Awesome / Transformers: War for Cybertron

A game set during Cybertron's Civil War is bound to have awe-inspiring moments from both evil Decepticons and heroic Autobots; there are heroes on both sides after all.

Warning: All spoilers unmarked! You have been warned.

• The intro cutscene before the main menu itself is a CMOA, showing the conflicting ideals of Autobots and Decepticons, stated clearly through their respective leaders' quotes as shown in the main page. It's also a display of power for both factions, showing the faction members' combat prowess, and their respective humongous mechas, with the Decepticons having Trypticon, and the Autobots having Omega Supreme.
• Megatron successfully controlling Dark Energon, an addictive Fantastic Drug for Cybertronians that no one has ever been able to control. He might be a villainous Bad Boss, but the Decepticons sure respect this guy for a reason.
  Starscream: (Sees Megatron entering the Dark Energon containment unit) You arrogant fool! No one has ever survived direct contact!
  (Megatron enters the core of the containment unit and begins absorbing the Dark Energon, making Barricade and Brawl recoil backwards as he does so. After a few seconds, the Dark Energon within the containment field begins to dissipate)
  Starscream: What?!? This isn't possible! No! No one can control Dark Energon! It dominates and destroys everything it touches!
  Megatron: (after successfully absorbing the Dark Energon completely) Hahahahaha! I...am the dominator! (lands on the ground Three-Point Landing style) I...AM THE DESTROYER! (Starscream, rightfully frightened, runs away, transforms and flees the scene immediately). I AM MEGATRON!!! Decepticons, receive your birthright! (Infuses Dark Energon to Brawl and Barricade, enhancing their strength and durability)
  • Perhaps the most telling part is that if you look closely as he jumps into the Dark Energon stream, Megatron's body begins warping and deconstructing itself. Megatron No Sells his body being torn apart down to his very Spark, and reconstitutes himself in the span of ten seconds of exposure.
• Every time you use your Car/Jet mode's superior speed to get close to a Mook, shift forms and immediately launch a melee attack without stopping.
  • Pulling off a successful ram in heavily armored Truck mode.
  • Using your tank mode's turning ability to outmaneuver a car or truck and finish them off while they try to figure out what you just did.
• The bosses in every chapter but the first one are all Crowning Moments of Awesome. ALL OF THEM. For both Autobot and Decepticon campaign.
  • Chronologically the first boss in the game, the Energon Bridge Guardian, features Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker dodging its many laser turrets and lava-based attacks. The resultant scene after it's destroyed, with Dark Energon crystals protruding out of the machinery, is just icing on the cake as you fly back to the surface, which Starscream started with a quote that pumps you up to fly.
    Starscream: TO THE SURFACE, DECEPTICONS!
  • After entering the Iacon Vaults, Megatron finally encounters Zeta Prime, who fights Megatron, utilizing his giant holographic projection, advanced Autobot machinery, an army of Energon clones, and several hammy taunts and boasts to counter Megatron's own.
    Megatron: Is that all, Zeta?! A pathetic army of Energon clones?! Is that the best you can do?!
    Zeta Prime: HAHAHAHA! You have no idea! Here, I have LIMITLESS POWER!
  • When Megatron is being chased by Omega Supreme, he is very reluctant to run away from the special super-robot trying to kill him (and who could kill him with a single direct hit), actually daring him several times to come and get him. And finally manages to knock him out of the sky, using the Autobots' ion cannons.
    Megatron: You think you can destroy me, Omega Supreme?! YOU THINK YOU CAN DESTROY MEGATRON?!?! DO YOUR WORST!
  • In the end of the Decepticon campaign, Megatron finally defeats Omega Supreme after a grueling battle by firing a blast of Dark Energon through his chest cavity, corrupting him and rendering him immobile, and able to force him to open the Omega Gate to the Core of Cybertron.
    Megatron: Yes! YES! The Autobots' most powerful weapon, and the key to the Core of Cybertron ARE MINE! The universe shall hear my name... AND TREMBLE!!!!!
  • In the first chapter of the Autobot campaign, there's the boss fight with Starscream in the Decagon, who Took a Level in Badass and able to fight Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Bumblebee, all at once. Additional points for fighting and defeating all of the Aerialbots before the fight.
  • The boss fight against Soundwave in Zeta Prime's prison cell in Kaon, with Soundwave sending Frenzy, Rumble, and Laserbeak in the fight.
  • The fight against the Corrupted Worm in the core of Cybertron, is awesome as well, considering that that thing has been chasing you throughout the level.
  • Two words: Atmospheric free-falling. To further elaborate, after you force Trypticon back into his natural state, he begins freefalling down to Cybertron from space and you keep shooting him as he does so! The best part of it all? It's entirely playable as you destroy Trypticon's jetpack, causing him to plummet to Cybertron's surface.
  • And the icing on the cake for the Autobot campaign? Optimus Prime deals the final blow to Trypticon after a long and grueling battle on the surface of Cybertron, using his Energon Axe to knock Trypticon over, causing him to plummet down into the depths of Cybertron.
    Trypticon: You haven't defeated me, Autobots!
    Optimus Prime: You've lost, Trypticon!
• The first time you play the Autobot campaign and you hear Optimus Prime say "Transform and Roll Out!" No matter who you play as, you'll be pumped to pressed the button to transform.
• The entire Autobot campaign is a big one for Optimus Prime himself, showing his transition from a wise and humble warrior to the leader of the Autobots, and the keeper of the Matrix.
  Optimus Prime: I will accept the burden, with all that I am.
  High Council: Rise, Optimus Prime! For you are the leader of the Autobots! You are the last Prime!
  Core of Cybertron: Behold, the Matrix of Leadership. Cybertron recognizes and welcomes Optimus Prime. Keeper of the Matrix. Leader of the free Autobots!
• Four words: Space. Slugs. With. Turrets. In context, Optimus, Warpath and Ironhide are trying to navigate their way to Cybertron's corrupted core. The Space Slugs with turrets then come to their aid... and they prove to be very durable against Dark Energon, plowing through the shards and mess like they were butter.
• The P.O.K.E. (Punch Of Kill Everything), if you're the one using it. The following rampage is extremely satisfying.
• Brawl taking out an entire squad of Autobot troops who were dogpiling him during the assault on the archives. Since he's the only one of his team to appear in the main story, it's a nice demonstration of why they're called the Combaticons.
• How does Bumblebee make his introduction to the game? By driving past Decepticons firing at him and up a ramp, transforms to robot mode as he flies through the air and shoots down two of them, then transforms and lands safely on his wheels. Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Awesome for Optimus Prime, who comes to his rescue by driving out of a falling Decepticon cruiser, and take out two Decepticon mooks in quick succession with his Energon axe.
• Two words: Omega. Supreme. In the two final chapters of the Decepticon campaign. For starters, he ambushed Megatron, destroying his cruiser, flinging it away like a ragdoll as Megatron realized just what is after them.
  Breakdown: Who is that guy? You think he knows about the Omega Key?
  Megatron: No, Breakdown. He IS the Omega Key!
  • Saying that Omega Supreme is incredibly determined to destroy Megatron is an Understatement. He can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He feels no pity, no remorse, no fear, and he will never stop until Megatron is truly dead.
  • Case in point? He uses his Wave-Motion Gun to destroy the bridge Megatron is standing on, dropping mines on the highway Megatron is driving on, and ramming the elevator Megatron is riding on.
• Chapter III to VI, period. It shows the sheer size and spectacle of the titular War for Cybertron. Massive armies of Autobots and Decepticons fighting one another in huge battles across Iacon, despite being background moments in your mission. It's one big Scenery Gorn.
  • The sheer scale of the entire game is one for the studios. From the giant Planetary Guns on Iacon to the Decagon, and from the core of Cybertron the Geosynchronous Energon Bridge. It goes to show that the war is unlike any war ever fought, and the Humongous Mecha from the perspective of the humans is almost nothing compared to the very tools they use to wage war.
• High Moon Studios itself, for creating an amazing game for a franchise that has had a bad case of The Problem with Licensed Games.