Ah, the "Duke Nukem Forever" gambit.
Transformers: Reactivate (console MMO)
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I was going to say "the starship citizen" method, but yeah... both work.
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Video Games - All Rise for This Early Transformers: Reactivate Trailer from 2020
There hasn't been much said about Transformers: Reactivate in a while. Which makes sense -- people don't tend to talk about cancelled video games as much as those which have actually come out, or are still in development. Still, people are talking about it, especially when new pieces of...
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That trailer has a lot going in its favour but the enemies look like generic hive mind/swarm/disposable baddies... the kind of enemies that seem kind of played out.
Look man... you're either killing drones, or committing genocide. Bring on the drones, I say.
I mean, since it was (at leadt at one point) the Quintessons as the main threat, drone swarms kinda make sense. Generic sure, but you’ve gotta have something to kill, since there’s only so many named baddies you could kill before you run out of guys to smash. Clone fodder is pretty much a staple.
i mean, like at the Devastation trooper figures.
That I’s a cool trailer. Don’t I’ve ever seen that one til now.
i mean, like at the Devastation trooper figures.
That I’s a cool trailer. Don’t I’ve ever seen that one til now.
Considering the strong Quintesson presence in Earthrise at the same time, I've suspected that this game was supposed to come out around then. They were going for brand synergy from the kid line to the collector lines and this game. It was the year of the Quintessons.
If only they actually made it to retail.
I’m still kinda surprised that Hasbro hasn’t released the other three Rise/Reactivate figures from the two,packs as individual releases like Bumblebee. Prime, Screamer and Soundwave were pretty good figures.
Here’s hoping at some point. Seeing this initial trailer really does make it sad how long this gestated until… it just kinda fizzled out.
Here’s hoping at some point. Seeing this initial trailer really does make it sad how long this gestated until… it just kinda fizzled out.
That probably was the plan, to see them get released individually, before the game was canceled. When the single Bumblebee was released, the game hadn't yet been officially canceled. But with the game's cancelation, Hasbro probably doesn't feel as strongly inclined to put the other three out individually anymore.
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It's a shame. The designs are good. Except Soundwave. I don't know what happened there.
My guess with the figures is that the moulds are likely done and they have a couple of prototypes lying around but the game was cancelled or delayed before they could go into full production!
With Soundwave, I think its a case of them wanting to make sure he had the Iconic chest desgin, thus he ended up with a massive back pack and the fact that he is a deluxe in size didn't help him as corners were cut in the process, but that is merely my guess, out of the four figures released for reactive, I think Optimus is the best looking, thou I put BB on my G1 season 3 Autobot shelf as my head canon is that, as the years of war on earth have raged on, he upgraded to slightly bigger body and taken a different alt mode to go along with it!
With Soundwave, I think its a case of them wanting to make sure he had the Iconic chest desgin, thus he ended up with a massive back pack and the fact that he is a deluxe in size didn't help him as corners were cut in the process, but that is merely my guess, out of the four figures released for reactive, I think Optimus is the best looking, thou I put BB on my G1 season 3 Autobot shelf as my head canon is that, as the years of war on earth have raged on, he upgraded to slightly bigger body and taken a different alt mode to go along with it!
Soundwave is another mold that, even if it was planned as a deluxe all along, it feels like a Voyager crammed into a deluxe, while also having to look as much like G1 Soundwave as possible. It both looks cool, while looking super skinny and hunchbacked. If they’d chosen to stylise the chest door instead of trying to slap it on a truck, you could pretty much keep it mostly the same I think.
I do agree this Prime is one of his best designs. It beefy, its Mad Max, its angry and its still Optimus enough. And the axe is cool.
I do agree this Prime is one of his best designs. It beefy, its Mad Max, its angry and its still Optimus enough. And the axe is cool.
I think they sold them in two-packs as they were afraid they wouldn't sell the weaker figures, like Soundwave, individually. However, that increased the price and made me not bother buying Prime. Also, they're wasn't enough (metallic) paint on Prime to get my interest. Nice mold, too expensive, not enough paint, came with a cr*p Soundwave figure.