Transformers Legends (mobile game)

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Transformers Legends (mobile game)
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Developer	ngmoco
Publisher	Mobage
Platform	Android, iOS
Release date	December 13, 2012

Transformers Legends (parsed as "TRANSFORMERS Legends" on the Play Store) is a multiplayer card-based battle game published by Mobage for mobile devices. Released for Android devices on December 13, 2012 and iOS devices on April 25, 2013, the the game features much of the early Generation 1 cast, with the campaign including elements from many storylines.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots

Decepticons

Common Blurr Huffer Grappel Trailcutter Wreck-Gar Autobot Tracks Autobot Gears Hoist Windcharger Warpath Smokescreen Sunstreaker Red Alert Ramhorn Uncommon Autobot Rewind Eject Steeljaw Sergeant Kup Silverstreak Cliffjumper Perceptor Inferno Autobot Hound Sideswipe Brawn Swoop Sludge Slug Snarl Blaster Rare Mirage Chromia Ratchet Wheeljack Bumblebee Prowl Ultra Magnus Ironhide Autobot Jazz Grimlock Optimus Prime Super Rare Elite Bumblebee Elite Prowl Arcee Elite Ironhide Elite Autobot Jazz Jetfire Elite Grimlock Elite Optimus Prime Metroplex

Common Hardshell Ratbat Venom Overkill Kickback Ransack Bonecrusher Mixmaster Scavenger Sharpshot Slugfest Headstrong Rampage Chopshop Uncommon Reflector Onslaught Scourge Blast Off Decepticon Brawl Long Haul Vortex Hook Dirge Decepticon Rumble Divebomb Decepticon Frenzy Buzzsaw Thrust Razorclaw Acid Storm Rare Cyclonus Ravage Skywarp Laserbeak Thundercracker Ramjet Slipstream Soundwave Starscream Shockwave Megatron Super Rare Flamewar Elite Skywarp Elite Thundercracker Elite Soundwave Elite Starscream Elite Shockwave Galvatron Elite Megatron Trypticon

Gameplay

The game is broken down into "Missions" and "Battles".

Missions

"Missions" are roughly equivalent to "story mode." Progress is made by clicking a "scan" button, which drains a little bit of Energon each time. A scan can have one of several results:

• The player is ambushed by an enemy (Swoop in the Decepticon campaign, Ramjet in the Autobot campaigns)

• The player receives a Common or Uncommon card

• The player is given an opportunity for a "free" PVP battle, or

• The player is given an opportunity to win a Rare card.

Each mission takes somewhere between 20 and 30 clicks to complete, and each click uses 10 points of Energon. The cards for each Mission are pre-determined by the game, and only a few Rare cards are available in Missions. The rest must be obtained via the "Space Bridge" (i.e., by paying for them). Energon is refilled automatically when a player levels up, slowly over time, or can be refilled instantly via special items (i.e., by paying for it).

Battles

"Battles" are the game's version of player-versus-player combat. Combat is initated by clicking on another player's name (potential opponents are pre-selected by the game), at which point combat is managed entirely by the game. Each combat uses one Battle Cube, which refill automatically when a player levels up, slowly over time, or can be refilled instantly via special items (i.e., by paying for it.)

Events

Events modify gameplay in two primary ways: by adding special themed cards, and by offering "Boss Battles". "Episode" cards are rare 'hero' cards that players may use in Boss Battles, whereas "Event" cards represent the bosses, and are distributed after the event's conclusion as rewards for top players. Boss Battles work similarly to standard Battles, except that they are accessed through the Missions mode, as one of the possible outcomes. Boss Battles also add multiplayer action - if a Boss is too difficult for a single player, they can opt to invite other users (again, selected by the game) to assist, with all participants receiving rewards.

• Harvest of the Insecticons - An Insecticon themed event featuring Kickback, Hardshell, and Sharpshot as bosses and Hound and Mirage as rare Autobots.

• Day of the Dinobots - A Dinobot themed event featuring Sludge, Snarl, and Slug as bosses and Dirge and Thrust as rare Decepticons.

• Robots in the Sky - A Seeker themed event featuring Acid Storm, Sunstorm, Skywarp, and Thundercracker as bosses and Cliffjumper and Jazz as rare Autobots.

• Fatal Furies - A Female Autobots themed event featuring Firestar, Arcee, Chromia, and Elita One as bosses and Slipstream and Flamewar as rare Decepticons.

• Unleash the Beast - (5/9/13 - 5/16/13) A Terrorcons themed event inspired loosely by the plot of Transformers: Beast Hunters. Shockwave clones the Terrorcons based on ancient CNA. When they prove uncontrollable he sends Predacons Razorclaw and Divebomb to capture them before Megatron finds out.

Notes

• Although the designs of most characters are based on their original G1 or (where applicable) Classics/Universe/Generations appearances, Chromia and Arcee draw much more heavily from their Revenge of the Fallen and Prime incarnations, respectively. While Megatron's robot mode resembles his G1 self, his alternate mode is a tank.
• Slipstream is referred to in her biography as "the female Starscream", implying that she is a version of Animated Slipstream.
• Barrage, Scrapper, Tantrum, and Swindle are all mysteriously absent from the Decepticon roster, despite the remainder of their respective teams appearing.
• Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red.