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Post by Onix Solo on Aug 13, 2010 6:05:44 GMT -5
Actually, The Game was the main driving force. The book was create as an after thought to coincide with the game, something the game developers probably didn't know about. War for Cybertron is supposed to be the set up continuity for Transformers Prime, supposedly. Hasbro has made WFC canon.
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Post by . on Aug 13, 2010 18:31:36 GMT -5
Actually, The Game was the main driving force. The book was create as an after thought to coincide with the game, something the game developers probably didn't know about. War for Cybertron is supposed to be the set up continuity for Transformers Prime, supposedly. Hasbro has made WFC canon. Well, everything officially sanctioned by Hasbro or Takara is canon. That's nothing new. WFC and Exodus, specifically though, are supposed to be telling the official history of the war from now on, (not just for Prime). My point is that Exodus does a better job of it for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is that it's a complete story, not subject to the variables of game-play. Secondly, it draws more from TF History, including references to the Original Thirteen, including having one of them in a major role in the story, something, I believe, WFC lacks. Third, the book uses Sentinel Prime, and not the God awful "Zeta Prime", who should never have been created in the first place, since he just does not fit into the lineage of the Primes. Granted, Hasbro tried to reconcile this for the game and book at BotCon saying that they're the same person fully named Sentinel "Zeta" Prime. It doesn't help IDW's G1 comics though where the writer of AHM and Spotlight Blurr tried to shoehorn this "Zeta Prime" between Sentinel and Optimus, completely contradicting the lineage of Primes seen in Spotlight Optimus Prime, which clearly, and unambiguously shows Sentinel Prime as Optimus Prime's immediate successor. Fourth, the book draws more from the actual existing back stories of Optimus and Megatron from previous fiction than the game does. The book references War Within (Optimus having been an archivist), Megatron: Origin (Megatron being a gladiator), War Dawn (Orion Pax), etc. as well as drawing from several other continuities as well, such as Bumblebee's voice box having been crushed by Megatron after the Allspark was launched from the Well of all Sparks (as in the movie-verse). Fifth, the book also details the events that lead up to the war, instead of only dealing with the actual war after it has begun. In fact, a full half of the book details Optimus' and Megatron's relationship before they become enemies, and the war actually begins. From my understanding, WFC begins with the war already under way. Thus, Exodus is far more in depth, than the game, and thus tells the official history better than a game could.
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Post by Jazzman Crothers on Sept 14, 2010 11:25:08 GMT -5
A while back I tracked Alex down on his facebook and asked him a question about Exodus.... I've asked him another question about Exodus, but he never got back to me. Oh well...
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Post by Dai Atlas on Sept 26, 2010 21:19:22 GMT -5
Well I just finished up Batman Odyssey 1, 2, and 3 and just ordered 4 as well as Transformers Drift 1 and 2 from TFAW so I can't wait for those.
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Post by Onix Solo on Nov 20, 2010 18:41:09 GMT -5
Reading the Transformers Armada Omnibus.
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Post by Onix Solo on Nov 21, 2010 17:43:18 GMT -5
Finished it today. It wasn't bad. Preferable over the cartoon. Still had one major problem that started with R, C, and A respectively. The kids were just as annoying, if not more than the show. But, minicons weren't and so it evened out on that front.
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Post by Onix Solo on Dec 23, 2010 18:58:01 GMT -5
Volume 2 of Transformers Ongoing.
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