Transformers: Earth Wars

Transformers: Earth Wars
Developer	Space Ape Games
Publisher	Backflip Studios
Platform	Android, iOS
Release date	June 2, 2016

Transformers: Earth Wars is a mobile game by Space Ape Games/Backflip Studios with a storyline written by Simon Furman, which means plenty of Furmanisms. The aim of the game is to assemble an army and build a fortress, then try to defend your base while destroying the enemy's. Essentially, Transformers meets Clash of Clans, without Hog Riders. The setting is Generation 1.

Plot

The Autobots and Decepticons return to Earth to battle over resources. Furman promises that while it "appears to be about the same old stuff" initially, "as we progress through the game, more is revealed about Megatron’s master plan and what he’s on Earth looking for."

Campaigns

• Get Optimus / Get Megatron!

Jefire and Starscream arrive on Earth and set up their base of operations. Soon, Ironhide and Bludgeon arrive through their Space Bridges, and after raiding a few bases, both factions find a Quantum Crystal powerful enough to power their spacebridges and bring their leaders to Earth.

• The Lost Map

With the arrival of Optimus Prime and Megatron, the Autobots and/or Decepticons set out to find the Fractal Map pieces with the help of their human allies. Both sides find a Gunner Crystal and recruit Sunstreaker and Swindle.

• Power Play

After collecting three of the map pieces, both factions try putting the pieces they collected together, only to find out they need a Codex Key to break the encryption.

• The Codex Showdown

With the help of the recently recruited medics, Ratchet and Hook, both sides fight over the Codex Key, and find the location of a legendary artifact.

• Combiner Wars

With the Enigma of Combination, the Autobots and Decepticons harness the power of Combiners. The gestalts prove unstable, however, and require Ore-13 and high-ranking bots to be useful.

Gameplay

Classes

• Warriors are armored front line fighters that rush into enemy defenses to open up the attack and protect other bots, but they have the lowest Damage per second (DPS).
• Aerial units deal the highest DPS at a short range and can perform powerful airstrikes on single buildings from great distances, but have low health.
• Gunners shoot over walls and bombard large areas with their abilities from afar. like the Air units, they're deadly but vulnerable.
• Medics heal and support other bots in battle. They are only a few medics, and they aren't durable themselves, so keep them in the back.
• Special bots are highly individualized fighters with unique capabilities. This class incorporates leaders, scouts, and deployers.
• Combiners Special class that must be summoned individually. Deals a high amount of damage, but can only stay on a battlefield for so long.

Buildings

Main

• Headquarters: The heart of your Autobot / decepticon outpost, has the most HP of all buildings. Level up to Upgrade to unlock more Upgrades and Buildings!
• Spacebridge: The Spacebridge is used to activate Quantum Crystals to bring in bots! Only use Crystals once.
• Research Lab: Upgrade your bots using Energon and Spark to become MORE POWERFUL!
• Combiner Lab: Used to activate Combiners and to upgrade Combiners.

Defense

• Cannon Provides a decent amount of damage and has medium range. Cannot target Air units in Flight.
• Laser Cannon: Shoots off 4 smaller lasers that deal higher damage at shorter range. Can target Air units in flight for X2 Damage!
• Mortar: Long range defense that targets ground units to deal high damage from far away
• Decepticon Outpost / Autobot Outpost: Keep one Bot or Con in this outpost to defend against Invaders! Doesn't affect the actual bot in battle!
• Beam Laser Shoots off a long range Photon laser to deal the Highest DPS of most of the buildings.
• Shock Tower: Immune to EMP effects, deal steady damage, and having high knock-back capabilities.
• Missile Launcher: Shoots off 6 high damaging rockets over a small area. Cannot target within it's blind side spot. Can target Air units.
• Stasis Mine: Doesn't deal damage but freezes the enemies in place for a set amount of time. (3 Seconds at LV 1)

Resource

• Energon harvester: Harvests precious energon for research and upgrading buildings. Also provides Energon drinks.
• Energon Storage: Stores Energon for usage later.
• Alloy Harvester: Harvests Alloy to upgrade buildings and is the only resource to upgrade Radars.
• Alloy Storage: Stores Alloy for later usage.
• Ore-13 Harvester Harvests the rare mineral Ore-13 for sending out Combiners to battle
• Ore-13 Storage A storage device powerful enough to contain the power of Ore-13

Featured Characters

(Characters are paired in each row as in-game counterparts.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Optimus Prime Jetfire Ironhide Sunstreaker Ratchet Bumblebee Prowl Cliffjumper Grimlock Mirage Wheeljack Blaster Steeljaw Ramhorn Rewind Eject Silverbolt Skydive Air Raid Powerglide Alpha Bravo Firefly Jazz Windblade Pyra Magna Rust Dust Dust Up Jumpstream Skyburst Stormclash Slug Huffer Arcee Sideswipe Strafe Ultra Magnus Rodimus Hot Spot Seaspray Gnaw Sharkticon Superion Pipes	Megatron Starscream Bludgeon Swindle Hook Skrapnel Breakdown Kickback Razorclaw Brawl Shockwave Soundwave Buzzsaw Rumble Frenzy Laserbeak Thundercracker Skywarp Slipstream Scrapper Long Haul Blast Off Mixmaster Divebomb Bonecrusher Scavenger Vortex Tantrum Onslaught Rampage Headstrong Bombshell Nightbird Viper Scourge Galvatron Nemesis Prime Cyclonus Octopunch Gnaw Sharkticon Devastator Offroad	Melody Keen Luca

Events

• More Than Meets the Eye
  • Date: June 23 - June 28
  • Event type: Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 3
  • Main Prize: Premium Crystal
• Decoy Dash
  • Date: July 1 - July 4
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 60
  • Main Prize: Decoy Crystal
• Windfall
  • Date: July 8 - July 11
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize:
• Roll For It
  • Date: July 15 - July 18
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize:
• Charging In
  • Date: July 22 - July 25
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize:
• Crystal City
  • Date: July 29 - August 1
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 4-star Character Crystal
• Operation Snakebite'
  • Date: August 5 - August 8
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: Sideswipe or Viper
• Strafe vs. Scourge
  • Date: August 12 - August 15
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: Strafe or Scourge
• Ruby Mines
  • Date: August 19 - August 22
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 60
  • Main Prize: Ruby Crystal
• Return to Crystal City
  • Date: August 26 - August 29
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 4-star Character Crystal
• Till All are One
  • Date: September 2 - September 5
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: Ultra Magnus or Galvatron
• Divide and Conquer
  • Date: September 9 - September 12
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize:
• Light our Darkest Hour
  • Date: September 16 - September 19
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: Rodimus Prime or Nemesis Prime
• Fire on the Mountain
  • Date: September 23 - September 26
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize:
• Rumble in the Jungle
  • Date: September 30 - October 3
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 60
  • Main Prize: Fiery Crystal, which may contain Hot Spot or Cyclonus
• Gone Fishing
  • Date: October 7 - October 10
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 200 4-star Crystal Shards
• Depths of Aquatron
  • Date: October 14 - October 17
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: Sea Spray or Octopunch
• Shark Bait
  • Date: October 21 - October 24
  • Event type: Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 60
  • Main Prize: Ocean Amethyst
• Release the Sharkticons
  • Date: October 28 - October 31
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser and Leaderboard
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: Gnaw Crystals
• Heavy Metal War
  • Date: November 4 - November 7
  • Event type: Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 300 4-star Crystal Shards
• Some Assembly Required
  • Date: November 11 - November 14
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 4-star Aerialbot or Constructicon Crystal
• Aftermath
  • Date: November 18 - November 21
  • Event type: Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 200 4-star Crystal shards

• War Games
  • Date: November 24- November 27
  • Event type: Alliance Totaliser
  • Prestiges: 60
  • Main Prize: War games Crystal (With a chance for Pipes or Offroad)

• Arctic Signal
  • Date: December 9- December 11
  • Event type: Individual
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 300 4 star Crystal shards

• Frozen Fortress
  • Date: December 16-December 18
  • Event type: Alliance totaliser
  • Prestiges: 1
  • Main Prize: 4 star crystal

Notes

• Character models are mostly based on each character's most-recent toy release. In many cases, this means Combiner Wars and Titans Return. There are also some appearances from Thrilling 30, Legends, Universe, movieverse namesakes, and 'original' Generation 1.

External links

• Official website
• Official Transformers Earth Wars Wiki