits. The Lab acts as the in-game store, allowing players to purchase additional weapons, temporary power-ups, and new moves for all playable Transformers.

Map
The game is set in County of Alexandra. County of Alexandra features tweleve territories that are that are either Autobot or Decepticon territory with each had their set of Transformers and bases, all as large as, at least, the regions of Medici from Just Cause 3.

Heartilly Peaks
The mountainous northwest side of the map, where the Dinobots dwell. The elevation of this borough is the highest among all 9 of them. Locked until Chapter 3 completed.

Zidane Tundras
The snowy northern portion of the map, rather adjacent to Heartilly Peaks, where blizzards affect Transformers. Locked until Chapter 3 completed.

Caelum Village
A rural area with lots of plains and houses as far as the eye can see. Located on the northeast. Also has a Fall-themed section. Locked until Chapter 3 completed.

Almasy Scenics
A forest and jungle biome that is ruled by the Insecticons. Located at the west of the map rather adjacent to Heartilly.

Mission City
The center of the map, a city like borough. Features an airport, a huge metropolitan area, anything a capital city has to offer.

Lockhart Canyon
The Desert map. Located in the east of Mission City. The Ark can be located here and this where the Autobots stationed here

Gainsborough Tech Hub
A cyberpunk city and the most technologically advanced district. Located in the southwest

Harvey Industrial Park
The Constructicon dominated territory. This industrial district is located in the South.

Aurum Beach City
A seaside borough. The Lockhart Canyon's easternmost desert area is extended to this borough. Located in the southeast and easternmost part.

Characters
More Than Meets The Eye features a largest cast of Transformers from both sides to play as. There are also Transformers that are created for the game and they are inspired by characters from various media. The only NPCs are Metroplex, Trypticon, Reflector, Soundwave's Cassettes (Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw), Modulators, Omega Supreme, Generic Autobots and Decepticons, Fortress Maximus, Scorponok, Battlemasters, Micromasters and the Humans.

Soundtrack
End Theme 1: "Battle Cry" by Imaginary Dragons

Trivia

 * The names of the boroughs are named after the characters of the Final Fantasy Franchise.
 * Jetfire's Alternate mode in the Japanese Version is the VF-31S Siegfried from Macross Delta. Due to the Harmony Gold's troubles with Tatsunoko and Big West, it was changed into a Cybertronian Bomber Aircraft in the international releases.
 * This game is also dedicated to the late Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park who performed What I've Done, New Divide, and Iridescent; the ending themes for Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, respectively.