Hello! I have decided to make an any%/100% TAS of the PS2 game Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon (or also known as just Transformers or Transformers Armada) whenever the PS2 emulator's bugs are fixed. You guys have probably never heard of this game, unfortunately, for it is a very dead game that seems to be extremely ignored especially now. I've been playing this game since it came out, and I've finally considered making a TAS and a speedrun of the game as well. Here is the Wikipedia page of this game, so you guys can check out the basic information about this killed game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_(2004_video_game)
So, the game is a 3-dimensional 1 player shooting game that is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. As for the story, I will just quote Wikipedia:
"The game diverges from the anime and comic in terms of storyline. In the opening sequence Megatron, in a final assault against the Autobot Headquarters on Cybertron, surprises Optimus Prime with his Decepticlones, a massive powerful drone army. With numbers on his side, Megatron is able to overcome the resistance and fight Optimus Prime one-on-one.
Megatron is about to kill Optimus Prime, and in an homage to the original movie, he says: "I would have waited an eternity for this. It's over, Prime". When a Mini-Con beacon activates on Earth. Megatron, well-aware of what this means, heads to Earth to claim the Mini-Cons.
The Autobots Optimus Prime, Red Alert, and Hot Shot arrive on Earth as well to rescue the Mini-Cons, knowing that their combined power is the only way to overcome Megatron's new army."
As for tricks and stuff, I don't feel like rewriting all that shit right now, for it's 2:00 AM right now, so here's a topic with a lot of info on tricks and glitches on SpeedDemosArchive:
https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/ps2_transformers_armada_prelude_to_energon.html
The game will be incredibly hard to TAS I imagine because of all the angling, speed control, MiniCon selection, and obstacles, and more 3 dimensional annoyingness. You know what I mean. <,<
Although with TASing this game, I think the game can be brought to be MUCH more entertaining than even a speedrun could be done in, because of again, the angling, correct jumping, glitches done in a superhuman way, and blah blah blah. I may even find other glitches that are only possible using TAS.
If the PS2 emulator bugs are fixed, I would like to know so I can get started on this project. It will be hard, but it will be a lot of fun. I may get some help from someone if anyone is interested.
I can imagine it now:
Categories:
(for 100%) 100% completion
Loses health to save time
Uses deaths to save time
Heavy glitch abuse
Category: Action
Category: Shooting
God, I can't wait until the day comes when it's submitted. I know it's not a well known game, but I guarantee that pushing this game to its utmost limits will be exceedingly entertaining whether or not you have ever even played the game once.
I would like to know what you guys think of this idea. I am very excited and hope it can be done soon. :D
