New Installment of Terminator Mythology is set two years prior to the upcoming Terminator Salvation film, players will get the opportunity to be John Connor for the first time and continue the epic fiction of the Terminator mythology.
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Unrelenting and incredibly resilient robotic enemies from the Terminator franchise fight to the bitter end on land and in the sky. Designed to pursue the player by any means necessary, enemies will literally claw their way forward to inflict harm.
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Advanced destructible cover gameplay will incorporate cover mechanics which allows players to use the destructible environment as protection to strategically navigate through enemy territory.
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Diverse Array of Advanced Weaponry: The player has access to a wide array of weapons including shotguns, fully automatic machine guns, huge mounted weaponry, grenades, rocket-launchers and even a plasma firing Skynet tank.
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Rugged Armored Vehicles Gun Fights: Pursue, attack, or evade enemies through post-apocalyptic environments on foot or inside rugged armored vehicles in extremely kinetic and extensive cinematic gun battles.
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29 of 30 found the following review helpful:
Too short but still sweet.May 20, 2009
By Matthew R. Cota This game was pretty good. I'll get the complaints out of the way first. First complaint, The game should have been titled "Terminator Loading" because there was a ridiculous amount of loading screens. Complaint number two, it only took me about 4 or 5 hours to beat on hard difficulty and the game just came out today. I'll admit though most games aren't long enough to warrant the 60 dollar price tag so I kinda expected a little let down there.
Enough complaining. The game play was fun. You can instantly see some gears of war influence. Not saying it is quite as good as gears but it's the freakin Terminator. Sorry no Arnold and John Conner doesn't look like Batman. Big deal. The weapon choice is scant. To be honest most of them only tickle the enemies but they are war machines so it adds to the intensity of some of the fire fights. If you play this game play it on hard difficulty. You might throw your controller once or twice but it will make the game last longer. Sorry no online multiplayer. Split screen co-op only. Hope this was useful.
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Way too short.May 21, 2009
By Elvis Zombie
"Dustin"
The economy is horrible. Money is tight, and this game isn't going to give you the bang for your buck. Simply put, it is way too short (you can beat the game in four hours). If you do plan on buying this, please rent it first. There are only 9 achievements. Load times are annoying (a trend I'm starting to see with all xbox 360 titles...sigh) and no Christian Bale in game. What a let down for a movie tie-in. The game feels rushed; there are only four types of enemies in the whole game: Some flying disc shaped things, T-600s, spider looking robots, and every once in awhile a flying HK. I don't understand why there hasn't been a single Terminator game that doesn't suck. Unfortunatly, this game carries on the legacy of bad Terminator games.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Rent it instead of buying itMay 21, 2009
By A. John
"military mom"
I wish I had taken my own advice. I got it the day it came out because of the movie and for some reason I thought Christian Bale was going to be in it. Turned out he's not. :(
Anyway, back to the game itself. The game is pretty easy and when it comes to achievements there are only 11 achievements to be earned, with each achievement giving you 80 points. 9 of them you can get by just playing in the easy mode which I did with my 8 year old son and we both beat the game playing co-op in a about 3 hours. The other 2 you would have beat the entire game on medium and hard difficulty.
The story line is based on John Connor the savior of mankind going to save a few of his buddies that are behind enemy lines. Along the way you meet a couple of other agents that tag along with you. It's basically a shoot at the machines kind of game. It certainly ain't no Gears of War. Pretty tame stuff if GOW is your thing.
The graphics also could have been better. I expected better from a 360 game. The cut scenes aren't that great and the acting isn't either and the worst news is that there is no online co-op. It's a good thing Amazon has it at the price it is because it surely isn't worth the suggested retail.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Fun, well-produced, but a bit too shortMay 23, 2009
By Turtle502 This game is fun -- it's satisfying taking down the machines, especially the T-600s. The cover system is nearly perfect, and the gameplay forces you to use cover effectively or get killed. You have to plan your attack within an area so that your attacks are efficient.
Gameplay offers quite a few weapons, and certain weapons are more effective against certain enemies. Unfortunately, you can't carry more than two weapons at a time, in addition to grenades. Although ammo on the battlefield is somewhat scarce, whenever you need ammo, your squad-mates will offer you some, so you're never completely out of ammo for certain weapons. You will, however, need to make your way to the squad member offering the ammo. Enemy variety is limited, so you'll be able to take out most enemies without difficulty by the time you're half-way through the game.
The save system is automatic but forgiving, so you won't have to replay large sections over and over again if you die (and you will). The health system is different than anything I've seen before. Your health will deplete until the end of the current battle, then replenish completely. There's no way to manually replenish your health. It takes a while to get used to this, because you never really know when your health is going to regenerate.
The soundtrack is excellent. The voice-acting is superb, with the exception of a couple annoying voice-actors. Dialog is not stellar but it serves the story well. The CGI animations and cutscenes are really well-done -- pure CGI animations are nearly life-like in quality. The camera bobs appropriately and there's a decent amount of motion blur and film grain. From a technical standpoint, the game is really well-done.
The bad? It's short. For most experienced gamers, this will take about 4-6 hours to complete. It's a game on rails, which means it's entirely scripted and you're just along for the ride, shooting at enemies and doing nothing else. I had one instance in Chapter 4 where the scripting failed and a door never opened, forcing me to quit and reload my game to get past the problem. Earlier chapters are much longer than later chapters, and the last two chapters are so short that it suggests the game was rushed. Some of the last battles, for example, take place in CGI, instead of in in-game combat, leaving you to do very little.
It's very predictable. You'll go down a hall or a road and come to an open area with cover objects (crates, barricades, etc.) which is a sure sign that a battle will take place. There are no ambushes, no surprise enemies, and no bosses. At one point, you'll encounter a harvester -- but it's just an encounter and not a battle.
The achievements are uninspired. There are achievements for completing each chapter, with an additional achievement awarded for completing the game on "hard" mode. There are no achievements for numbers of enemies killed, or for collecting/using all weapons, etc.
There is a local co-op mode, but no online game modes. There are also no achievements associated with co-op. Therefore, the uninspired achievements and lack of decent multi-player provides very little replay value for this title.
If you're a fan of Terminator and have been looking forward to a Terminator game on the current generation of consoles, this is recommended. Just keep in mind that there's virtually no replay value and it is very repetitve. It could have been better, but that doesn't mean it's a bad game.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Only fun part was the last missionSep 26, 2009
By JO MOMMA
"COOKIE-MONSTER"
This game sucked!!! This game has no replay value to its not hard on the hardest setting. I rented this game and was done within 3 days on the hardest setting with all 15 acheivements completed. The story is not based off the movie but 2 years before the movie took place. Its a Third Person Shooter with the feel of Gears. the Grafix are not that great and your buddies come back to life on the next save point. Their are some good fight sceens but not worth playing through again for the fun of killing a terminator. The only fun part is the last mission where you fight about 5 terminaors and you have a rocket launcher. Their is only split screen co op and no ability to play over live. Not worth buying in my opinion since i pay for Live and this game has no online interaction.
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