Subscribe RSSSTORY: Transformers: War for Cybertron is set a millennia before the G1 (generation one) cartoon series where the robotic life forms landed on Earth. As such the game takes place during the Cybertronian civil war and as usual Megatron is on a quest for domination. The story is being touted as official Canon by Hasbro and as a result fills in some of the blanks that were missing from the original cartoon. These include Starscreams defection from the Autobots and the reason the Tranformers fled their home planet, Cybertron.
In keeping with all things Transformers the main story revolves around the acquisition of a new type of unstable energy called dark energon, which of course Megatron must have. Apparently, there is a backstory related to the energy source but it is never explained or even touched upon.
Overall justice is done to the 26 year old story even if at times it does poke a few holes in the original G1 plotline. This will bring a smile to the face of avid Transformers fans as the personality of all the characters remains true to their original counterparts for the most part.
