Those familiar with most basic twin-stick shooters will recognize the move and shoot control setup, though a dodge button is also available for avoiding large attacks from boss fights and during certain sections of levels you’ll be able to make use of transforming in to a vehicle (complete with an alternative ‘stealth’ mode). Two special weapons are also available to dispatch groups of enemies, either by an area-blasting shock wave or a large homing-missile attack. Whether you control Optimus Prime or Bumblebee, you have the option of either walking around in a robot-form, blasting enemies with one of two weapons (limited in their use by a rising heat gauge) or smacking them around with a melee strike.
Repetition is something you’d almost expect of a dual-stick shooter, however once you’ve experienced the first few levels you’ve basically experienced it all. Sadly, what is true for the film of Transformers: Dark of the Moon also seems to carry through to the App Store game and while Electronic Arts has done a better than average job in the conversion, it fails to hold up thanks to its repetitive gameplay. To paraphrase a movie reviewer I respect, if you’re willing to accept a film just because it’s not as terrible as the last one, then you’ve let your standards seriously slide.
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