Season 1 is brilliant for old G1 fans. Feels like the most taken serious Transformers series I've ever seen. There are some minor flaws such as quick evolution of Megatron, which might be questionable by some fans. Overall very good.
Follow up in season 2 is a big disappointment. Feels like half of the screen time is the fight with Scorponok. Which is fine on its own, but in the hindsight seems as a waste of time. The bigger problem are plot gaps, which doesn't make sense. And at some point Cybertron plot just cuts of and never continues. Did I miss an episode or two?
Season 3 serves an improvement over S2, but has new problems related to the Beast Wars. Predacon Megatron is completely different by character to original series. He used to be a great leader, equivalent to the original Megatron, but here he volunteers to be a servant, and never even tries to be something more. If you watched BW you will not accept this, and in combination with his new voice feels as a completely new character. The other downfall is missing major characters such as Waspinator (not really, but would be fun to see him). No, actually had in mind Tarantulas. He is the one who created Blackarachnia, while she is one of the key characters in S3. Surprisingly Starscream turns out to be a voice of reason at some point, which oddly might feel satisfying. Season finale is a well plotted convergence of the entire story, even if doesn't justify the entire plot.
Overall will rate it 7 for nostalgia. Didn't watch any of the recent series nor the Bay movies (other than speed run in 20 minutes of the first two) so this was my first real encounter since the original Beast Wars.
Follow up in season 2 is a big disappointment. Feels like half of the screen time is the fight with Scorponok. Which is fine on its own, but in the hindsight seems as a waste of time. The bigger problem are plot gaps, which doesn't make sense. And at some point Cybertron plot just cuts of and never continues. Did I miss an episode or two?
Season 3 serves an improvement over S2, but has new problems related to the Beast Wars. Predacon Megatron is completely different by character to original series. He used to be a great leader, equivalent to the original Megatron, but here he volunteers to be a servant, and never even tries to be something more. If you watched BW you will not accept this, and in combination with his new voice feels as a completely new character. The other downfall is missing major characters such as Waspinator (not really, but would be fun to see him). No, actually had in mind Tarantulas. He is the one who created Blackarachnia, while she is one of the key characters in S3. Surprisingly Starscream turns out to be a voice of reason at some point, which oddly might feel satisfying. Season finale is a well plotted convergence of the entire story, even if doesn't justify the entire plot.
Overall will rate it 7 for nostalgia. Didn't watch any of the recent series nor the Bay movies (other than speed run in 20 minutes of the first two) so this was my first real encounter since the original Beast Wars.