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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is set a few years after the defeat of Megatron in the first game. The game is a linear third-person shooter that puts the player in control of many of the main characters…

93 23 June 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an adventure developed by Beenox, released 23 June 2009 on Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Wii.

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What Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an adventure game developed by Beenox and released in 2009. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Goliath Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The storyline is told via cutscenes that also allow for the player to easily transition from one character to the other. Playable characters on the Autobot side include: Optimus Prime, Iron Hide, Jetfire, Bumblebee. The Decepticon side includes: Starscream, Sideways (a new character), and Megatron. Though the game doesn’t allow transform wherever the player wants to, transformation has been introduced as special attacks during robot mode, as fixed alternate game modes (driving Shanghai tunnels as Sideways, and fly through the skies of Russia as Starscream) and, in both robot and vehicle modes, as special moves that give the player alternate abilities. For example, transforming as Starscream…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Transformers series

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is the 21st of 50 entries we hold in the Transformers series. The next entry was Transformers: War for Cybertron in 2010. Its critic score of 93 is 32 points above the series average of 61. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 26 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen launched on 23 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine and The Sims 3. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine, The Sims 3.

Cheats and codes

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When did Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen come out?
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released on 23 June 2009 for Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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