!!The Video Game
* ActorAllusion: Near the end of "Death of Hope", Megatron refers to Omega Supreme as an "Obsolete hulk". Both Megatron and Omega are voiced by Creator/FredTatasciore, who has voiced ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk multiple times.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/CoreyBurton, who voiced Shockwave (Creator/SteveBlum does it in the game proper) in the DLC commercial for the game, said that the gag nature and rushed performance seemed OutOfCharacter and that he felt he [[InNameOnly barely sounded like Shockwave at all]].
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Fell into this when Activision's ''Transformers'' license expired in 2017.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/SamRiegel as Starscream.
** Creator/NolanNorth as Brawl.
** Creator/PatrickSeitz as Silverbolt.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Though he misremembered it as an offer for ''Film/Transformers2007'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sofxhdeZItM in an interview with]] Jon Bailey ([[WebVideo/HonestTrailers yes, that one]]), Victor Caroli was considered to reprise his role from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' as the narrator, but they didn't offer him enough money.
** Reportedly Creator/FrankWelker auditioned to play Megatron, but much like what happened with the live-action films, his classic G1 Megatron voice was ultimately not what High Moon wanted for the character.
* The class system was borrowed from a failed D20 based Transformers Game later published under the name Mechamoprhs.
!!The toyline
* {{Defictionalization}}: The Barricade design seen in the ''Siege'' and ''Earthrise'' lines comes straight from an old fanart made by comic artist Guido Guidi of a G1 version of the character from the 2007 movie, represented as a redeco of Prowl with Smokescreen's headsculpt.