Watch This Before You Buy Terminator: Resistance.
Stubbornness is the guiding spirit that keeps developers trying to make a Terminator game work. Our next, best hope is Terminator: Resistance, a brand new experience from Polish developer Teyon. Here's everything that you can expect from the upcoming title.
“Now don't take this the wrong way, but you are a Terminator, right?" "Yes." Terminator: Resistance is set to release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC November 15th in Europe and Australia, but in a strange twist of fate, it's the poor Americans who have to wait this time around, with the North American release date being December 3rd.
Probably the even bigger surprise is that both release dates mean the game will miss the lovely synergy of dropping right alongside the actual new Terminator film, Dark Fate, on November 1st. "I can see you're very upset." On the other hand, North America might have it a little better.
Terminator: Resistance is releasing there at the very end of the AAA post-Black Friday apocalypse, with only the final Life Is Strange 2 episode and a new SaGa title as direct competition for precious time and attention. Nov.
15 puts the game in the long, dark shadow of Pokemon Sword and Shield and Star Wars: Jedi – Fallen Order.
Good luck on that one. In a real change of pace, there doesn't seem to be any hint or trace of anybody with the last name "Connor" to be found in this game. Instead, Terminator: Resistance will be following someone new, a low-level soldier named Jacob Rivers.
He's like everybody else, really: just trying to survive, stay fed, and not get murked by walking deathbots. However, that may not be an option after he finds out that, for reasons unknown, Skynet has singled him out specifically for termination. That's usually reserved for those aforementioned folks with the last name Connor, and occasionally, Sam Worthington.
"Noooooo!" So without a doubt, that's reason enough to wonder who, and/or what exactly Jacob Rivers is. Either way, the Resistance thankfully got to him first, and is just as hungry for answers as he is. So, who are the lucky folks who will be taking a swing for the cybernetic fences this time around? Well, the game will be developed by Teyon, a Polish studio that's mostly been pumping out a gargantuan mountain of shovelware for a number of consoles.
Their most notable titles are the Heavy Fire series of rail shooters on the Wii, a remake of steampunk shoot 'em up Steel Empire, and that Rambo video game from a few years back. The game's publisher, Reef Entertainment, has a smaller but similar resume to speak of.
They published a couple of indie titles for the DS, Boulder Dash XL and Alien Chaos; a few ports for the Wii, including Ubisoft's PS2 Free Running game and the first Sniper Elite; and the aforementioned Rambo from 2014. Hopefully, this will be the big break that both companies are likely hoping for.
Terminator: Resistance will have you engaging each endoskeletal Skynet drone in amicable conversation about their hopes and dreams. Upon parting, both player and enemy will have come to a deeper understanding about… nah, just kidding, you're gonna be shooting a lot of homicidal robots.
As you might expect, Terminator: Resistance is a first-person shooter which will have you engaged in fast-paced fights for your life against Skynet's deadliest machinery. On top of that, apparently there's going to be some stealth action as well, which makes sense when you're going up against machines that don't die all that easily.
You'll also be doing some crafting in the field, because a weapon made of three TV antennas and pre-chewed gum is still better than nothing. But Reef's description of the game also mentions that you'll have choices in dealing with various members of the resistance through side quests that may have an effect on how the story plays out.
There truly is no fate but what you make here. Normally, there'd be plenty worth tiding you over until the big release day arrives, but, well, the fact of the matter is that the Terminator franchise hasn't exactly had the best luck getting translated to video games over the years.
But, there are gems to be found regardless, if you have the ways and means of playing them in 2019. There's the Sega CD game, which is a perfectly serviceable action side-scroller, with even some snippets from the actual film spliced in, but it's also got one of the absolute greatest soundtracks ever composed for a game.
That alone justified the price of a Sega CD by itself. The second is a wee bit easier to come across, and that's Robocop vs Terminator on SNES and Genesis. "You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent." "F*** you!" No real justification here.
It's Robocop vs all the Terminators. That game basically sells itself. Fortunately, it's an okay game, albeit on the difficult side. Fingers crossed that Terminator: Resistance forges a similar path. Check out one of our newest videos right here! Plus, even more SVG videos about your favorite games are coming soon.
