Posted on: February 9, 2022

Atreyu666

Games: 1895 Reviews: 43

This game breathes Terminator!

As many people before me stated, this game is the best Terminator related game ever made... by far! The atmosphere and graphics are spot-on and it's thrilling from beginning to end. The game's mechanics are not new but the creators stole from the right places and they did it really smart. For example, gathering items and crafting are important in this game but it never feels tacked-on, it's fun searching those atmospheric places for loot and the crafting system is pretty simple. Being stealth in this game is possible for the most part, but you don't need to sneak past enemies. Early in the game when I realized that Terminators can be killed and got the sniper rifle, I pretty much cleared out every area. But running around and gunning like crazy doesn not work here, most of the machines can kill you in a matter of 2-3 seconds so you have to be a bit tactical which was a lot of fun, even though I'm usually not good at these type of games. The story was well-paced, well-told, worked as a prequel to the first movie and even for me it was very comprehensible. And more importantly, the characters were memorable and I almost cried each time I lost one of them to the machines (I love you, Jennifer <3)! If you like good post-apocalyptic sci-fi and/or the first Terminator movies, go buy this game, you can't go wrong!

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Posted on: December 9, 2019

arugulaKhan

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Games: Reviews: 59

deus lite

This game is basically Deus Ex with Terminators on about half the budget. It's a well-made, semi open-world FPS-RPG with quality shooting, sneaking and exploring, but a lot less to do on every map. It's a little on the short side (maybe 15 hours, all-told, and two playthroughs will show both sides of every key decision), but it's a good ride while it lasts.

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Posted on: August 25, 2023

GamerZyeaH94

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Games: 280 Reviews: 16

Buy this game!

Get this game if you're a fan of the original Terminator movies. It's worth every penny.

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Posted on: January 3, 2020

Andrey82

Verified owner

Games: 792 Reviews: 1

Surprisingly, very good game!

Yes, graphics and, especially, animations look quite simple and poor, but there is so many interesting gameplay mechanics in this game! You can craft items, open doors and crates with lockpicking, you can hack enemy turrets and they start shooting your enemies, there is a stealth with takedowns, there is character leveling up with skills to pick, weapon upgrades and more. There is even dialogues with various characters and there is a set of choices with consequences (actually, one level is named "Consequences"). And there Fallout-style ending where world state is described in set of pictures which changes based on your decisions made in game. Overall, this is not linear shooter, but more like action-RPG with multiple endings. And last, but not least - atmosphere. It is great! If you liked Future War parts from two first films - this is a game you will like. It is clearly based on first two films and there is nothing from third and later films which I especially like. Story is quite interesting and got some interesting choices for player to make. There is even a few attempts to make a plot twist at some points. Sound effects and music is a surprisingly good too. Great game for a Terminator fan!

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Posted on: April 12, 2020

trish01

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Games: 508 Reviews: 1

Best thing from The Terminator since '91

This is essentially Fallout meets The Terminator, made with less money than Fallout 4's marketing budget. If that sounds like I'm being disparaging, quite the opposite. Teyon have done a great job with the money they had and have crafted a game that truly feels like a sequel/prequel to the Terminator movies (all 2 of them). I played through on the hardest difficulty, and while at first it was certainly far too easy like others have said (I think I only died twice over the course of the first 2/3rds of the game), after the mid-March 2020 update the difficulty is MUCH improved. Terminators are much more lethal, they track you more thoroughly, and getting past them is much more of a challenge (I lost count of how many times I died post-update). I also found ammo to be much more scarce post-update. There were quite a few times I had to fall back on conventional weapons after my plasma guns ran out of ammo, whereas pre-update I never had that problem. Graphics-wise the game looks fine, if not as eye-popping as most current gen titles. The facial animations are generally rather poor, but never overly distracting. Given the budget the game was made with, they're certainly acceptable. Same goes for the voice acting - it's fine but not up there with the likes of Mass Effect and such. Nonetheless the characters are likeable and the actors give great delivery most of the time. On the down side, some of the more tedious elements involve scavenging for crafting materials, as well as the lock-pick and hacking mini-games (the latter of which is basically Frogger and the former is lifted straight from Fallout). While it never got to the point where I just wanted to skip these things, it does get rather repetitive. The optional SkyNET bases can be a chore too, but you can just ignore them if you want. Overall, if you're a fan of the Terminator movies, this comes highly recommended.

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