Line #42 VideoGame/TransformersUniverse


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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/transformers_universe_442.jpg]]
4	''Transformers Universe'' was an online [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMO]]-[[ThirdPersonShooter TPS]], somewhat similar to ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' with its [[JobSystem Class System]], but the graphics were a little lower and the designs took their cue from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. It was a browser-based game similar to ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}'' and was made by [[Creator/{{Jagex}} the same company]].
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6	The game was only in open beta for its short lifespan, and it has been said that the available content was only about 10% of what was planned. It appeared to feature the exact same story as most Franchise/{{Transformers}} [[CashCowFranchise franchise]] storylines of Autobots vs. Decepticons.
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8	Jagex and Creator/{{Hasbro}} [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames closed the game]] on January 31, 2015.
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10	See the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5T6qEOCPsQ here]].
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13	!! This game provides examples of:
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15	* AllegedlyFreeGame: As the games development went on, more and more of the game was put into expensive "Founders Packs" until Jagex realised that even they couldn't keep claiming the game was FreeToPlay with a straight face if they planned to charge customers $120 for a 12 month subscription to the whole game.
16	%%* AlwaysOverTheShoulder
17	* AnAdventurerIsYou: Several classes - such as [[MightyGlacier Soldiers]], [[GlassCannon Demolishers]], [[TheMedic Medics]], [[JackOfAllStats Hybrids]], [[WhiteMage Mechanists]], [[BlackMage Suppressors]], and [[StoneWall Guardians]].
18	* ArmCannon: How the Transformers hold their weapons (with the exception of melee weapons and [[GatlingGood gatling guns]]), they "transform" their arms into them.
19	* ArtEvolution: Characters returning from ''Prime'' are given slight aesthetic overhauls for the game.
20	* {{BFG}}: Showdown carries a gigantic "Surge Cannon" slung over his shoulder.
21	%%* BigBad: Megatron.
22	%%* BigGood: Optimus Prime.
23	* CastFromHitPoints: Firebreaker's cloaking ability drains his Shield health bar.
24	* ChainsawGood: Doubletake and Mismatch carry chainsaws.
25	%%* CombatMedic: Hotwire especially
26	* ContinuityNod:
27	** The game is set before the events of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', specifically during part of the Autobot/Decepticon conflict on Earth that was mentioned to have occurred three years earlier in that series.
28	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience
29	* CoolSword: Macro uses one.
30	* CutShort: Lasted only six months before Jagex and Hasbro pulled the plug.
31	* FireBreathingWeapon: Sparkscape carries a "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flame Vapor Gun]]", and a "Vaccine Vapor Gun", which shoots what is basically healing flames.
32	%%* FriendlyFireproof
33	* GatlingGood: Monsoon, Showdown, Front-Line, Rampart, Mismatch, and Shellshock carry miniguns. Shellshock has ''two''.
34	* GrenadeLauncher: Carried by Ripraw, Macro, Monsoon, Astraea, Rampart, and Flatline.
35	* GunNut: Shellshock; "he ensures burst rates, muzzle velocities, calibers and cartridges all get a little love."
36	* InvisibilityCloak: Comes in multiple varieties. Macro can place a dome in which Autobots will be invisible (and also cloak himself alone in vehicle mode), Swagger can simply cloak himself, and Firebreaker sacrifices his Shield health to fuel his cloak.
37	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Swagger carries a pair of katanas.
38	* LightningGun: Used by Swagger, Meltdown, and Derail. Triage, Meltdown, and Hotwire have healing ones.
39	%%* MechanicalLifeforms
40	%%* MythologyGag
41	* NamedWeapons: Despite most weapons in the game not being unique to a single character (except a few stats like range and damage), each weapon a character has has a unique prefix, such as Meltdown's Boraya Beam Gun VS. Swagger's Ronin Beam Gun.
42	* OutOfFocus: Main characters from other series simply do not appear in the game and are replaced by original Transformers characters, save for a few {{Non Player Character}}s like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Prowl, and Brawl.
43	%%* PaletteSwap
44	* PlayByPost: The most popular feature of the game by far seemed to be the Forum's roleplay board. The players complained more about losing that than when the game was binned.
45	* PowerFist: Overclock, Firebreaker, and Drive-By use large boxing glove-like gauntlets.
46	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter / ShortRangeShotgun: Anomaly, Pandemic, and Catapult have shotguns, and Conduit has a ''healing'' shotgun.
47	* ShoulderCannon: Showdown's {{BFG}}.
48	* SniperRifle: Catapult and Duststorm carry sniper rifles.
49	* SplashDamage: For the rocket launchers and grenade launchers, of course!

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