History YMMV / TransformersDevastation

** Soundwave's Loudspeaker. As this [[https://youtu.be/pVnAFFlAgD0 video]] points out, it stuns enemies and '''bosses''' very easily, even on ''Magnus'' and ''[[HarderThanhard Prime]]'' difficulty. If the the loudspeaker is at least at Rank B, the gun dazes them so easily. The weapon has decent range, you can combo into it and do a chain stun, meaning it will be hard to go back to any other ranged weapons in the game.

* Heartwarming: When playing as Wheeljack during the Proudstar segment the Computer ominously foreshadows his fate in the Movie, saying that "Darkness comes for us all. While your time may be short, your legacy will endure. That which you have made will in time save planets." Also counts as funny cause he immediately dismisses it as as "Hocus pocus prophesy's" only to then say "Please don't be true, please don't be true."

* GameBreaker: Still Safe is a dodge move that protects the player even if he's hit just as the enemy attacks. It's only 30,000 credits and can be bought early in the game. Combined with a Sniper Rifle range weapon (which can be either found or bought for 30,000) that can be upgraded, this provides a fairly helpful advantage over enemies (espeically bosses on higher difficulty settings that spam attacks like no tomorrow).

* ThatOneBoss: Devastator and Menasor[[spoiler:...at the same time...]]

* Heartwarming: When playing as Wheeljack during the Proudstar segment the Computer ominously foreshadows his fate in the Movie, saying that
"Darkness comes for us all. While your time may be short, your legacy will endure. That which you have made will in time save planets." Also counts as funny cause he immediately dismisses it as as "Hocus pocus prophesy's" only to then say "Please don't be true, please don't be true."

* Heartwarming: When playing as Wheeljack during the Proudstar segment the Computer ominously foreshadows his fate in the Movie, saying that "Darkness comes for us all. While your time may be short, your legacy will endure. That which you have made will in time save planets." Also counts as funny cause he immediately dismisses it as as "Hocus pocus prophesy's" only to then say "Please don't be true, please don't be true."

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Stunticons barring Motormaster. Granted, even the Constructicons didn't get much in the way of characterisation, but considering the Stunticons include the
hilariously despondent Dead End, the paranoid Breakdown and the JerkJock Drag Strip, it's a shame there wasn't room to give them ''something''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Stunticons barring Motormaster. Granted, even the Constructicons didn't get much in the way of characterisation, but considering the Stunticons include the hilariously despondent Dead End, the paranoid Breakdown and the JerkJock Drag Strip, it's a shame there wasn't room to give them ''something''.

-->'''Optimus''': This may be... [[Understatement challenging.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: After defeating Menasor to stop him from delivering a plasma energy core to Megatron, he... starts ranting like an angry child and [[YouCantThwartStageOne delivers it anyway]], hurling his target like a football to a horde of Insecticons waiting to catch it.
-->'''Bumblebee''': I... Did not see that coming.

* BrokenBase: As listed under VisualEffectsOfAwesome, some feel that the Cel Shaded graphics are amazing. That said, others claim that the visuals are horrible (and that they are about PS2 quality).

'''Bumblebee''': I... Did not see that coming.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the lukewarm reception to [[VideoGame/TransformersRiseOfTheDarkSpark the previous game in the franchise]], this game seems like an attempt at going in a whole new direction, with new hack-and-slash gameplay as opposed to the franchise-standard third-person shooter gameplay, [[Creator/PlatinumGames a beloved developer]], as well as dropping the newer adaptations for a ''Generation 1'' setting (This is the first G1 game since 2003, and the first one released in America since ''1986'').

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The game's CelShading looks absolutely amazing.

* HilariousInHindsight: The epilogue of ''Rise of the Dark Spark'' features a shot of G1 Optimus, hinting at a classic-series continuation. While there's almost no connection to ''Dark Spark'''s story, this game does, in fact, bring players into the ''Generation 1'' universe.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether Most of the original cartoon cast are reprising their roles]]. Not just Creator/PeterCullen and Creator/FrankWelker, mind, but Dan Gilvezan, Creator/GreggBerger, Michael Bell ''and more!''

* HilariousInHindsight: The epilogue of features a shot of G1 Optimus, hinting at a classic-series continuation. While there's almost no connection to ''Dark Spark'''s story, this game does, in fact, bring players into the ''Generation 1'' universe.