History YMMV / TransformersWarForCybertron

** Impactor makes his first appearance outside of comic books where he's a Decepticon goon [[spoiler: who gets rescued by Ratchet, reluctantly works for him to fix the space bridge for the Autobots, and is killed in the final episode after barely getting any screentime]]. Even though he's one of the few characters in the show to get an arc it felt rushed due to his lack of screentime, redundant compared to Jetfire's more fleshed out HeelFaceTurn, abrupt as most of the other Decepticons are unrepentant psychopaths, and disappointing compared to IDW Impactor's more gradual and fleshed out character development in ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers even though that Impactor was always an Autobot!

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:The Alpha Trion protocols being passed to Bumblebee when Ultra Magnus dies, giving him all the wisdom of Alpha Trion, could have made for an interesting arc with him coming to terms with the knowledge thrust upon him and fleshing out his dynamic with Optimus as someone who had the same thing happen with the matrix. Instead they're a plot device for Bumblebee to join the Autobots and locate the All Spark, after which they're swiftly deleted by a virus created by Shockwave]]

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: Was anyone surprised that the Ark wasn't destroyed?]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:the Alpha Trion protocols being passed to Bumblebee when Ultra Magnus dies, giving him all the wisdom of Alpha Trion, could have made for an interesting arc with him coming to terms with the knowledge thrust upon him and fleshing out his dynamic with Optimus as someone who had the same thing happen with the matrix. Instead they're a plot device for Bumblebee to join the Autobots and locate the All Spark, after which they're swiftly deleted by a virus created by Shockwave]]

* {{Narm}}: Ultra Magnus' cloak, which apparently conceals his identity [[PaperThinDisguise despite]] not concealing his ShouldersOfDoom in the slightest.
* NightmareFuel: Jetfire. In most continuities, he's a GentleGiant of a scientist who merely wants to help end the war quickly. Here, he does want an end to the war... but he is not only ''Air Commander'' of the Seekers, but he's a cold, ruthless and dutiful enforcer of Megatron's will and is a fully dedicated warrior able to kill at a moment's notice given adequate reason. The only point where he draws a line is when he finds out his leader is completely fine with a literal genocide.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Impactor makes his first appearance outside of comic books where he's a Decepticon goon [[spoiler: who gets rescued by Ratchet, reluctantly works for him to fix the space bridge for the Autobots, and is killed in the final episode after barely getting any screentime]].

* BrokenBase: The game itself is well-liked. The game's place in continuity is... hoo boy. ''War for Cybertron'' is very unapologetically "G1 Fanservice - The Game", and High Moon consistently acknowledged throughout its development that they seemed to see it as a G1 game. Hasbro, on the other hand, insists that the game takes place in the Aligned continuity and is a prequel to ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime.'' Except given the above, ''WFC'' and ''Prime'' really don't fit together except in BroadStrokes, and their only real tie is that both involve Dark Energon heavily (which really isn't seen as particularly important, given that it's basically just an interchangeable MacGuffin). Their fanbases don't really overlap either, for that matter. Then there's the ''Literature/TransformersExodus'' novel, which tries to tie them together [[ContinuitySnarl but actually meshes with neither.]] This leads to a number of factions: fans who wish the High Moon games would just get declared to be the G1 games they were meant to be, fans who wish the High Moon games had taken more care to fit in with the ''Prime'' cartoon and vice versa, fans who see the entire Aligned continuity experiment as an unneeded mess, and fans who stick by Hasbro's word, treat the "WFC is G1" crowd as the usual suspects, and insist on trying to tie it all together.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: While ''Transformers'' is far from the most innovative franchise many of the show's major plot beats, such as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Transformers Megatron seeking the Allspark]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse to create a Decepticon army]], [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Jetfire starting out with the Decepticons before joining the Autobots]], [[VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron and the Autobots rushing to fuel and launch the Ark before the Decepticons can wipe them out]], have been done in previous entries in the series without this one putting many twists or changes onto them.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: While ''Transformers'' is far from the most innovative franchise many of the show's major plot beats, such as [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse Megatron seeking the Allspark to create a Decepticon army]], [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Jetfire starting out with the Decepticons before joining the Autobots]], [[VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron and the Autobots rushing to fuel and launch the Ark before the Decepticons can wipe them out]], have been done in previous entries in the series without this one putting many twists or changes onto them.

* DullSurprise: Most of the voice acting in the series is restrained to a fault, the few times where raw emotion is expressed feeling so out of nowhere it comes off as Main/{{Narm}} rather than dramatic.

* UnfortunateImplications: The series depicts the Decepticons, much like the original [=IDW=] comics canon, as miners and gladiators who rebelled against a society that enslaved and dehumanized them, but were so lost in a lust for vengeance they didn't know where to stop. Unlike the [=IDW=] canon, however, the parallel being made is on par with systemic racism, rather than classism and a mistreatment of the disabled, which causes the metaphor to break down ''very'' badly.
** For instance some characters, most prominently Starscream, refer to the Decepticons as a race rather than a political faction with them all being portrayed as blood-thirsty psyhcopaths apart from Jetfire around halfway through the series. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment The iffy implications of an entire race of former slaves rising up against oppression only to turn out to be evil oppressors should speak for itself]].

** The message is further muddled as some characters, most prominently Starscream, refer to the Decepticons as a race rather than a political faction with them all being portrayed as blood-thirsty psyhcopaths apart from Jetfire around halfway through the series. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment The iffy implications of an entire race of former slaves rising up against oppression only to turn out to be evil oppressors should speak for itself]].

** The message is further muddled as some characters, most prominently Starscream, refer to the Decepticons as a race rather than a political faction with them all being portrayed as blood-thirsty psyhcopaths apart from Jetfire around halfway through the series. [[/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment The iffy implications of an entire race of former slaves rising up against oppression only to turn out to be evil oppressors should speak for itself]].

* DullSurprise: Most of the voice acting in the series is restrained to a fault, the few times where raw emotion is expressed feeling so out of nowhere it comes off as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Narm Narm]] rather than dramatic.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Impactor makes his first appearance outside of comic books where he's a decepticon goon [[spoiler: who gets rescued by Ratchet, reluctantly works for him to fix the space bridge for the Autobots, and is killed in the final episode after barely getting any screentime]].

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: While Transformers is far from the most innovative franchise many of the show's major plot beats, such as [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse Megatron wanting the Allspark to create a Decepticon army]], [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Jetfire starting out with the Decepticons before joining the Autobots]], [[VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron and the Autobots rushing to fuel the Ark before the Decepticons can wipe them out]], have been done in previous entries in the series without this one putting many twists or changes onto them.

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: was anyone surprised that the Ark wasn't destroyed?]]

* IKnewIt: Character posters for ''Siege'' each contained a flashing letter from Autobot alphabet created for the original cartoon. When put together, they spelled out "KINGDOM." This led to the theory being that it was teasing a future ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' production. This turned out to be true, with Netflix soon announcing the third installment in the trilogy, indeed titled ''Kingdom,'' which would feature the [[WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] cast meeting the Beast Wars cast.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Impactor makes his first appearance outside of comic books where he's a decepticon goon who gets rescued by Ratchet, reluctantly works for him to build the Autobot space bridge [[spoiler: and is killed in the final episode after barely getting any screentime]].

* EpilepticTrees: Character posters for ''Siege'' each contain a flashing symbol that is actually a letter from Autobot alphabet created for the original cartoon. When put together, they spell out "KINGDOM." This has led to speculation over it's meaning, with the most prevailing theory is that it is teasing a future ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' production.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Megatron]], leader of the Decepticons, is the instigator of the titular war. A merciless tyrant, Megatron is bent on the conquest of Cybertron and the destruction of the Autobots, with the resulting war ravaging Cybertron and devastating its population. After taking control of the powerful [[TheCorruption Dark Energon]], Megatron infects Cybertron's core with the substance, further damaging the planet and bringing it under his control. When this corruption is cleared away, the core is forced to shut down, leaving Cybertron on the brink of death. As the Autobots try to leave the dying world, Megatron has their ships shot down, endangering the future of his own species to satisfy his hatred for the Autobots, before sending the monstrous [[HumongousMecha Trypticon]] after them. In ''[[VideoGame/TransformersRiseOfTheDarkSpark Rise of the Dark Spark]]'', Megatron acquires the Dark Spark and uses it to resurrect dead Autobots as mindless drones who will fight on his side. When offered a truce by Optimus Prime in ''[[VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron Fall of Cybertron]]'', Megatron refuses, [[NeverMyFault blaming Optimus]] for Cybertron's decline, declaring [[ItsAllAboutMe himself the planet's future]], and trying to destroy the Autobots' last hope of leaving Cybertron alive. After discovering the damaged Trypticon, Megatron, [[BadBoss not caring if Trypticon is still conscious or not]], has him forcibly converted into a warship for his own use. As the Autobots flee Cybertron, Megatron stages one last assault on the Ark, doing his best to kill Optimus Prime and doom the Autobots. Ruthless and [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] beyond measure, [[TheUnfettered Megatron]] is willing to doom his own homeworld and his entire species to satisfy his lust for power and hatred for his enemies.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Not at first, but wait till you have to fight [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Trypticon]]]] multiple times ([[ThatOneBoss and you will]]). You will sicken of hearing "You thought you could destroy me?! You thought you could destroy [[spoiler:TRYPTICON]]?! Haaa... pathetic!" "He's just laughing at us!" fast.
** Those who are used to Bumblebee being mute might feel this about him talking.

* Narm: How Creator/PeterCullen pronounces "lost" in one of the final battle's cutscenes.