Motormaster, Menasor, and the Stunticons resemble their toys from the 'Combiner Wars' toyline. Megatron's tank mode is also from 'Combiner Wars'.
In the collectable section, there is a bunch of the 'Generations' artwork from the current toy series.
Soundwave never transforms, but he does eject his mini-cassettes: Rumble, Frenzy, Buzzsaw, Ravage, and Laserbeak.
This game's story is inspired by The Transformers (1984), the IDW comics and Transformers: Combiner Wars (2016).