Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers: Battle Tactics
Developer	DeNA
Publisher	DeNA Corp
Platform	Android, iOS
Release date	January 30, 2015

Transformers: Battle Tactics is a multiplayer battle game published by DeNA for mobile devices. It features over 75 characters designed after toys from different toylines, including Classics, Generations, Combiner Wars, and Collectors' Club exclusives.

Gameplay

Battle Tactics gameplay is similar to other mobile battle games. Players select four Transformers from their purchased characters to form a team. Players can create up to three different teams. Gamers can choose to battle a random computer-controlled team or a random live player; the other choice is to pick from three different computer teams. The "random" mode also changes slightly under two different circumstances:

If an event is being held, it will become the way to earn League Points, but otherwise remains the same.

If a player fills their Experience bar, it will become the Advancement Mode. Players must win three of their next five games to level up. This mode is the only way to level up, because otherwise players would simply choose the throwaway team in the other mode to win easily.

Once the battle begins, the Transformers will randomly get one of their five damage numbers. These numbers change and become special abilities, depending on whether the character is in alternate mode or robot mode. Players also get three Ability Points every round, which allow them to activate powerups, including a re-spin of a character's number and several different air strikes, among others. When the battle begins, one of the two parties is randomly chosen to attack first, unless a Transformer has a first strike special ability active. Each character attacks once per round.

Featured characters

Autobots	Decepticons	Maximals	Predacons	Mini-Cons
Cliffjumper Gears Junkheap Scoop Bumblebee/Goldfire/G2 Bumblebee (Event) Hoist Wheeljack Joyride Optimus Prime/Orion Pax/Laser Optimus Prime (Event) Tailgate Swerve Ratchet Powerglide Sergeant Kup Huffer Warpath Cosmos Windcharger Blurr Red Alert Firefly Alpha Bravo Crosscut Nightbeat Drift Sideburn Sandstorm Jazz Skids Jetfire Springer Chromedome Brainstorm Circuit Ultra Magnus Trailcutter Exclusives Roadbuster Whirl Rewind Jetfire II Dion Event Air Raid Skydive Silverbolt Jackpot Punch Groove Rook Streetwise Blades Hot Spot First Aid Grimlock Swoop Slug Snarl Slog Optimus Prime (WFC) Bumblebee (WFC) Sideswipe (WFC) Arcee Chromia Windblade Grimlock (FOC) Snarl (FOC) Slog (FOC) Strafe (FOC) Slug (FOC) Scattershot Afterburner Nosecone Lightspeed Strafe Blaster Hubcap Seaspray Ultra Magnus (FOC) Jazz (FOC) Blaster (FOC) Fireflight (FOC) Ironhide Sunstreaker Prowl Mirage Rodimus Combiners Superion Defensor Computron Optimus Maximus	Acid Storm Thundercracker Starscream Tankor Blackjack Megatron/G2 Megatron Viper Dreadwing Nemesis Prime Breakdown Dirge Thrust Ramjet/G2 Ramjet Jhiaxus Skullgrin Dragstrip Skywarp Thunderwing Scourge (G1) Octane Darkmount Doubledealer Cyclonus Blitzwing Barricade Megatron (Armada) Starscream (Armada)/Cybertron Starscream Krok Nacelle Exclusives Runamuck Astrotrain Sky Shadow Sunstorm Slipstream Scourge (RID) Spinister Event Over-Run Offroad Dead End Motormaster Counterpunch Treadshot Brawl Onslaught Vortex Swindle Blast Off Bombshell Skrapnel Kickback Seawing Tentakill Overbite Snaptrap Nautilator Skalor Megatron (WFC) Scavenger Scrapper Bonecrusher Mixmaster Hook Long Haul Galvatron Galvatron (Armada) Thundercracker (Cybertron) Skywarp (Cybertron) Ramjet (Cybertron) Soundwave Hun-Gurr Blot Cutthroat Sinnertwin Rippersnapper Soundwave (FOC) Soundblaster (FOC) Combiners Menasor Bruticus Piranacon Devastator Abominus	Event Optimus Primal/Optimus Primal Bat Cheetor Rattrap Dinobot Rhinox Silverbolt Depth Charge Airazor Tigatron Exclusives Lio Convoy	Event Megatron/ Megatron Alligator Waspinator Blackarachnia Tarantulas Inferno Scorponok Rampage	Windshear Runway Heavytread Combiners Centuritron

* Characters that aren't in the game yet, but appear in promotional material.

Notes

• The Exclusive version of Skywarp and the Event characters Armada Galvatron, Tigatron, Generations Perceptor, and Beast Wars Ravage are the only characters thus far represented by TakaraTomy figures rather than their Hasbro counterparts (if one exists).

• Unlike the event cores, which are removed 48 hours after the event ends, the Alpha/Beta/Omega and character cores stay when the new monthly character is added.

• As of the Dinobot update, many Rare to Epic characters were buffed. Some gained over 20 HP!

• Most characters fire a weapon to attack when in vehicle mode. Some characters, such as the Constructicons, drive over and pounce on enemies. Hardcore.

• Blaster and Soundwave are unique in the sense that they do not fire a weapon in their alternate modes. Instead, they each deploy Raindance and Laserbeak respectively, who both do the firing.

External links

• Official Website