I remember playing this as a kid and thinking "Who the hell is this guy supposed to be?" I still ask myself that question because I thought Optimus was the leader of the autobots, not this random weirdo. But then you kill this guy and Optimus becomes the leader? Why wasn't he the leader before? Great game, but that never made sense to me.
The games didn't really do a great job outlining that tbh. The Autobots are Cybertron's military-- not a faction to be sided with, at least not before the war. The same way countries have police forces, Cybertron had the Autobots, Elite Guard, Seeker Armada, etc. Anyway, Zeta Prime wasn't made Prime by the Matrix. He was made Prime by the Council. The Matrix is an ancient artifact provided to the one who would save Cybertron and lead its people to a brighter future. Obviously Zeta dies and Optimus seeks out the Matrix to become Cybertron's hero. The Council deems him Prime prior to that.
@@thebrandonrobert5693 Hmmm... Thats interesting. That means Transformers is one of the few pieces of media where the rebels (Decepticons) are portrayed as the bad guys. I was re-watching the council cutscene and I noticed that one of the council guys said that the primes were usually succumbing to pride and greed. If the decepticons are rebelling because they think the autobots are corrupt. Wouldn't that make them right considering even the council dude admitted it? Sorry, my transformers lore is very rusty. Its been a while since I was last invested in this franchise.
I remember playing this as a kid and thinking "Who the hell is this guy supposed to be?" I still ask myself that question because I thought Optimus was the leader of the autobots, not this random weirdo. But then you kill this guy and Optimus becomes the leader? Why wasn't he the leader before? Great game, but that never made sense to me.
The games didn't really do a great job outlining that tbh. The Autobots are Cybertron's military-- not a faction to be sided with, at least not before the war. The same way countries have police forces, Cybertron had the Autobots, Elite Guard, Seeker Armada, etc.
Anyway, Zeta Prime wasn't made Prime by the Matrix. He was made Prime by the Council. The Matrix is an ancient artifact provided to the one who would save Cybertron and lead its people to a brighter future. Obviously Zeta dies and Optimus seeks out the Matrix to become Cybertron's hero. The Council deems him Prime prior to that.
@@thebrandonrobert5693 Hmmm... Thats interesting. That means Transformers is one of the few pieces of media where the rebels (Decepticons) are portrayed as the bad guys.
I was re-watching the council cutscene and I noticed that one of the council guys said that the primes were usually succumbing to pride and greed. If the decepticons are rebelling because they think the autobots are corrupt. Wouldn't that make them right considering even the council dude admitted it? Sorry, my transformers lore is very rusty. Its been a while since I was last invested in this franchise.
It's sentinel prime
@@tommysawhill613 Sentinel Zeta Prime to be exact. The dude that died to create Orion Pax ererererer Optimus Prime
i want these games remastered
Watching this game makes me miss my Xbox 360 even more
Zeta's voice reminds The Most David Kaye-ish Evil Prime 🗿
Fun fact: zeta is the villain of dark of the moon
He isn’t. I don’t know how you came to that conclusion.
Have you not seen the movie?
He is!!
@@stemi67 That’s Sentinel Prime.
Zeta Prime is Sentinel Prime!!!!!!
@@stemi67 Not in the movies he isn’t. He is in the “Aligned” continuity, which the games are (supposed to be) a part of.
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