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" 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.
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
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.
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
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 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.
@@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
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
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.
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 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.
Both this and the Autobots version of the game were two of my favorite games on my DS growing up. I'm glad that both games are getting more recognition since they're really underrated.
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 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
I love when a bunch of people that love and remember something and think they might've been the only one, all collectively remember and share the nostalgia, i played the auto bots version and loved just driving around and scanning cars i think that's all i did
I love how the ending is the complete opposite of the second game, instead of dying to megatron, you become more powerful than him and you become the fallen's right hand man
I remember having both Autobots and Decepticons and whenever I would go against a friend I would ONLY give them Autobots. Decepticons was absolutely mine
Glad to see others have grown up playing Transformers as well. One of my fondest memories being my mom letting me stay home sick at kindergarten and this was the game keeping me busy. I even remember the same vehicle I used at the very moment. Think it was an ambulance or something, it had red stripes
I have a fond memory playing this at a friends house once. Though his DS was broken, with a red haze over the top screen, I still had a lot of fun with it. You had to push the screen back to be able to see anything.
I remember playing this. I originally had the autobot version but realistically the decepticon version was the best due to the decepticons having the more interesting vehicle forms. I owned both at some point and actually finished both games. Glad to see other people experience this hidden gem of a game during its lifetime.
this game was my childhood, the autobot version is the first one i got and will always be the most nostalgic version for me. But the deception version's story was better, and also Keith David voiced Barricade, who i actually was very saddened to see killed when it happened, I would love to see this game remastered, keep the story the same, add small things like a choice function, more secret areas where you can find secret vehicles, complete difficult challenges to unlock op vehicles etc.
One of the cool parts of the two games was how the stories were sort of intertwined. In one game you would fight a specific transformer as a specific transformer, and in the other, its the same or a similar fight, but reversed, or how a story beat in one was explained in another (like the autobots going to the arctic being talked about in the decepticon game)
Whoever did the Starscream voice deserves an award because it's one of the best depictions of the character I've ever heard after g1 next to Animated, Prime/Earthspark and Armada
When my parents first came across DS Autobots and Decepticons when I was little, they asked me which one I wanted. I wanted to get Autobots, but I fumbled my words and ended up saying Decepticons. And after recently playing DS Autobots, I'm sure glad I got them mixed up!
I remember the one Christmas where my brother and I got this game. He got the Autobots version, I got the Decepticon version. Him and I did a lot of PVP over the DS Play or whatever it was called.
I’m so glad people actually played this game and I wasn’t the only one aware of it. Had both versions and played and finished both of them countless times
I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved this game. It was insane. I still play it ill today's day. ANd I always lose the final battle against Starscream intentionally. It's as you said, I would like to have a remake of the game where you can decide where your loyalty is. And I really wish a alternate ending where Starscream ultimately wins.
I forgot what this games name was I but remembered playing so I looked it up on TH-cam. I thought it was just some trash or average game that I only liked when I was younger. It’s good for me to know it has quality. Thank you for making this video.
THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! I remember playing the Autobots version more, but I still loved the characters and story behind this version.
Thank you verry much for this video ,I have miss this game and i even had forgot that i ever played it, after a few missions i saw, memories start coming out of my Brain cells
I was gifted the Autobots version growing up and remember being sad that in order to play the Decepticons versions you needed another game :( 10/10 had so many fun memories playing this. The unique alt modes and tranformer models were so cool, sad we never got to see a concept like this made into a home console game...
I still have a card with g1 starscream on the save! Those allspark wars were awesome the first couple times but a huge grind toward the end of the unlocking process
I love this one better than the other 2 movies-worth mainly cuz the vehicle physics and the freeplay mode once u complete the game (u can play all the characters)
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.
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
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)
@@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
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
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
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.
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?!
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.
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.
@@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 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
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
@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.
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
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!
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
@@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
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.*
@@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
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!
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
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!
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
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.
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
@@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
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.
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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!
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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
" 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
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?
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 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
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 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
@@NeurodivergentSuperiority
I've seen the Matrix, and I agree that the metaphor is overused, but it makes sense here.
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 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
These were the best transformers games full stop.
The open world nature and endless repayability was brilliant
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
remember replaying this gem so many times as a kid, the characters and storyline stuck with me for so long, especially that ending.
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.
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
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.
Both this and the Autobots version of the game were two of my favorite games on my DS growing up. I'm glad that both games are getting more recognition since they're really underrated.
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 video was a FANTASTIC watch from front to back, excited to play this for myself for the first time in like, 14 years.
Finally the truth is out. This game is probably the best DS game ever. And I played Mario 64.
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
2 years after this video was posted and I'm finding it this game was my childhood and had no clue there was others that loved it as much as I do
I played this game nonstop when I was younger, had a blast! Thanks for the great memories!
I love when a bunch of people that love and remember something and think they might've been the only one, all collectively remember and share the nostalgia, i played the auto bots version and loved just driving around and scanning cars i think that's all i did
I love how the ending is the complete opposite of the second game, instead of dying to megatron, you become more powerful than him and you become the fallen's right hand man
I remember having both Autobots and Decepticons and whenever I would go against a friend I would ONLY give them Autobots. Decepticons was absolutely mine
Glad to see others have grown up playing Transformers as well. One of my fondest memories being my mom letting me stay home sick at kindergarten and this was the game keeping me busy. I even remember the same vehicle I used at the very moment. Think it was an ambulance or something, it had red stripes
I remember getting this game used from gamestop and finding g1 starscream that was the best used purchase i ever had
I actually remember playing this as a kid I would just spend hours goofing around in the open world after beating the game multiple times
i played this as a kid and remembered the line from the police “shoot first and ask questions later!!”
“This giant robot is turning my car into swiss cheese”
“LET’S TRY TO TAKE IT ALIVE!”
“All units we have uhh…uhh…large… metal man! Be advised!”
I have a fond memory playing this at a friends house once. Though his DS was broken, with a red haze over the top screen, I still had a lot of fun with it. You had to push the screen back to be able to see anything.
I remember playing this. I originally had the autobot version but realistically the decepticon version was the best due to the decepticons having the more interesting vehicle forms. I owned both at some point and actually finished both games. Glad to see other people experience this hidden gem of a game during its lifetime.
OH MY GOD, AS SOON AS I SAW THE THUMBNAIL I INSTANTLY CLICKED ON THIS! THANK YOU FOR THE THROWBACK!
this game was my childhood, the autobot version is the first one i got and will always be the most nostalgic version for me. But the deception version's story was better, and also Keith David voiced Barricade, who i actually was very saddened to see killed when it happened, I would love to see this game remastered, keep the story the same, add small things like a choice function, more secret areas where you can find secret vehicles, complete difficult challenges to unlock op vehicles etc.
I recognized barricades voice actor as Cpt. Anderson from mass effect! I love his voice :)
One of the cool parts of the two games was how the stories were sort of intertwined. In one game you would fight a specific transformer as a specific transformer, and in the other, its the same or a similar fight, but reversed, or how a story beat in one was explained in another (like the autobots going to the arctic being talked about in the decepticon game)
Whoever did the Starscream voice deserves an award because it's one of the best depictions of the character I've ever heard after g1 next to Animated, Prime/Earthspark and Armada
When my parents first came across DS Autobots and Decepticons when I was little, they asked me which one I wanted. I wanted to get Autobots, but I fumbled my words and ended up saying Decepticons. And after recently playing DS Autobots, I'm sure glad I got them mixed up!
ive had these games sitting in my desk for the past 15 or so years, i was very fond of them back in 2008 playing with my friend at school lol
Forgot about this game, played the hell out of it , it took me so long to pass the level where you protect Megatron as he melts out the ice 😂
I remember the one Christmas where my brother and I got this game.
He got the Autobots version, I got the Decepticon version.
Him and I did a lot of PVP over the DS Play or whatever it was called.
This video has unlocked a core memory.
I’m so glad people actually played this game and I wasn’t the only one aware of it. Had both versions and played and finished both of them countless times
I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved this game. It was insane. I still play it ill today's day. ANd I always lose the final battle against Starscream intentionally. It's as you said, I would like to have a remake of the game where you can decide where your loyalty is. And I really wish a alternate ending where Starscream ultimately wins.
I played this game so much as a kid! I put in so many hours trying to get all the different vehicles
They did Blackout so dirty with his death. Also doesn’t help that his “AUGGGH” noise sounds funny lmao
I own this and beat it, one of the best games in my opinion, imagine if they remastered it😍
"keith david voiced spawn in MK" keith david is the voice of spawn in the cartoon man
Oh really? I never saw the cartoon, I just assumed he voiced him here. That's cool that they got him back for the game too though
When i listen to this video like its an audio book and i heard starscreams voice, i got some huge Frieza vibes from his voice actor
Boy, being a Halo fangirl you can REALLY hear the arbiter in Keith's portrayal here.
Used to play this in 6th grade with my friend. He had autobots version and I had decepticon version. We would play online and battle each other
I forgot what this games name was I but remembered playing so I looked it up on TH-cam. I thought it was just some trash or average game that I only liked when I was younger. It’s good for me to know it has quality. Thank you for making this video.
I loved this game as a kid. Before I played a at and fall of cybertron. This was my first introduction to voice actors like Kieth David
THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! I remember playing the Autobots version more, but I still loved the characters and story behind this version.
Thank you verry much for this video ,I have miss this game and i even had forgot that i ever played it, after a few missions i saw, memories start coming out of my Brain cells
I had the Autobots game, which I loved
That was pretty much my introduction to Transformers
I played autobots and Decepticons. These games were so much fun!
was a huge transformers fan back then and still am and i’m glad i kept my dsi w all my games which include all the transformers games 😌
Dumb obscure ds games are always so fun to talk about
I was gifted the Autobots version growing up and remember being sad that in order to play the Decepticons versions you needed another game :( 10/10 had so many fun memories playing this. The unique alt modes and tranformer models were so cool, sad we never got to see a concept like this made into a home console game...
I still have a card with g1 starscream on the save! Those allspark wars were awesome the first couple times but a huge grind toward the end of the unlocking process
The nostalgia. Thank you so much for making this video! I remember this game! So much fun
Had both versions but the Decepticon one is engraved deep in my subconscious
23:00 I'm sorry that kills me everytime "WHAT"?!!!! 🤣🤣
I love this one better than the other 2 movies-worth mainly cuz the vehicle physics and the freeplay mode once u complete the game
(u can play all the characters)
I loved this game, I honestly forgotten about it til now!
YOOOOOO a video about the transformer game I used to play, bless this video 🤲
I remember how i played this game when i was young. I exactly remembered how i pretended to be a normal card driving in a city
This was my favourite game when it was out! It was the first game I played that has free roam.
Gosh this game is for me at least is nostalgia both versions, BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE THE NINTENDO DS WILL BE 20 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR!?!?!?
There was another game where you got to play as the good guys that I had on the DS, maybe 5 year old me was just bad but that game felt hard as balls
I never got it but wanted it badly this has unlocked some memories for me
Anyone voiced by Keith David is a badass, lmao.
I loooooooovvvvvvveeeedddddd this game along with the auto bots one. My childhood❤️❤️
Oh god, the memories, the nostalgia kucking innnnnmm
Wow I’ve been thinking about this game the past few years. I remember playing this game all day when I was a young kid :). I needed this video
seeing this in my feed unlocked a core memory
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.
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
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
“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"
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
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?!
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.
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.
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: 😢😢
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
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.
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 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 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
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
I played these two games an unbelievable amount when I was a kid. I remember looking around for hours for rare car/color spawns
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
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
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!
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 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.
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
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.