I feel this show was made specifically for the video game's fans which is disappointing because this seems to have been a very big opportunity to re-engage fans of the franchise and the many Transformers shows. Overall, it was hard following the show's story as there was far too much (boring) dialogue for an animated show. It's like, one minute she's not in the show, and then all of sudden there she is, no introductions or anything, just in the show. One small thing I didn't like was how they introduced Arcee.
For example, Cullen was actually in the video game and considering Prime is a fan favorite, putting in someone else to do Cullen's Prime was a bad gamble in my opinion. Can't say I blame the voice actors by the way. In fact most of the choices for voice actors in the show don't work. Putting in a voice over actor trying to pull off a Peter Cullen impersonation is really cringeworthy. Optimus Prime comes off as stiff in this show and really nothing like previous incarnations. In terms of character development, we all recognize the characters visually but that's as far as it goes.
The music isn't very inspiring but works well with the show's pace. Story wise things don't get really interesting till the end: 2nd half of episode 6. The action does pick up briefly here and there throughout the episodes, but the show remains mostly dull in between. The storyline and action however were slow. Having just finished the 6 episodes of part 1 of the trilogy (Seige), I have to say I am a bit disappointed. So I went into this show with very little expectations and an open mind: having just seen the trailers but knowing upfront that none of the original series' voice over actors would be in this. Firstly, allow me to start by saying that I've never played the video game "Transformers: War for Cybertron" on which this show is based on.
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