That is correct Veedot. It's not in the demo but you can change the color and pick different chassis and what not. I don't think itll be as advanced as we'd like it to be tho. Watch some of the videos on Gametrailers and it shows some of that in action.

Had a lot of fun with the demo as well, can't wait for the final game. Still debating if I want it on my 360 or on the PC. It's not quite the kind of game which requires very precise aiming (yeah there are headshots, but the Transformers are big and there aren't huge sniping distances like, say, Bad Company 2). Did you guys notice also where it says that when you level up all classes to max level you unlock Prime mode? That's gotta be fun.

From the demo, I loved the soldier. The Scout car has an awesome machine gun, but its Robot-form weapons aren't really my style. As soldier, I love the minigun weapon, and it's always fun to start whirlwinding and killing 3 other bots

Oh, well, better than nothing I suppose. I'm the kind of guy who wishes everything was as customizable as GalCiv2 and Spore.

/off topic: Must find a way to combine Spore, GalCiv2, and various others into one super-game.   (in lieu of a "bwahaha" emoticon.) Oh well, I'm studying to be a game designer so maybe...

Yeah, the campaign is played with several characters backing you up, which can be AI or other players. There's also a wave survival mode that's been getting more common after Gears of War 2 and Halo: ODST introduced them.

@the monk- I dont know what videos for transformers or what mechwarrior games you played, but they really don't play anything alike at all. THat being said transformers is amazing so I suggest picking it up. Good campaign fantastic multiplayer. Especially if youre like me and you've been getting tired of CoD and all its knock offs.

The game is definitely consolized as a shooter, in terms of having bigger models and bigger crosshairs for easier aiming with a controller. It definitely respects the Transformers cartoon roots (they again have the original Optimus voice actor!). And it is also pretty polished, visually and technically.

As far as Multiplayer, it borrows from many popular games, which makes it pretty good. Firstly, the Campaign can be played fully in co-op with several people (3 characters per mission is what I've seen so far). Then there's a Survival type mode which appeared in Gears of War 2 and Halo: ODST. Multiplayer itself borrows from Call of Duty, Bad Company, etc class advancement systems. You get 4 classes (Scout/car, Soldier/tank, Scientist/plane, Leader/truck), each with a unique selection of weapons, abilities, perks, and chassis types. You gain XP for killing, with typical bonuses for streaks, revenges, headshots, things like that. Like CoD, there's a "Challenges" system that gives you xp to level, though doesn't provide any unlocks as far as I can figure so far. Gaining levels unlocks more abilities and perks relevant to your class, and of course you can only pick so many to equip. You can also customize your colors a bit and have a selection of several models per class. Apparently when you max out all classes you unlock "Prime" mode, though I don't know what that does, yet

Then there are most of the common game modes popular today. Deathmatch, control point capture, etc.

Basically, it's a pretty well thought out and designed game that's heavily influenced by the original material, so if you like Transformers and you don't mind console-style shooters, I'm pretty confident you'll like the game.

@Monk:

As someone said above, MechWarrior and this aren't really comparable You do get big robots blasting the crap out of each other, but that's more or less where the similarities end. As for yay or nay? Yay!

There is, but given that it's a straight port it's basically identical to the console version as far as I'm aware.

I heard they are releasing a new title in the MechWarrior series? Just base rumour or is there some truth to it?

It's not a rumor, however past the initial announcement of the game, we haven't heard anything about it (other than them getting sued because the Teaser Trailer they released with the announcement apparently resembled RoboTech too much).

http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002275p1.html

Just so you're aware, on Tuesday (the launch day) for the game, there was a guy on the #stardock IRC asking if anyone had the PC version to play with, and said at that time there were around 500 people online. I don't have the PC version myself, so I don't know how much that number has gone up (though I'm certain it has), but multiplayer population is something to consider since consoles should get the majority deal here.