TransFormers: PS2

Quick note about this game.

I played it on Hard for about 3 hours. Not bad! Better than I expected for a license title.

Problems:
It would have been fun, except the frame rate suffered badly during fights. There are some level design issues; it encourages you to hunt around the entire level looking for things. This might not be so bad, but the level design isn't great once you get off the main mission path. The upgrade system might leave you underpowered at higher levels if you fail to hunt down all the extra weapons.

Good things:
Combat is fun and fast. The upgrade system balances powerful weapons by allowing you to add which parts you want, but each part must go in a certain slot. So if you they give you two very powerful missile launchers, you can't equip both since they both go on the L2 button. The car form is so much faster than the robot form that you can use it during combat. It transforms quickly, so you can use it in difficult situations. I use it to run through a group of enemies to pick up energy packs. The menus look really slick.

Overall: Not a bad game. But not really good either.

Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5.