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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netdragon--hasbro-join-to-bring-transformers-online-mmorpg-to-asia-and-beyond-99673694.html

Hrm. Netdragon are the guys who did Zero Online. I'm not sure how I feel about a Transformers MMO cobbled together by a... MMOG mill?

You should feel about the same as an action movie mill getting a hold of the franchise...

I wonder if this title will join the ranks of the Tom and Jerry MMO, the Ben 10 MMO and other IPs that have been snapped up and never appeared.

This announcement makes me very excited and very disappointed all at the same time

Tagline should be - Catass in disguise

They announced this back in July? No mention of it since?

http://www.transformersuniverse.com

There u go

There are two. The one by Jagex is coming out in NA, and the one by Netdragon is china only, and seems to have... transformed ( :why_so_serious:) into an FPS.

http://tf.91.com/

Both seem to take their robot designs from Prime, which means that no one has any noses. Which is a teensy thing, and bugs the fuck out of me.

(http://www.watchcartoononline.com/thumbs/Transformers-Prime-Season-2-Episode-5-Operation-Bumblebee-Part-2.jpg)

If a transformer has no nose ...
Couldn't resist.

:shocker:

Probably for the best as an MMO would only be a repeat of SWG where everyone plays {genericautobot} or {genericdecepticon} and everyone bitches on the forums because they dont get to kill {insertcanoncharacter} and nothing they do really matters with respect to the cartoon or Michael Bay

One of the guys at my office is headed to Jagex to become the new Lead designer. He's a former EQ2 and APB designer so make of that what you will.

Choose Your Allegiance - Transformers Universe Exclusive Trailer  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5T6qEOCPsQ&feature=youtu.be)

Coming to browsers?

I assume its completely browser based.

Also, I applaud Jagex in overcoming the fear of texture memory use.  :grin:

Probably in the same way Battlestar Galactica Online is?

Line up now to get your $450 founders pack!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/05/01/free-mmo-transformers-universe-offering-450-founders-pack/

I'm glad I don't give a shit about mmo's anymore.

It's not even an MMG anymore. They switched it to a MOBA to cash in.

(http://blogs-images.forbes.com/insertcoin/files/2014/05/only-449.jpg)



ONLY 449.99$!!







 :oh_i_see:

Watch as your wallet transforms!

Who?  Fucking who would do that?

Rich people and their spoiled offspring.

It pains me to remember that this is still a MUCH better deal than the 500$ gold 'mechs (http://mwomercs.com/clans#page3).

Got a proper snort out of me.

What is this game? Is it a game?

Worth over? It's worth more than. Over is positional. If they can't even have someone copy-edit their ads I'm guessing the game will have the same attention to detail.

Out of everything wrong with this, you're arguing semantics?

(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130225015136/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/e/ea/You_must_be_fun_at_parties.jpg)

I just randomly found this game via an ad. anyone know about it's current state?

https://www.transformersuniverse.com/home

RL friend of mine said it was similar to Mechwarrior's battles/skirmishing, except with Transformers instead of mechs. He also told me that there was probably 30 to 1 Autobots, so matchmaking was even worse than Mechwarrior. Other than this, his only description of it was "meh".

Even the website looks very similar to the mechwarrior one.

It's not really like Mechwarrior.  It reminds me more of Slave Zero if anyone remembers that.

You have three weapons, with alternate attacks for special effects, and three buffs that sometimes have a synergy with the weapons.  Robot mode is slow.  It has a jump but isn't very high.  Vehicle mode lets you move much more quickly, and transforming between the two lets you navigate obstacles as you jump pretty high to transform.

Free Roam has rotating missions with NPC targets.  (Pretty much it's the tutorial zone recycled.)  PvP I haven't tried yet but unless there are rotating objectives I can't see it being that interesting.  Maybe they'll surprise me by doing that.

It's a lot more like Smite than anything else, definitely not like MechWarrior at all.

All he said were that the skirmishes and battles were like Mechwarrior's. Not that they were similar games, just that the battles were. The matchmaker was the main thing he mentioned, and how he selected an Autobot, but with the skewed teams, waited like 40 mins for the matchmaker before just giving up. It was totally hearsay, and I didn't say the games were alike, just that the battle/skirmish was.

and its over....

http://kotaku.com/transformers-universe-is-closing-six-months-after-open-1671835968

Didn't even notice that it had launched...

Apparently no one else did either

It didn't. They are closing it in open beta stage.

Anyone who bought the $450 pack shouldn't get their money back, or else they'll never learn.

How's your colleague doing now?

He moved on a while ago. He was the fourth or fifth lead designer that this game had. Which should tell you a great deal about how bad things must have been in that office.

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

I don't even really care about MMOGs anymore. I'd love it if someone made an offline TF game with a sandbox mode though.