Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense
Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense is a tower defense game based on Transformers: Prime. Play as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Arcee across six missions as they set up Autonomous Defense Turrets to fend off Vehicons attempting to gather Energon and raise an army of Terrorcons.
Plot
The Decepticons have discovered that there is a large Energon deposit near Autobot Headquarters. Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime must fend off the Vehicon hordes before they use the Dark Energon mines to transform themselves into Terrorcons.
In his first mission, somewhere in the Nevada Desert, Bumblebee combats the Vehicon hordes on his own. Ratchet and Agent Fowler are able to walk him through his mission over comm-links. After Bumblebee successfully defends the mine, he follows one of the Vehicons back to an abandoned building. Upon discovering that the building is being used as an Energon prcoessing plant, Bumblebee proceeds to exterminate all of the Vehicons within, encountering Soundwave in the process.
Next, Arcee is dispatched to the outskirts of Jasper, where Starscream accompanies more Vehicon troops to collect Dark Energon. After she repels the Decepticons, she joins Bumblebee in stopping the Vehicons from reaching an abandoned military base.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Gameplay
There are 6 levels, each playable in three difficulty settings; Standard Mode, No Escape Mode, and Strong Enemies Mode. Bumblebee, Arcee, & Optimus are instructed to protect the Dark Energon mines from the Decepticons. There is a maximum of 25 allowed Decepticon escapes on Standard modes, but no tolerance of escapes is given in No Escape Mode. There are 3 bosses: Soundwave, Starscream, & Megatron. The first Autobot to play as is Bumblebee. The second is Arcee, but in Level 4, Bumblebee will aid Arcee and the player can control both Autobots. Levels 5 & 6 is when Optimus Prime is introduced, and Megatron is the boss.
The player destroys Vehicons either by attacking them directly with the character in their control, or by deploying turrets; stationary units with ranged attacks. Each Autobot has access to three kinds of turrets, the basic Cannon Turrets, and two other turrets unique to that character. Turrets require Energon to summon, a currency that replenishes itself over time. Each character also has a set of skills available to them to aid them in their missions, though these need to recharge after each use as well, using an independent recharge countdown for each skill. Every character has access to the "Field Generator" skill in their vehicle modes, which increases nearby turrets' range and firepower for a short amount of time.
Notes
Transformers References
- After you achieve victory, you will hear a portion of the Season 2 ending theme played during the ending credits of The Transformers G1 cartoon composed by Ford Kinder & Anne Bryant.
- The characters in the game all use quotes from The Transformers: The Movie.
