15 Severely Underrated Xbox 360 Games That Deserve A Second Chance
6. Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen
Now now I know what you're thinking - "Transformers 2? That terrible movie tie-in? What on earth is this guy on?" - but stay with me and all will be explained. Michael Bay's Transformers franchise has in many ways come to epitomise everything that's wrong with the current film industry climate - it's littered with product placement, crude racial stereotypes, wanton destruction that only appeals to the base needs of film-goers, and needlessly sexualised caricatures that lack any and all semblance of what could be a personality. You'd probably think then that any game counterpart would endeavour to imitate the summer blockbusters - but you'd be quite wrong. Sure, High Moon's incredible Cybertron games tower over Revenge of the Fallen completely, but unlike the movie adaptation they have been met with critical and commercial success (and rightly so). The only reason why ROTF earns it spot here is because its multiplayer was remarkably well handled despite its simplicity. Again, this is something many would claim High Moon did better with their Cybertron games, but something about ROTF's combat feels much more natural and fluid. Lobbies are all but deserted now however, so any incentive that once existed to return to this title may have now dissipated completely.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
