We all know the stigmas placed on games based on film franchises......many are well deserved. However, I do think this particular game shakes alot of that.....First off, you play in an open enviorment which has easy to identify mission "markers" to move the story along. As others have said, you can choose to be an autobot or decepticon, I choose decepticon, because I wanted to destroy an enviorment that was touted a fully destructible....was it? Yes, it was. Does it look good....yes. How was the gameplay? Well, there's just something about cruising along in the form of a PaveLow chopper and at will converting to a 40 ft bipedal mechanical menace......very cool. In terms of graphics, on the PS3, it's solid. Won't completely blow you away, won't disappoint either. The weapons on the machines themselves can be used in robot of vehicle form, and the character animations on the transfomers themselves are fluid, not clunky, which is the same as in the new film, I hear. And transforming is a blast....havent gotten sick of it yet. If you looking for a solid game, a little GTA style, open enviorments, blowing the hell out of anything and everything you see(and some things you don't see) then this is definitely a game you might want to check out, even as a weekend rental. I bought it simply because there are a good amout of unlockables etc, also the levels are big enough to roam around in and do alittle exploring, or better yet, just, well, destroy...