The new “Transformers” game has robots that are “more than meets the eye.” However, the game isn’t much more than eye candy.

The game is undeniably fun, but the game still lacks in some key areas.

The game is based off of Michael Bay’s recently released film by the same name and the original 1980’s cartoon. The game allows players to play as both Autobots (the good robots), and Decepticans (the bad robots.)

The difference in choosing sides reflects on the style of game play and the characters to choose from. As an Autobot, a player is supposed to protect the humans and cause as little damage as possible. As a Deceptican, players are allowed to be as evil as they want and run amok causing as much damage as possible. To fully complete the game, a player must complete both campaigns and collect all of the secrets and complete all bonus missions.

The game’s storyline stays true to the film’s storyline, yet more so as an Autobot. As a Deceptican, the story begins to branch off, giving different results to the plot than in the movie.

The plot of the game is still pretty thin though. Though it is just based off the movie, it seems as though more could have been added in terms of depth. The dialogue between characters is scarce and it is usually directions for a level. The cut-scenes, though graphically look great, are short and only give enough story so the next level makes sense.

There are some redeeming elements to this game. The graphics look very nice both in cut-scenes and with in-game play. And there is a nice amount of detail put into the transformations from vehicles to robots.

The game is relatively short if a gamer just decides to play one side of the game, but even playing both sides still does not make the game very long. The game is much more satisfying by playing all of the bonus missions and collecting many of the icons to unlock movies, character sketches and photos from the movie, the toy line and animated series. Unfortunately, the average gamer will not want to go through all of that effort to unlock features such as that. Most gamers though, may like the fact that unlocking certain elements of the game will unlock “G1” skins, which stand for “Generation One” from the original 1984-1987 animated series. The skins are different robot designs for characters such as Optimus Prime (the Autobot leader) and Megatron (the Deceptican) leader, among others.

The gameplay has both good and bad aspects. The transformations in this game are instantaneous. For an example, driving 100 mph as a car and hitting a single buttion will instantly transform the character into a robot. And it looks good while it happens. The environments are also pretty nice looking and players are truly able to interact with the environment.

But some of the bad things overrule the good. The game becomes too repetitious. Many of the missions in the game are the same thing over and over. Once figuring out how to defeat some of the bosses, the same strategy can be employed for the rest of the game, hence the game loses some of its difficulty edge even more.

Another perk to this game is the voice acting, which returns voices from the movie. Peter Cullen, who voices Optimus Prime in the movie and original television series returns, as well as Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox as the humans Sam Witwicky and Mikaela.

Hugo Weaving, who voiced Megatron in the film, does not return, but Frank Welker, voices Megatron in the past returns for the game. The authentic voice-overs are a nice touch, but with little dialogue to work with, it is a wasted touch.

The game is entertaining without a doubt, but with its overly repetitious gameplay and thin plot, the game just turns out to be under-average.