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PREVIEW
“A FIRST-PERSON
SHOOTER WITH A
FULLY EXPLORABLE
POST-APOCALYPTIC
LOS ANGELES TO
RUN AROUND.”
Above Who brings a knife to an HK-Aerial Hunter Killer fight? Better run. Above How you treat characters will determine the outcome of the story.Everything we’re about to write
comes with one important caveat: this
developer/publisher partnership was
responsible for Rambo: The Video
Game. That on-rails PlayStation 3 shooter was
a dark moment in licensed gaming. We get cold
sweats just typing these words.Fortunately, it’s clear Teyon has learned a thing or
two since Rambo. For starters Terminator: Resistance
is a first-person shooter with a fully explorable
post-apocalyptic Los Angeles to run around. Set in
Terminator’s official Future War, this looks a lot like
the rubble-strewn streets the films depict. Expect
there to be plenty of skulls getting crushed under
heavy metal feet.
The dev’s licence is for the original Terminator
and T2, so don’t expect any links to new movie
Terminator: Dark Fate except a timely release. This
shooter puts you in the resistance as Jacob Rivers,
and your actions in missions and side-quests will
raise you through the ranks. You unlock more
weapons and skills as you progress, and the choices
you make can affect the story’s outcome. Fate, eh?
While the dev’s history gives us nightmares,
Terminator: Resistance looks decent. And who
doesn’t want to go plasma-rifle-to-metal-fist with
the movies’ iconic machines, including the Arnie-
tastic T-800? If the team can deliver even a solid
shooter packed with enough fan service to entertain,
this could be a fun budget blast.Can the dev overcome
the spectre of Rambo:
The Video Game?T-800s are in the
game, and these
are the classic
’80s versions.Above We’ve seen various versions of the Future War in the films, but
Terminator: Resistance’s setting is based on the original T2 vision.TERMINATOR:
RESISTANCE
Licensed games will never stop coming...
FORMAT PS4 / ETA 15 NOV
PUB REEF ENTERTAINMENT / DEV TEYON