The BEST Nintendo DS Game You've Never Played - Transformers Decepticons DS
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- Coming off the shelf for a 40+ minute video essay is Transformers Decepticons for the nintendo DS. Released in 2007, it brought ambitious gameplay elements such as free roam to the table. The game features six playable characters that all play slightly differently, and four worlds for you to freely explore and cause mayhem in. Alongside this comes one of the most captivating storylines on the DS system.
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You take on the role of the game's Create-A-Bot OC character, as you arrive on earth in search of a faint Decepticon distress signal, believed to be Megatron's. Led by Starscream, you and your team scramble from Nevada to Qatar in search of the ex-leader, in hopes of reviving him and restoring honor to the Decepticon faction. You'll quickly realise that some of your comrades don't share the same motivation for bringing back the Decepticon warlord, and you'll find yourself coming face to face with not only the Autobot resistance, but your own allies. Remain loyal to the mission and learn what it means to become a true Decepticon.
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Check out the sequels to this video with the links below!
Thank you for the overwelming support on this video over the past week, its been phenomenal to see such an amazing amount of people remember and celebrate this game!
Transformers Decepticons ROTF Review > ua-cam.com/video/neCn3pQ4rjc/v-deo.html
Transformers Autobots > ua-cam.com/video/b4PdNmR24mY/v-deo.html
This game was my childhood thank you for covering it
Shit man, i did, fuckin shit was awesome
Ratchet was one of the most fun bosses for me
There's actually a glitch where if you punch stars cream as your character in phase 2 hell start running around
@@zacharyalholm8885 Is the game still worth getting today?
this game was GTA for me
I remember constantly transforming to blow up stuff as blackout only to fly away and do it again
Yooo this brought me back to watching those minecraft creepypastas on your channel.
Facts i thought this and transformers the 2007 Ps2 was Transformers GTA san andreas for me
GTA was gta for me
Ayyye, plus this game truly made me feel like Bayverse Optimus at his most violent
This game gave the Decepticons more personality than the 5 bayverse movie combined
true...
true but the entire game is based around decepticons, the movies aren't
@@shydun still, 99% of the cons in the movie are just monsters with no personality whatsoever, the only 'con in the movies that has some sort of personality is Starscream. The decepticons show more personality in a single episode of any Transformers show than in all the movies combined.
Says the band wagon retrd who if ored starscream to barricade to megatron different personalities or did you expect them to act like some high school bully movie like bubble bee.
@@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258 you mention a cartoon that let alone the 80's that suppose to act like down right little what they act in the comics LMFAO that like comparing spider-man Iceman and that star fire friend show in the 80's to how sadistic the character s in the comics are
When our boy hit Megatron with the, "But can be repaired" line. Man I shed a tear as I realized his fate was sealed.
Yyeeesss but you are heavily damaged...
My 10yr old self: 😢😢
This game was incredible. I remember loving it as a kid. The sequel version sucked. I remember buying it with my saved up money and being so disappointed that it completely changed the gameplay and made it worse.
You’re not wrong…. They managed to get worse
Yes I got rid of it after playing it for a few minutes. Ironically it did fix the shitty-ass lockon that was the one bad thing about the first games.
Yesss the sequel was shit
I absolutely played the hell out of the first transformers game as a kid and words cannot put how disappointed I was with the sequel. I forced myself to play through it but the first is superior in almost every way
Seriously, it's like they shaved off more with every sequel. The Revenge of the Fallen games removed the open world maps and locked you to one of THREE vehicle modes from the beginning. Dark of the Moon straight up got rid of the custom character.
This game is just begging for a fan remake or a spiritual successor. Or hell, even a full remake. You hear that Hasbro?!
“Weakness breeds fear, and fear makes every ally an enemy” that line from Barricade stuck with me to this day
A pretty pragmatic quote.
All I can hear is the president from Rick and Morty
Dirge
the fact that he is voiced by the same dude who voices the US president in Rick and Morty is pretty funny
"Now you see what it means to be a decepticon"
It’s crazy to me that Steve Blum is in this game and they didn’t have him voice Starscream, just a custom character. His Starscream in Transformers Prime was amazing, they had the perfect guy for the role here and didn’t even know it.
Very true! Although the guy that *did* do it knocked it out of the park
I find TFP Starscream overrated. His character has been done much better elsewhere, like in this very game.
@@capmcrunch8591 This, they had so many chances to take the character in a never before seen direction like have Starscream finally be leader, only to show Megatron to be still online within the same first episode Starscream is given a leadership role. Or when Starscream hints to Breakdown they'll start a coup? Completely forgotten about and never brought up again. Starscream strikes out on his own become a third player? Ends up crawling back to Megatron with the Omega Keys, and having Dreadwing just when it's shown his character going in a specific direction. It's almost maddening how that show sets up subplots with a lot of potential, only for it to be instantly forgotten. And baffling how fans don't acknowledge those lapses in storytelling when praising the show for more than its worth.
@@pepperedash4424
I'm going to be honest with you, it's been a loooong time since I have interacted with the Transformers community at large. I want to say my forum activity ends at 2011.
Watching these nostalgia videos or just clips from old Transformers media I have noticed a lot of the people who tend to love TFP Starscream are shippers? I'm not exactly sure where these people came from, as I don't recall there being a huge shipping community when I was a kid.
What I'm trying to say is, TFP Starscream's popularity seems to be propelled by that niche within the fandom as they obsess over that representation. I think making Starscream a useless coward and then comedy relief is just a waste of his character.
Early IDW comics, this DS game, Animated, and even Armada have done far better with Starscream than Prime.
@@capmcrunch8591 Shippers are certainly prevalent, but there's still a portion of the community that doesn't fall into that category with whom overrates that version of Starscream and the show he's from. There's a few detractors of the show, that are either less in number than fans, or that are not as vocal about their opinions.
I think the best part about Megatron's betrayal of your team at the end of the game is that at that point, he has a magical cube that in the film lets Frenzy's severed head shit out a new body, can fold itself from the size of a warehouse to the size of a fedex package, and give life to any random electronic object.
He has all the resources in the universe and still calls fixing his most loyal subjects a waste.
It makes the line hit extra hard and solidifies that Barricade either THOUGHT he had Megatron figured out, or gave him a bit of depth as having some kind of inferiority complex that serving Megatron stoked into suicidal zeal.
I viewed Megatron killing you at the end as solidifying what Barricade said: 'You at least know where you stand with Megatron. Starscream would kill you in your sleep. Megatron would do it to your face.'
Starscream tells you to kill Megatron in his sleep. When you're dying at the end, Megatron tells you you're too weak to be a Decepticon and kills you.
@@hellstrom4209 maybe we should have helped Starscream, he at least seems like he wouldn't have killed you since he knows no one can stand up to him now that Megatron is out of the picture, he did it, he has ultimate control and even respect from his most loyal subject
That line from megatron honestly makes no sense, how can a guy that went toe to toe against starscream with the allspark weak? Just because he is demaged it negates the acomplishment? Thats like saying a random guy is weak because he could only knockdown mike tyson once and lost the fight, nonsense
@@monts0447 the custom character is nearly dead before Megatron finishes him off, guess that's not good enough for Meg.
@@friendlyneighborhoodkelbea7258 thats even dumber of him since he has a magic cube that can regenerate cybertronians, he could have a really strong guy in his ranks
Hands down, my favorite DS games growing up and it really did feel like no one else knew about them. Hell, there was no place to discuss them even. The sheer breadth of having massive open world maps, fun combat and locomotion, a shitload of different vehicle forms to use, a top tier list of VAs and a pretty underrated story, and this easily ranks as one of the best Transformers games, period.
My only gripe was that you couldn't scan and use police/military vehicles and, in the Autobot version (the one I played), you were closed off from jet modes completely unless you did Target event thing that granted you a jet character (one that never even appeared in the story?) What really annoys me about it, is that there's a secret hangar on the Hoover Dam map with jets and choppers in it and YOU COULDN'T SCAN THE DAMN JET! Seriously, that would've been an amazing secret to get!
The number of troll threads I have read on getting the jet by scanning or going to some secret point on the map, such as the blast doors on hoover damn that are on their own by the water, and such. Hilarious, and sad
I remember always being mad i couldn't scan jets and thought you had to scan Starscream so i kept replaying that one bossfight with him and kept scanning him
@@cihu29I thought the exact same and never figured out how to play starscream 😢
Wasn’t there a way to unlock jets in Autobots through multiplayer?
Fun fact, you can use the jumping that Jazz does against him. Running towards the Hoover Dam will cause Jazz to chase you but due to his constant jumping, he can't catch up to you. Once at the water below the dam, just wait for him to catch up and he'll jump off the edge into the water which kills Jazz immediately
LOL
Yeah that's exactly what I did everytime I replayed the mission lol. Same thing with Optimus.
Funnily this is the fight i always got stuck on 😂 my friend was always like AH IT’S SO EASY.. *does it in one try* and i’d just be like what ? *suprised pikachu face* guess i was just an idiot
But what about the casar legion that was stationed there?
i could never beat jazz, i just kept replaying the mission until he got stuck in a wall and then just gunned him down lmao
I love how the games story highlights how fundamentally flawed the decepticons ideology real is, Megatron wins but is the only survivor (I've always seen the exchange between megs and your bot as an implication that brawl died offscreen) which means he's without close allies at the very least. A line that prime says during his fight is "you'll never build an empire", add that with starscreams line about someone will always go against Megatron is also interesting because it implies the only ones who knew megs the most know how destructive Megatron as a leader really is. This game's plot had more meaning than it ever should have had and I respect the writers for it.
This game's ending is kind of a redpill that shows those edgy kids that being the villain isn't cool after all.
I was one of those kids for the most part, and this ending could've been a real eye-opener for me, had I played it.
But yeah, pretty solid experience overall.
Yeah and it makes complete sense that Megatron wouldn't waste any energon on repairs besides you are a candidate to challenge his reign as starscream pointed out. It's also a furthering of what barricade said with weakness breeds fear and turns allies into enemies, therefore weakness can't be allowed to exist. Barricade is ok with serving and dying for his Lord. The Autobots are weaker physically and limited by their morals, but that is not a bad thing. It shows what just power for powers sake means it's without any honor that i previously thought existed with the decepticons.
P.S.
Them saying starscream is a coward for not fighting Megatron head on misleads you to think Megatron is a leader that has honor but no he takes you out when you are to weak to fight back and or no longer useful to him. He is further than that also weak. Optimus fights for others even though he is stronger than most. It really genuinely brings out any morals that was buried in the first movie.
And i was that kid for a moment being strong as the decepticons but finding out the end state of their system. Constant infighting and the lower echelons only live to serve the one on top means that it sucks for anyone not there.
"Redpill" is quite common amongst peopke who havent watched The Matrix
I think another great thing about this is that it’s an “if the bad guys won” version of a story, thus allowing more creativity when writing the story.
I played the autobots version and the ability to scan cars, add them to your collection, and then drive around the city swapping out cars was absolutely amazing
Bro scanning cars where the shit I’d be so excited to use the choppers and planes tho
Yess, was the best feeling
Exactly, when i found the chopper on top of the building i was so gassed
@@apec335 bro the news chopper 😩 it was the red and white one on top of the building with the pool, I remember it 😂
@@apec335 no way there was a chopper bro😭😭im mad af
It does my heart good to see people talking about this game. I thought for the longest time that I was the only one who played it. It's so good! Wonderful video! Keith David was a freaking God-tier choice for Barricade. Just too perfect
I felt the same too. It’s putting a tear in my eye. These games were my favorite.
Bro me too. I loved this game as a kid and I still have it around
Bro this game created Legends
Given his many voice acting roles Barricade was the first one I heard him in. My list goes Barricade, The Arbiter, himself (Saints Row 4), The President (R&M), Bolo (Final Space)
Same... I always played this whenever I picked up my NDS
I always loved the story, it’s dark moments and it’s twists. Very fitting for the Deceptions. Shame that Optimus wasn’t more of a threat though.
He was a threat but he went up against Megatron who is generally Prime's equal (Or actually superior to him by first movie continuity) so it's not that he was harmless, he was just up against someone just as tough
@@b1gju1ce80 true. I think I would’ve liked to have seen him more though. He just shows up at the end after everyone dies. When Barricade says, “rookie, you don’t want to mess with Optimus Prime” I think it would’ve been a good opportunity to show how dangerous he is. Maybe a mission where you meet up with Brawl, Optimus kills Brawl and you escape via an airlift from Blackout.
I played these two games an unbelievable amount when I was a kid. I remember looking around for hours for rare car/color spawns
Saw the thumbnail and I clicked. Agree 100%. Best movie tie in, and exploring hoover damn was awesome.
Wild seeing you here! Definitely the best movie tie-in of them all. The sequels weren't anywhere near this quality though. I'll be covering those later today
@@PiranhaRoni I remember being super disappointed with the Revenge of The Fallen Sequel, especially with how hard the first one slapped. I will always be salty because I could never get my DS to connect to the internet, so I was never able to get the Jet.
@@OzMediaOfficial I wanted that jet too
@@OzMediaOfficial the dark of the moon one was even worse. But the War for cybertron games where pretty good imo.
@@PiranhaRoni whats your opinion of the ps2 version? I remember deciding which one to get right after I have gotten my first ds lite.
This game was my entire childhood, a huge part of a young obsession with transformers, and the scanning dynamic was amazing, I remember trying really hard to find secret vehicles to scan and turn into
The emotion of finding hidden vehicles behind buildings or on retired areas. They were truly amazing games.
Anyone remember the war for cybertron ds games
fr it was part of my childhood too
So you could scan any vehicle?
@BushidoBrownSama Yeah, and you would be able to collect the data and be able to switch between any of the vehicles.
I remember I was so excited when I found my first helicopter it was a news reporter helicopter ontop of a building I climbed up. Being able to fly felt so badass.
This game's narrative is some of the best in all of Transformers history. It's a real shame it's so underappreciated cause it deserves more love and attention.
This was my most played game on DS 100% such a hidden gem, really unfortunate more people didn't pick this one up. Best open world handheld game hands down. Great video thanks for covering this!
" Game You've Never Played "
- Immediately recognized the cover of the same game I obsessed over when I was younger
Super happy to see people are covering the game! I know I'm late, but still. Absolutely ADORED the game.
Ikr
samee fuckk yeaa
Hell yeah
Happy to see it's around still
that game was too good to be true
There defintiely was a missed opportunity where you could side with Starscream by letting Megatron die in Hoover Dam. Imagine a seperate campaign where you work with Starscream to kill the other Decepticons for not siding with him and any other Autobots but at the end of it all he kills you because he has no need for you.
This, definitely. I understand that they probably couldn't do a branching story with the DS tech? but the possibility for an alternate endgame phase after that would've been super cool to see. Could've made Optimus the final boss with that route, too. His role would've been more prominent with Megatron being dead, as he'd be the final obstacle to overcome. I'd either wanna see a Starscream vs Optimus final boss, or one where Starscream tasks you with killing Optimus for him as a final test for you. I don't know if after that it would be better to join him as his right hand man, or have him kill you. Joining him as his right hand man kinda stays true to your goal from the beginning of the game, as that's your role throughout he whole story up until you join Megatron
I've always thought that was one of the only ways to improve the game, but I guess I can accept it since the tech at the time probably wasn't advanced enough yet.
Or even better, your character gets balls harder than the allspark itself and betrays Starscream becoming the new leader of the Decepticons. Because let's be honest, once Starscream thinks he can use you then he's basically opening up himself for an easy backstab.
@@PiranhaRoniActually.
Gundam SEED Advance, or Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Tomo to Kimi to Senjou/Koko de, in English "Friends of the Battlefield" or "Together, Here With You" depending on how you want to read it.
Originally released back in 2004, this is a mix between a Visual Novel and Strategy Game. The main game consists of controlling your chosen Mobile Suit, equipping it and launching into action in the role of Kira Yamato. In between missions you get to roam the Archangel in the VN mode and talk to people and unlock various CG and events, though the story mostly follows that of the anime it is possible to change certain events to save people who would normally die or convert enemies into allies who join you on missions.
This game was released in GBA btw
When Megatron accidentally goes to hoover dam and finds a legion of caeser
I think this just completes the cycle of exactly how much influence Keith David has had over my life without me realising. Halo, Transformers, The Thing, Princess and the Frog etc.
I remember playing this game and the auto bots version when I was a kid matter a fact I remember buying both of these games twice because I lost both of them. I loved how both stories somewhat interlinked with one another depending on which side you chose. The whole scanning vehicles was awesome as well especially the multiplayer mode that gave you more vehicles like the jet. I remember playing the multiplayer a lot with my brother for hours when I was a kid. I kinda forgot about these games until this randomly popped up on my feed so thank you UA-cam and thank you piranharoni for making this video
Ok but, Frank welker’s megatron voice in this game was phenomenal, comparable to his g1 voice. How could they not have that be the movie voice?!?! I can totally see movie megatron talking like this.
Yeah, it was definitely weird that he didn't hire Frank to voice Megatron. Decades later and this man's voice acting is incredible as Megatron, especially when you hear him in Transformers Prime. *Megs sounded so badass in that show and even a little bit terrifying.*
I've watched thr documentaries the other day, and Mr. Bay felt that g1 voice won't fit on movie Megatron
@@yambuh3247 then frank went to prove him wrong; he finally got in the movies as galvatron, then megatron for a movie.
@@evancobb2554 + Transformers Prime. Hugo Weaving did a great job, but Michael Bay was being foolish by not using Frank Welker from the get-go.
@@SPIRE_FAN nahh, Weaving's voice fits much more for the first three movies.
Keep in mind that when Welker returned to voice Galva/Megatron in 4 and 5, he used his Transformers Prime's version of his voice, which absolutely fits Megatron.
Had Welker was hired from the get go, he definitely would've used the G1 Megatron voice which absolutely doesn't fit, since he still sounds like the typical Saturday morning villain from the 90s instead of the gravelly, hoarse, and deeper voice that TFP Megatron have
GOD i remember trying to look online for all the secret cars' locations back in like 2009 and it was legit the most fun ive had with a game in life. this game was suberb. thanks for the refreshing of memories :D
fr! the only ones i don't have are the allspark wars ones :(
Gonna have to use action replay one day so i can finally 100% my save file from 2007 lol
Sameeeeee
@@PiranhaRoni crazy enough I just copped an action replay so I can get the Jet lmao. Thank you so much for the video I always thought this game flew under the radar for most
@@TF_DooM YESSSS SAMMEEEE
allspark wars I remember that lol
I played transformers Autobots on DS and my it was amazing. I remember being annoyed because you couldn't scan flying vehicles, and the rumor was they were available in decepticons 😳
this was literally the one ds game i played so much, free roam was amazing i would try and find helicopters and jets to scan so i can fly around the map lol
I just realized that Starscream told the player to not go to the arctic for it would be a waste of energy, but he actually didn’t anybody else to possibly find megatron first. This leads to him appearing in the arctic in the autobots version as a boss battle, during which he mentions himself having plans which is to find megatron. It’s pretty cool seeing the two versions crossover at times and makes me appreciate the way this this game as a whole and starscream were written.
I know I’m most likely not the first to realize this but it was a very interesting realization.
What's great about Megatron's dialogue with Optimus, it's a huge callback to the 1986 film with Megatron saying "It is over Prime"
this game just had so much love put into it, and you could tell that the developers had a passion for Transformers. Its a shame that after that, everything went downhill.
I had a lot of trouble fighting Brawl
The dialogue between Megs and Createabot should've been this:
"Wait, I still function!"
"Wanna bet ?"
@@Breakaway-ic5gj LOL so true.
This game was literally so amazing and it definitely sparked my love for gaming back in 2007-2008. I remember absolutely wasting so many hours on it as a kid but loving the story soooo much and this game sparked my love for my favorite transformer, starscream.
Daaaaamn didn't think a video like this would show up, brings back memories I remember I had both the Autobots and Decepticon versions and there was 1 mission I couldn't get past as a kid. these games was great, glad to see it again
I remember playing the autobots version and I was so pissed that I couldn’t get the jet. I basically only bought the decepticons version to play as Starscream and stayed for the awesome story! :D
actually you can get Jet in the Both side, the Decepticon is Starscream G1 Jet and the Autobot is Sky Dive (From G1)
@Cedric Reyes but the jet was a code only vehicle you had to buy it in the store so it was impossible to get after it left the store shelves
I played autobots for hours and i never found a jet to transform.
@@Its_Me_Romano a code? Like a unique code or a code you can guess to get it?
@@Rachebart you need action replay to get it right now since Allspark War server already shutdown
I remember playing this as a kid, and I assumed that other people just didn't know what it was or that it even existed. It's nice to see it get the recognition in some form that it deserves.
I was lucky enough to have friends with the game when I was younger so we got to play multiplayer together which was a lot of fun but I haven't seen anyone talking about it since. I wish it would get some kind of remake but given how obscure it is and the fact it's a tie-in game it seems unlikely. The best we can hope for is a game with similar mechanics.
my brother had this game
same
Yea, I remember playing it on my cousin's DS. I was more interested on that one sonic game where you fight with ship or something.
I was told I could only get one, Im happy to this day that I got the Decepticon one.
I remember playing this and the autobots version, the mission where you control starscream was an absolute pain for me for weeks, trying to move with inverted controls was a challenge, but I practiced so much that now any game that has a section with inverted controls in it i can easily just change over. never finished the autobots version because when i first booted it up i set it to french and didn't understand a thing and couldn't change it, i got to one of the hoover dam levels and was stuck.
Bro same thing happened to me getting stuck on Hoover dam, was devastating
Honestly I wished the console was more active like this, think of how the amount of more cutscenes we would've had, combined with the DS's storyline.
I really think the best part about tbis game was its story. A tiny handheld game that not many people played, has one of the best Transformers stories I've ever seen. I also LOVE the plot twist with Starscream revealed as the main antagonist. The writers took the most spineless cowardly decepticon, and turned him into one of the most despicable and evil transformers villains ever. I never saw Starscream as main villain material but wow, the writers made him a better villain than, dare I say it, Megatron. Someone PLEASE get the writers of this story to work on more transformers stories. They were the MVPs of this game
I had no idea other people even cared about this game. I found the cartridge (who knows where) and loved it when I was younger Definitely one of my most played DS games
I lost this cartridge when i was a kid
That's strange.. I also found this cartridge while playing football with a few friends in a field that was pretty out the way from people. Where I live there are a few football fields (converted from old naval training fields) and we used to play in a field surrounded by trees in like a wooded area. Dunno why it was there since no one ever used that field because everyone assumed the fields were still under naval land. Was this game ever sold or just thrown out of planes into random places!? I never saw it in stores but I just had the cartridge I found in a field that was never used. I assumed it was a weird black market knock off game all this time! Well not knock off, but not actually a real supported game. I dunno what I thought it was but I assumed it wasn't an actual, legitimate release for some reason!
@@Subarashii_Nem I believe mine was found in a parking lot in front of a thrift shop
i found mine around the house somewhere neither of my parents bought it and i have no idea where it came from
I sold all of my ds games sadly when I was a kid for money I was surprised this came up on recommended its nostalgic
I have never played or heard of this game before this video but I am really impressed... I can't believe it has so many fully voice acted cutscenes for a DS game! , also a fully rendered 3D city a wanted system, a fairly complex story especially for a transformers game with multiple different characters. Also online multiplayer?! christ why couldn't GTA Chinatown Wars have voice acting
This was my very first DS back when I was 8. Still one of my favourites ever
I played both versions of this game. Fun fact: You can get a helicopter early by grinding XP until you can climb on the Vegas map. I couldn't tell you exactly where as it's been years, but there's a building that has a corner plaza, and the tier above the plaza has a helicopter on it you can scan once you can climb up that wall.
Yep, the news helicopter!
You can also get the attack helicopter before needing to go to hoover dam if you got to at least level 3 in heat level and were careful enough. Though I cant remember if it spawns the stealth or attack chopper
One thing I like about the Jazz and Optimus fights is that it shows the Autobots are actively doing something off camera, you run into Optimus because he was hunting you down in the background and Jazz is stalling you while the Autobots leave.
Also sad that this is the only time in Barricade's history he is depicted like this, the official movie version is Starscream's lackey
This game was AWESOME. Damn good to see it get recognition
Used to play Decepticons so much I can confidently recite the whole game line for line from memory. Also diacovered a few exploits along the way.
During the tutorial where you scan your first vehicle, if you turn the system off immediately after scanning the truck, starting the system back up and completing the mission, you'll be back as a protoform once in freeplay.
For the first bumblebee fight, you can use Barricade's vehicle form blaster to slowly whittle his health away so that once you reach each robot mode area, he'll immediately run. Do this fast enough and you can kill him before reaching the scripted cutscene.
For the Blackout mission in Qatar, standing at the back of the roof while you scan, you can use the level geometry to shield you from the missiles.
When going to attack the army camp as barricade, if you stay in vehicle form at the minimum render distance, you can use the missile attack to bring the base down to 40% at which point tanks spawn out of nowhere.
When the two autobots show up after, you can chuck them in the water to instakill them.
When reviving Megatron, utilize the Sportster or the Ice Cream Van because their heavy projectiles are OP, and arent so big that it will fuck with the camera angles.
With the Jazz fight, if you need to regen health, go up on the rock platform where you can actually farm the rock destructibles by moving in and out of render distance causing them to respawn.
For the Optimus fight you can actually get him stuck in a tight alley between two buildings where you can pelt him with heavy projectiles.
I always love when Movies receive games that are better than the movie. Weird.
just look at X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Movie is good what do you mean
@@mr.irrelevant8826 the movie is decent, the games were better
@@mr.irrelevant8826 in terms of story.., no. But I will always love the designs and action
Spider-man 2 was amazing
I saw the thumbnail and IMMEDIATELY recognized this game. My brother and I would play both the Autobot and the Decepticon versions of the game, and we would hammer each other at deathmatch for hours. Those were good times. Really happy to see this video sharing about it!
Same dude these were good times
That close up of Starscream’s grundle while Megatron raves about others feeling his might is that special something that made this game great.
Your video inspired me to go back and replay this game. It was one of my favorites as a kid. I truly, honestly think it holds up to this day. The thing I loved the most about this game was that it had a surprisingly nuanced portrayal of the dynamic between Megatron, Starscream and the Decepticon subordinates.
I believe this game has an even better portrayal of Starscream than you give it credit for, and because of a subtext that runs throughout the entire plot: Hypocrisy. The more I think about this game's story, the more I think that Starscream was the lesser of two evils between him and Megatron.
Even as a kid, I never understood why the other Decepticons saw Starscream as a hypocrite or coward. Think about it: Barricade calls Starscream a backstabber and conniver. Someone who would kill you in your sleep. And that Megatron would have the "ball bearings" to kill you to your face. But take a look at their actual actions, since actions speak louder than words - Starscream literally personally kills the Decepticons who betray him, right to their faces (I interpreted Brawl's disappearance as Starscream killing him offscreen). He even gave Barricade a chance to submit before killing him. And he personally fought Megatron even after losing the Allspark. IMO now that I think about it... calling Starscream a coward and backstabber was all just projection since Starscream was the only one to personally stand up to Megatron.
Whereas with Megatron, look at what he does after the final battle. After fucking EVERYTHING that you've done for him. After Starscream specifically told you "You must ensure Megatron is never revived." After you betray Starscream for Megatron due to that and... honestly mostly Peer Pressure from the other Decepticons. Who told you that Starscream is a backstabber and "You always know where you stand with Megatron. That he would have the ball bearings to kill you to your face." After you literally do everything to help him take down Starscream at the cost of becoming heavily damaged yourself... what is your reward??? Megatron calls you weak and kills you on the spot when you can't even defend yourself. Saying it's not even worth the resources to repair you and having the gall to insult Barricade, Blackout and Brawl after they're dead. Even though he owes his life to you and them. If you ask me, that one act comes across as EXTREMELY cowardly on Megatron's part. Not that he's a coward in general, since he personally fought Jazz, Optimus, and Starscream but that's neither here nor there. The ending punched me in the gut as a kid and pissed me off something fierce. I hated Megatron for that, and I wanted to go back and kill him in his sleep.
I fully believe that if you were given the choice to side with Starscream in the game, he would let you live and even become his right-hand man. He has a set of demands for the Rookie and only turns on him after the Rookie betrays him. It's a story about how paranoia and distrust can ruin and cloud your judgment, leading to disastrous consequences. A clear example of why being a Villain isn't such a great thing after all. For there is no honor amongst thieves.
This comment is perfectly worded! Couldn't have put it better myself! I always thought that too, That Starscream was technically the 'main villain' throughout the entire game, but in reality wasn't even that bad. He acted like Megatron did in the G1 cartoons, and in most other portrayals. He acted like a Decepticon leader would act, and yet he was flamed for it by the others due to blind loyalty, which ultimately got them killed. Not to mention Starscream in this game is a tank, shown to be capable of fighting just about anyone while holding his own.
In the final battle, Megatron will periodically yell at him "You couldn't defeat Optimus Prime and the Autobots once and for all", glossing over the fact that he found the Allspark, killing Bumblebee, Blackout and Barricade in quick succession for it. He wouldn't have killed anyone had they followed his orders. They disobeyed him as current Decepticon leader, and they paid the price for it. Megatron calls them all his 'Brothers' in the mission before Ambush (the one where you fight Jazz) and there's nothing he does after that that suggests he actually thinks of them this way. Like you said, he insults them after they're dead for...being dead. "If they were truly decepticons they would've survived" which is rich considering the only way they could've survived is if they joined Starscream. I always like to look at that line as a sort of subliminal message to the player that, if we'd just listened to Starscream, the Decepticon empire would've flourished.
Also, I was wondering if it would be alright to use your comment for a video? I'd love to make a short video on this topic and your comment is worded wonderfully!
Thank you! Feel free to use this comment in your video.
Edit: One last non-sequitur I'll add is that in my headcanon, Blackout had the same fight with Ratchet as in Autobots version at the same time as the Brawl vs. Ironhide fight. Brawl and Ratchet's disappearance reeks of cut content to me. That way, Megatron is truly the only one standing at the end, and it would have given Blackout a Boss Fight. They did Blackout dirty in these games tbh.
I feel like Blackout should've been a boss for the Starscream's betrayal mission. So you'd fight Bumblebee, Blackout AND Barricade in quick succession. Either that, or a similar thing to the autobots version where you face Barricade and his Goon at the same time as Optimus. Starscream vs Blackout and Barricade simultaneously could've honestly taken the cake for best mission in the game if they'd done that.
I always thought to myself that the Deception version was superior due to the good writing, glad someone else agrees and made a video on it, I couldn't be more happy.
It also seems to follow the trend of original Transformers games being the best in the series, the PS2 Transformers game and this game.
I had the Autobots version, I didnt realise that anyone else knew it existed. It honestly needs a Switch remaster.
You know Nintendo would hit it with the $60 price tag
@@BuuWho and tbh I love this game so much I would spend 60 on it if it's a full remaster with new features and stuff like picking to side with starscream or not and it would be top Tier
@@decepticonjusticedivision9 only shit standing in the way is Activision's bullshit ego in too much loot boxes and shit
@@thedeadweight5726that’s why Microsoft buying them is such a good thing
I’m really glad there’s a video about this game. It truly was one of the very first games I ever owned, I remember opening up my ds for Christmas way back then and I got the autobot copy of the game and my brother got the decepticon copy of the game. I just remember being so flabbergasted on how much there was for me to do in this game and I spent hours upon hours playing it, and even now I still have my copy and I will forever keep it safe.
God, I had so many good times the Transformers DS games based on the first live-action movie. I’m so glad you’re talking about Decepticons, I enjoyed the plot and some of the casting choices are fantastic!
As a kid I would drive to a specific house on a hill and park pretending like it’s real life. This game was so much fun for me I’m glad it’s getting it’s recognition
I legit did this too lol. I would start from sams house (the one on the cliff where bumblebee and barricade first fought) and take a road trip to the city lol
Bro wtf I did the exact same thing wow. That actually blows my mind
deadass
Bro did that aswell this game was so fucking good
Damn dude, I thought I was such a weirdo for trying to play along as a normal car by parking and following the road markings and shit. It was weirdly cathartic.
The autobots version was the first game I ever had on DS. I loved that game with all my heart. Never knew anyone else enjoyed it as much as me.
I actually had a small friends group i played them with myself.. though i never met anyone outside it that knew of em
I played both
Whats the difference between both games?
@@MrSkullMerchant they follow the same storyline from the POV of the Autobots, and the ending is different
It was my first game for my ds too I remember waiting for my ds to charge so I could play I was so excited about that damn game
I would always talk about this transformers game when the DS was brought up in conversation. Was super nice to see a genuine review. Really took me back. Keep up the great work. Your videos bless the ears of everyone.
I still remember this game so fondly. I loved everything about it and thoroughly enjoyed just building my vehicle options. The collect them all style vehicle selection was awesome and at the time; the graphics were pretty good for a game that you could walk around and enjoy while talking with family or friends. You weren’t secluded to your room what a massive setup. I thank you for pumping nostalgia directly into my veins
There’s something tragic about Optimus’ final stand against Megatron. His entire team is dead. The Allspark is in the hands of Starscream. Someone he can’t reasonably pursue. All he has left is this fight. But alas…. It is not a fight he is destined to win.
Yeah, its like he's just grasping at straws because he refuses to give up. His resolve is too strong. He still sees reason to fight though I think. He can't reasonably pursue Starscream, but if he kills megatron, he can prevent someone considerably more evil than Starscream ever obtaining the Allspark. Likelihood is that Starscream would leave Earth alone, but he knew that Megatron would lay waste to everything in his wake
@@PiranhaRoni All he has left is manipulating the Decepticon Civil War to keep the Allspark out of Megatron’s hands. He tried to keep it out of Megatron’s hands by distracting Megatron with their fated final battle. And for a while, it worked. Until Create a Bot separated Starscream from the Allspark, and Megatron tore Starscream apart.
@@PiranhaRoni Also, a tip for you: Scan a Stealth Chopper in Hoover Dam. It’s one of the best Create-A-Bot forms in the entire game. It has the Brawl-style blaster in both robot and vehicle mode. It’s REALLY good. That, and it has the same ground stab as Megatron and Starscream.
Keith is an abseloute legend no matter what character he voices, he just breaths so much energy into his work.
I remember begging my parents to buy me this game as a kid, thinking it was for the game boy instead of the ds, broke my heart the second I got home
This game as well as autobots version were my whole childhood. I was obsessed with these games and the stories really stuck with me.
Also The autobot game had an ice level instead of the decepticon desert level
i remember owning this game as a kid and dumping what must have been hundreds of hours into just driving around in free roam having an absolute blast. i forgot how great the voice acting was. i remember spending an hour on the final boss driving around trying to outlast him because i couldn’t figure out what to do but when i figured it out it made so much sense. a defining game of my childhood, god this was such a great nostalgia trip
This.. i was mostly just messing around in the overworld 😂
@@litchtheshinigami8936 looking back there wasn’t much to do in free roam but being a kid and just being able to drive around and fuck shit up as a transformer was all i needed, simpler times
@@sunriseparrabellum5505i already had a habit of just making stuff up as i went in a lot of games anyways.. so using my imagination wasn't that hard.. i believe there is like a monument in one of the areas so like one time i was like LET"S DESTROY THE MONUMENT I DUNNO WHY BUT DO IT and then proceeded to destroy the police force
There were so many obscure ds games that were a large part of my childhood hahah
This game was such a sleeper pick - I remember getting it on my R4 along with the Autobots version when I was 8. I think I basically convinced all my friends to get it and we used to do multiplayer and fight and do car races.
I don't know if this has been found but I remember knowing the game so well that I managed to figure out how to glitch past the bridge which separates the first part of Tranquility Lane and the second (late-game) part, allowing me to scan the later-game vehicles, particularly a helicopter (!), whilst being super early game.
(edit) and the wierd allspark football game lmao
I totally forgot about these games. I adored them and they were my favorite DS games. You brought back so many great memories.
I want to say also that after Hugo Weaving's angry and boring voice acting for Megatron in the movies, it's a real treat to hear Frank Welker play the character the same way he used to in the cartoon
Another pretty cool detail, they mention about not going to the Artic because they could be just chasing ghosts. In the Autobot version, you actually go to the Artic, where as in the Decepticon version you go to Qatar.
Yes! I liked the version exclusive locations, it was a really nice touch. Personally I liked the qatar desert more than the Arctic though.
I am so happy to see someone finally cover this game! I played this years ago not even knowing if it was any good. I saw it was the Deception Ver of the game so I thought it would good and it was absolutely Fantastic!
I’ve always wanted a Remake and a continuation of the story of where your character never completely died and would go on the take revenge on Megatron!
This was the best DS game. Massive open worlds, Massive for DS and able to be a Decepticon blowing up humans and Autobots alike!
Great job on the video! Brilliant stuff!
Loved this game growing up and this review. I genuinely think that the story was the best incarnation of the Megatron-Starscream dynamic in any transformers media that I have seen.
Perhaps unintentionally, it does a great job of exploring and critiquing how easily and naively someone can be co-opted into a fascist cult, or any cult for that matter. The way in which you as the player are duped by your fellow comrades and Megatron into believing you have a place by his side, only to be discarded and killed the moment you are no longer physically able to fulfil your function under his regime.
These were the best transformers games full stop.
The open world nature and endless repayability was brilliant
The decepticon's storyline was more compelling than the autobots. It really answers the question: "what does it mean to be a decepticon"
This was such a good game
Just watching this video about the story was shocking how in depth it was such a serious plot with a shocking ending
9/10 still worth a play today and my god the story was amazing
Omg I actually remember playing this. My aunt got me an emulated DS game with 200 games on it from gta to this!!! Man the memories!! Thank you!
This game was everything I had ever wanted from a Transformers game. It makes me sad that we’ve never gotten another game like this with a bigger budget.
We gotta nag Hasbro.
Finally the truth is out. This game is probably the best DS game ever. And I played Mario 64.
Love that the ending sticks true the character of Megatron and makes you ask “maybe siding with Starscream would have been the “good” ending…”
So many good memories with this game! I had the autobot version and my best friend had the decepticon version when we were like 9 and when our moms would meet up for their Zumba classes a few times a week, we'd spend the hour battling each other in the multi-player mode and even swapping g game cards sometimes so I could fly around as starscream! Good times!
This game was the best, as a kid it totally blew me away that you could scan vehicles in the freeroam to transform into them. I remember getting stuck on the first blackout mission. That timer and constantly getting shot was just too difficult for me.
i got stuck with that too, most of my time with the game was just blowing stuff up in freeroam
@@xxjay7 Yeah, I loved free roaming.
As a kid i could never beat starscream during the final mission. Just found it lying around a couple months ago, picked it up and beat that mission 15 years later.
I couldn't even get like 30% through this game I was that bad and gave up too easily. I might also try it again as an adult.
@@ishmael4489 It’s a lot easier as an adult lol.
@@ishmael4489 Good times.
Starscream is the one you couldn't beat? IMO he's much easier to beat than jazz.
@@kennedyshotfirst2534 Jazz was easy.
This game was a childhood favorite of mine, thank you for covering it
Transformer Autobots and Decepticons was such a big part of my childhood so its cool to see them getting so recognition.
Main Character: Wait, we're all bad guys?
Megatron: Always have been.
Nice to see that someone actually gives credit to this game. Always thought the story and voiceacting were crazy good for a DS game
This is amazing! Hands down the best transformers titles that came out! I looked at your time and wondered if I should beat it, as I got super close on a practice run a few months ago!
I use too love this game so much as a kid so happy to hear people talking about it and as a adult now steve blume is one of my favorite voice actors so hearing he was in a game i loved is amazing
I love that this game is getting more recognition. The Autobots version of was probably my most played game on the DS. I absolutely loved it. I always had the feeling that the Decepticon version was the better one though.
Y'know, if you'd like more TF games like this (especially on DS), I'd actually recommend the two Transformers War For Cybertron games. They're really unique! And the Decepticon version is, again, superb! I'd highly recommend, as I've played both those two games and this one, and I love them to bits!
Ngl the ost from the Autobots one is better tho
War for Cybertron was better imo. And they have the full fledged version with similar stories but unique gameplay on the wii and other consoles too I think? Not on Steam anymore though since their license ran out
I bought fall of cybertron twice plus all dlcs! Loved the game! Not even just a great tf game but an amazing third person shooter!
i absolutley loved these games! thank you for bringing back these amazing memories!
You have no idea how refreshing it is to see someone talking about one of my favorite childhood DS games of all time! I use to play the whole trilogy; the ROTF games were alright, and the DOTM games are a faded memory. However, with strong passion, the real homerunners are these two first titles. One of my favorite glitches to mess around with, I found by pure accident was to become fully playable in cutscenes! By spam tapping the mission briefing icon on the middle-left side of the bottom screen, the game would overlap the brief page ontop of the cutscene. After tabbing it out, you'd have various results-- some allowed you to move freely, while some allowed you to fire weapons at the NPCs currently talking and even kill them. Killing certain NPCs in specific situations would softlock the game. For instance, on the Ratchet vs Blackout fight above the building, you could cheese the fight by shooting him during his dialogue.
I use to own an Action Replay chip to unlock all the cars, cheats, and both skydive and G1 starscream. The Armageddon cheat with Psycho cars was hilariously hard to beat both games with! And super jump on high agility characters was fun too.
All in all, I hope you get out of these troubling times bro. I'd love to see you make more content about the transformers DS titles! Its funny, sometimes I wager myself in believing that they're better than WFC and FOC. But my back would be against the wall with than objection.
This video brought back so many memories of me playing the autobot version, thanks for that
The nostalgia. Thank you so much for making this video! I remember this game! So much fun
I loved the transformer games on DS I remember trying to find hacks/codes in order to unlock the hidden vehicles. Getting the white bus felt like an accomplishment.
This was THE first DS game I played when I got it back in 2008 or so. I had so much fun playing this, and glad it's being noticed.
Same but I had autobots instead
This was one of the two games I got alongside my DSi when I was a kid, the other being Sonic Rush. I played the shit out of the two of them
not alone bruh
Same got it the same time as the DS
You just brought back a long lost memory
This video was a FANTASTIC watch from front to back, excited to play this for myself for the first time in like, 14 years.
This is definitely a hidden gem and since I didn't have youtube when I first got this game, it's nice seeing people play this now. This was my first game ever and it makes me happy that other people like it :)
I have this and the autobot side of the game and let me tell you, no game has given me as many memories as this game did and I still play it today and it never gets old.
I have no clue why this appeared in my recommended, but I’m glad it did. Such nostalgia, thank you so much for this video
I would go around for HOURS even days just making my own scenarios and going on my own adventures this game hits that seem feeling of playing with your toys doing voices and setting up stories as a kid =>
The voice acting didn't need to go so hard!! Love it!! Never knew a thing about this game until now.