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2019 · Teyon · Adventure · First-person shooter

Terminator: Resistance

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

Released: 14 November 2019
Platforms: PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One
Genres: Adventure First-person shooter Role-playing Shooter
Developers: Teyon
Publishers: Reef Entertainment
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Science fiction Warfare
Engine: Unreal Engine 4

About

Terminator: Resistance is a 2019 first-person shooter game developed by Teyon and published by Reef Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game is based on the Terminator franchise, set during the original future war depicted in the films The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Terminator: Resistance was released in Europe on November 15, 2019. In the United States, the Windows version was released a day earlier through Steam, while the other versions released on January 7, 2020. The game received mixed reviews from critics, but fans rated the game much higher. An enhanced version for PlayStation 5 was released on April 30, 2021, and for Xbox Series X/S on October 28, 2023.

Keywords

post-apocalyptic
time travel
crafting
robots
war
hacking
steam trading cards
scavenging
steam achievements
licensed game
side quests
stealth kill

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Gameplay

Terminator: Resistance is set in a post-apocalyptic 2028 and 2029 Los Angeles. Players take on the role of Jacob Rivers, a soldier from the Resistance led by John Connor against Skynet's robotic killing machines. The game features multiple possible endings.

In November 2020, a free update included a new game mode called Infiltrator Mode, allowing players to play as a T-800 infiltrator as it clears scavenger, resistance and Tech-Com patrols and hold-outs to locate an officer of the Resistance known as Daniel Ramirez.

Story

On August 29, 1997, the military computer artificial intelligence defense network Skynet became self-aware and initiated a nuclear holocaust called Judgment Day. In the decades that followed, Skynet became locked in a war to exterminate the surviving remnants of humanity. Meanwhile, pockets of human survivors organized themselves into a resistance military organization dedicated to the destruction of Skynet, led by John Connor.

In 2028, Jacob Rivers, aided by an unknown stranger, attempts to escape the ruins of Pasadena as Skynet's Annihilation Line makes its way through the area, having become the lone survivor of the Resistance's Pacific Division after being wiped out by a single new form of Infiltrator. After evading Skynet forces he is able to leave with a group of survivors including the scavenger Jennifer and her surrogate brother Patrick, another scavenger named Colin, former hospital nurse Erin, and their mechanic and impromptu leader Ryan. The group takes shelter in an abandoned set of industrial units where they discover a large cache of supplies reserved for them.

Reception

Terminator: Resistance received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, while the PS4 version received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. The Windows version received "very positive" user reviews from Steam players.

Wesley Yin-Poole of Eurogamer called it "generic and boring". Alex Avard of GamesRadar called it the best Terminator game he had ever played, but wrote that "given the series' historically poor record when it comes to interactive entertainment, that's an admittedly low bar to clear." Avard also called it the worst game he had played in 2019. Zack Zwiezen of Kotaku favorably compared it with two earlier games published in the 1990s: The Terminator: Future Shock and Skynet.