Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Critic Reviews

There's fun to be had in Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, but it's a dialed-in action shooter game, which is a mistake since there was never a chance that this game would compete with the big budget games in the genre, such as Destiny, Call of Duty, or Titanfall.

Being a robot that can transform into different shapes and use cartoony weapons to blow up other robots is fun, and maybe story is unnecessary for this kind of play.

A hard sell even for die-hard Transformers fans, Rise of the Dark Spark brings nothing new to the table.

While far from the worst Transformers game, Rise of the Dark Spark's interesting ideas are eclipsed by bland action and frustrating design.

If Activision cares to know, fans are indeed hungry for a new Transformers game – just not one that shamelessly tries to make us trade our hard-earned cash for junk.

Rise of the Dark Spark is a step back from Fall of Cybertron, and that’s an utter travesty.

Some solid action can’t cover up the fact that Rise of the Dark Spark feels horribly rushed, with massive splotches of shoddy design and a poor plot evident from the opening cinematic to the end credits.

It’s not really good game or a really bad one, it stays somewhere in the middle.

Although it feels like more than a mere movie tie-in, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark still isn’t a good enough game to stand on its own.

The bland campaign is a slog with uneven difficulty, while vehicle transformations and combat are largely unsatisfying. Without nailing that, you’ve got a bad Transfomers game.

If you're a die-hard fan of the Transformers film series, I would recommend picking up Rise of the Dark Spark when it's heavily discounted (like, under $10) with a group of friends just to play Escalation.

A third person shooter without any distinctive features, some glitches and a really bad progression.

There are some positive features, but the negative things take over the whole experience creating a game much worse than its predecessor.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is a dull, ugly looking and boring third-person shooter, with a confused plot and without a single passage worthy of being remembered. The online co-op slightly uplifts the situation, but other than that there is really very little to save.

Want to race without a proper sense of speed? Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is your game. Feel like playing a game with washed-out graphics and severely disappointing sound effects? Well, you should definitely give Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark a try. Stuck with a craving for clumsy shooting mechanics with a taste of wasted potential? Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark comes highly recommended.

After the good chapters that have preceded this Dark Spark, we were expecting something more. What we find here is a chapter that falls short of all the fun, that amputees the online mode and co-op campaign.

The absence of the practiced creative hands of previous Transformers developer, High Moon Studios, is keenly felt as Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark has sadly turned out to be both the weakest Transformers licensed title and the most uninspired third-person shooter in sometime.

Despite an enjoyable coop mode and some pretty cool weapons, Transfomers: Rise of the Dark Spark is one of the worst and uninspired Transformers' videogame to date.

The storytelling is sloppy, the set-pieces are repetitive - and in some cases stolen from past games - while the visuals are dated. It's redeemed only by enjoyable third-person shooter action, which comes alive in co-op multiplayer when there's no story holding players back.

Rise of the Dark Spark isn't completely hopeless. The shooting mechanic is alright, the weapons are creative and running around on Cybertron is relatively fun. Unfortunately everything wrapped around the main mechanic is a huge letdown, and the final product feels generic and without any distinguishing features.