Posted on: January 12, 2021

Vonnis
Verified ownerGames: 539 Reviews: 16
Punches well above its weight
This game is more immersive and fun than anything I've played from AAA studios in a long time. It absolutely nails the atmosphere and the menacing look of the Machines, writing is decent to good for the most part, and exploring the city rubble while avoiding (or hunting, depending on your weaponry and confidence) Terminators is enjoyable. It actually reminded me of a scaled down version of modern Fallout games at times, except with less jank and better atmosphere and combat. A few things could've used a bit more work though. On hard difficulty ammo and medkits were abundant enough that I never used the crafting system and never spent skill points on it until there was no other place to put them. That lack of resource scarcity coupled with a rather powerful plasma sniper rifle you find in your very first mission for the Resistance if you explore just a little did take away from the tension, which is a shame because generally speaking the game does a good job of conveying how outmatched a human with conventional fire arms is against even a single basic T-800. The skill system as a whole could definitely be fleshed out, most skills either act as a gatekeeper for which weapons you can use or which level of locks/terminals you can pick/hack and others are minor quality of life improvements that are never truly needed. AI is pretty bad unfortunately. Granted many of Skynet's decisions and designs in the franchise as a whole are quite dubious, but this is probably the one part of the game that felt noticeably underdeveloped. Machines don't seem to alert one another when they have detected you or communicate at all for that matter, and Terminators will happily march single file into the line of fire of a turret you hacked, each of them responding with surprise when it kills them one by one. Apart from the AI nothing about this game is outright bad and most of it is pretty awesome. A must play if you like the first two movies, still highly recommended for everyone else.
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