>>8576995>It's a decent showYeah, it's only the best piece of Transformers media ever made, it's nothing special.
>the animation didn't age all that badlyThe environments aged the worst. The characters being robots was a lucky preservative for the visuals, much like the Toy Story characters being toys, and the Reboot characters being programs.
>most episodes is pretty mehSeason 2 > late Season 3 >late Season 1 >early Season 3 >early Season 1.
I'm rewatching it right now and the thing that sticks out to be the most as a problem is how long it took them to establish Megatron's character. He's little more than a default heavy in the narrative until the antepenultimate episode of season 1, where Rhinox is infected with the Energon buildup virus. Here, he is fully utilized as a sly, scheming ham with an Energon hot tub and a T-Rex head-hand he treats like a pet. His personality and intellect aren't really showcased very well at all before this, save for the episodes where Terrorsaur and Rhinox attempt to usurp him ("A wise tyrant..."/"Predacons gloat too much."). The Maximals' personalities and character dynamics are sorted out well enough very early on, but the Preds are a mess for a ways into the first season. Scorponok in particular is just completely inconsistent, even in his speech. Other than that, there are no real problems with the show. A war is a series of skirmishes and the initially episodic nature suits the premise, which continues into season 2, where the writing is much stronger throughout even though it still has one-offs. Season 3 suffered from Hasbro's indecision and interference, granted, but they pull it back together for the ending just fine.