I played through the 3 Casebook episodes plus the demo.  Overall I'd give the experience a slightly above average experience.  The gameplay did get tedious since 90% of the time you're just trying to use the camera to take shots of everything and then analyze it in the police van.  Still, there was something about it that kept me playing through each episode.

Next I'm planning on finishing up the remaining episodes of Wallace & Gromit and then probably play through Slip Space.  I just took advantage of the game sale going on at the adventuregamers store and purchased 'The Whispered World', 'Yoormajuk's Ring', and 'Runaway: Twist of Fate' for 50% off so will aim to play those down the road.

Ok, well despite the overwhelming silence on TF: War for Cybertron, I picked it up yesterday after work for a tidy $59 AUD (around $49 US).  I snuck in about 90 minutes of play last night, which ate into my Fallout 3 time more than I'd wanted.  But still, it's a bit of a fun run-and-gunner, with plenty of nods to the G1 cannon (the opening chapter of the Decepticon story starts off with Megatron aboard the Nemesis, and Jetfire (Skyfire) and Starscream are introduced as scientist colleagues - as originally mentioned in the 80's cartoon's backstory of Jetfire.

That said, there are several things they could have done better.  A customisable character for the story mode would have been awesome, for starters.  A splitscreen multiplay option with bots (pardon the pun) would have added a lot of longevity to it as well.

One of the reported failings of the game was that the customisable character options in the online multiplayer mode are very limited.  While I didn't play any multiplayer last night, I did check out some of the character options there, and there was certainly more choice than I was expecting.  Yes, there are only four classes.  But each class has several chassis to choose from (which I wasn't expecting), some of which need to be unlocked via the story mode.

The controls are very intuitive - my only gripe here is that the avatar appears on the lower left of screen, which makes running in a straight line confusing (I'd prefer the avatar in the middle of the screen).  Controls are fluid, especially when car mode.  I did play a little as a seeker, and it's actions were pretty smooth too, but I need a little practice.

My two favourite Transformers stem from my love of G1 and the toys, and were the two first figures I received as a young 'un: Sideswipe and Thundercracker.  At the start of the second chapter in the Decepticon story, you can elect to play as Thundercracker, so I'm already in a particular form of heaven.  It remains to be seen whether I'll get to play as the roguish Sideswipe in the Autobot campaign.

Also, I should mention that some of the vistas, when you're outside and can see vistas, are just spectacular - moreso than I would have expected from a basically metallic world.

As the solitary TF: War for Cybertron fan here, I'm left to shout to myself in joy that they're releasing their first DLC on the 27th, which includes five new robot chassis (or should that be "chassii"?), and four maps (2 for Escalation mode, which I haven't played yet, and 2 for vanilla multiplayer).  All for US$9.95 (which I'm expecting will be around $15 AUD...  at least that's what I hope).

Ooh, and PSN is offering Mortal Kombat II for $4.99 AUD at the moment, which is what - a cheeseburger's worth, for all of you oversees?  Very hard to ignore at that price.

Thanks xtal!  Otherwise I'd feel lonely here in my Hot Rod doona and Autbot symbol underpants.