(continued from previous page) ...new weapons. These can be equipped before each mission, and provide scalability of firepower during a campaign that becomes increasingly difficult.

As far as graphics are concerned, the PSP does a relatively good job of displaying the bots on the quests. Nothing stellar, no breakthroughs in graphical output, but this title is fairly run of the mill here. Transformations are handled reasonably well, although sharp eyes will likely not be happy.

Run of the mill may in fact end up being the best way to describe the Transformers for the PSP. True Transformers fans will want to gives this one a go, especially since it has more playable characters than any other version of the game. Gameplay is often repetitive, and the controls are not necessarily that easy to pick up and play, despite having 3 different control schemes. The missions are generally forgettable, and have a tendency to run together as there is no real difference in gameplay most of the time. Robot form feels sluggish, and vehicle form does not offer much in the way of entertainment. All in all, this title ends up being fairly hum-drum. As mentioned, fans of the Transformers should definitely give this one a try, but renting may still be your best bet. Those who are not heavily inducted into the Transformers mythos should probably ignore this title all together. You won’t even know you missed it, to be honest.