Like the game itself, we'll keep this review very short. Getting right to it, the first thing to note is that the graphics on every platform's version of the game take full advantage of their respective hardware and look magnificent. In fact, some of them come close to being the best looking games on their system. The PS3 still suffers from anti-aliasing problems, however, and the Wii compensates for the high-poly robots with significantly less detailed environments. But overall, each one is an achievement and that's great because that is just about the only thing the games deserve recognition for. It appears that developers Traveler's Tales spent so much time on the graphics, that gameplay and story fell to the wayside. Since the game came out a week prior to the movies release, perhaps they were hamstrung and prevented from reproducing the film's plot. Perhaps. But that doesn't explain the simplistic combat.

On all three major console systems combat is comprised almost entirely of a single button press (or shake of the remote). Pressing this button causes you to initiate a melee attack. Pressing it multiple times starts up a melee combo. There is almost no variety to the moves you perform. You do have projectile weapons though. One button triggers your heavy weapon while another fires your light guns. Unfortunately, you hardly ever feel the need to use these against the robot clones that attack you. They can be used while driving around the small sandbox zones you find yourself in, but the game also encourages you to avoid driving! Generally your vehicle's responsiveness is so wacky, that the challenge is not destroying the opposing faction of robots, but staying on the road.

This is frustrating considering much of the charm of the Transformers was their ability to transform into cool vehicles, insects, and dinosaurs. Their other charm was that they had real and distinct personalities inside those metal forms of theirs. Though some of the voice of the original cartoon show is here, very little was done to help you reconnect with the cartoons of your childhood. They did get their size right as they loom tall amongst the cars and humans that travel through the cities. Probably in an effort to keep the ESRB rating down, you can't exactly step on any of the people, but the rest of the environment is highly destructible. Maybe even too much. While buildings crumble realistically from damage, other things like telephone poles and trees can topple and bounce from the lightest of touches. Likewise, when in vehicle mode, you can ram other vehicles on the roads and highways and they will just go flying off. It's unbelievable to say the least.

No version of the game on any platform offers multiplayer, but 360 owners will have achievements , and PS3 owners can use the tilt function of the Sixaxis to control flying Decepticons. The Wii uses the remote to control the camera while the nunchuck controls movement and facing. All versions allow you to unlock alternate skins, movie, and art.

In the end, the games are very similar to most Michael Bay films - graphically intense, but shallow in terms of character and story. Add to that boring combat and you have a game good only for fans of the upcoming movie, not even Transformers fans in general.