OK, I really liked this game overall. but it's tough to give it four stars. For a long time I'd been tempted to go back and revisit that old Bethesda dog Future Shock, and this game has the same vibe to it and hits a sweet spot that scratches the Stalker itch without going overboard or ballooning into an endless journey. (and jfc is Future shock dated and beyond my paygrade) The game is segregated by mission one after another and has 'interludes' where you go back to a base to buy stuff like ammo and talk to NPCS.

What's nice about the game is the non-linearity of how you engage your missions. It really is pretty good. I would commend it in how it plays very similar to Deus Ex franchise of games. IT is an RPG-lite as you can spec a character with certain upgrades and talk to people. The game has a flimsy attempt to integrate CNC through conversations. The characters are also pretty weak and some of the voice acting is quite bad. So, in the end this makes it very half-assed, and is why i don't give the game four stars. The Shooting aspect is a bit strange (wonky) as you pretty much have to stay in cover and come out at certain times. It's mostly, okay, but weird. You have the ability to see through walls which is helpful but also kind of cheesy. The AI is very dumb. So as an FPS it isn't the best. It's weird and different. I would describe it as a bit similar to STALKER in the way you engage in combat (it's built around stealth and ambush) however your enemies are far more resilient and not squishy... Overall, I like this. and odds are if you like stalker, you'll like it too. (HINT)

Stealth. ☑️
Deus Ex-like environmental interaction/objectives ☑️
light RPG skill advances/CNC ☑️
Lore/World Building ☑️
Big maps/ruined cities which are satisfying to be in, roam/reconnoteur and explore ☑️
Nice References to source material (music/audio, grain filter, lighting effects, etc) ☑️

lotta people find this game underwhelming. IT has flaws, sure, but I thought it looked and played great. It's basically a Deus Ex/Shock game based on/looks/sounds like the movies, and feels like that world, one which has aged like a frickin' uzi. A lot of the aspects of the game feel kinda niche (such as the aesthetic/way it looks, or the fact some weapons can't be used against terminators) but other parts are quite solid such as The exploration being rewarding (or the maps that are somewhat nice and open) and stuff tends to be hidden in places if you keep your eyes open. Its main flaw is the bad characters and voice acting which are way below par but it's not a real major focus of the game. The FPS aspect of it is also... different.

Odds, are if you are considering playing this, then i'd easily recommend it. I would easily recommend this to anyone who likes the movies or likes the idea of a rompy open-world type FPS based on them.

the game has chagrins. I'm somewhat wounded by the ending. T(he game apparently went the RPG route and has cutsceneses for them, and they are basically all bad) the balance of various mechanics of it are also really poor.

in the end this is a cool game, it is true to source, and it's unique. it's a lackluster experience, has flaws, and leaves you wanting a satisfying conclusion.

Anyone know of other games like this? Kinda rare it seems... Would like to play more stuff like this... "looter shooter"

it seems there is a fan game coming out at some point that looks somewhat cool. Tech-Com 2033

Despite being made with Unreal Engine 4, it has very bad looking graphics. There are many games made with Unreal Engine 3 that look much better. The facial animations make the game look like it was released in 2009, not 2019. As for its main story and DLC, the connection between them is ridiculous.

It would have made much more sense to have this DLC playable while playing during the main story. The idea of a DLC that starts from the middle of the game again after finishing the main game doesn't make much sense. On the other hand, the story in general is not very good. There's nothing special about the DLC.

You do almost the same things you did during the main story missions. Some scenes have been added to help us connect more with the main character, but the acting is very bad and the events don't make much sense. The main character and all the other NPCs we encounter are extremely boring and poorly voiced.

The story didn't make me care about any of the people we were fighting to survive together. Then suddenly it killed them all as if I had decided it. There are a lot of people around you, but the game always wants you to be the hero. You're constantly thrown into dangers almost alone, and after a certain point it forces you into stealth.

I don't like stealth mechanics, so this was very tiring. There are two female characters that we can have romantic relationships with and those scenes were pretty mediocre. It would have been better if they weren't added at all. If you're going to censor the whole thing, I don't understand why they even bothered to add a sex scene in the first place. They placed a lot of collectible items around, but you never need more than half of them during the game.

I hated the side quests in the game, they were repetitive content made up to extend the gameplay. Most of them were really annoying. Finally, Terminator: Resistance's weakest point is that it creates the illusion that we have a choice. It's made to look like an RPG, but from beginning to end, the choices don't make any sense. It is completely linear, so it would have been much better if they reflected the story like Call of Duty.

As a result, I think it is an average game. It can only be played if you have free time.

I genuinely cannot fathom how this game has a 45 Metacritic score. Full stop. It makes absolutely no sense to me. Is the game perfect? No. It's not especially deep, the voice acting can be pretty bad, and it looks decidedly basic in the graphics department. But despite all that, I had a really great time with this game, and I strongly recommend it - with the caveat that people unfamiliar with the first two Terminator movies may not find the same appreciation for it.

The user score is 7.5, and that's definitely more apt. The game's scope is not super ambitious, but it doesn't need to be - it tells the story of the future events leading up to the first two movies, although it's set entirely in the year 2030, well after Judgment Day. It does a decent job showcasing the bleakness of this world, with a lot of the set dressing and abandoned notes doing a lot of that heavy lifting. The gunplay is basic, but still a lot of fun. You see the robot, you aim at the robot, you shoot the robot. Red glow means weak spot. But I was actually really impressed by how much of a threat the enemies in this game are... I actually had to push the difficulty down to easy in the interest of timing, but most of the enemies, and especially some of the later Terminator models, can absolutely rip you a new asshole. It's very in keeping with the lore, and actually sets up some moments of genuine horror - particularly an early scene where you have to use stealth to evade T-800s patrolling an old hospital, whilst you have no weapons with which to engage them.

A weird nitpick of this game, though, is a result of what I presume to be a language barrier... The devs are Polish, and the game is set in LA. However, because of some bizarre writing style issues, it doesn't feel like LA. If that makes sense. The verbiage never feels right, and I spotted dozens of grammatical and typographical errors. And while the voice cast occasionally nails their assigned roles, they rarely have California accents - and sometimes, the actor's original accent (I presume British) comes through unintentionally. It's kinda funny, but in a game that relies so heavily on atmosphere and world building, it's a bit of a shame. Additionally, the slightly cartoonist art style doesn't mesh too well with the established look of the movies - my presumption here, though, is that they're trying to go for a style more akin to the Terminator comics, as the European release does come with a prequel comic.

But that's really it for the downsides, and they're easy to overlook. I came into this game expecting like a "Oh hey, it looks like the thing I like" licensed video game of middling quality. What I got was a genuinely great experience that occasionally elevates to strong moments of excitement and dread resultant of the gameplay and world building, and actually does a really great job of providing a creative and interesting spin on a moment of the Terminator storyline that didn't really need explanation, but left me compelled anyway.

Strong recommendation to Terminator fans. Unfortunately, here in North America, Limited Run Games (ew) has distribution rightsto the physical release. However, you can import the Euro version - and the game is published by British outfit Reef Entertainment - for dirt cheap. I paid $30 CDN. Well worth that price.