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Terminator: Resistance is a video game based on James Cameron’s sci-fi Terminator series. The game was released in the EU and Australia on November 15, 2019. On November 14, the PC version was released in the United States through Steam, while other versions released on January 7, 2020. The Enhanced Edition released on April 30th, 2021 on the PS5.

Official description[]

Official description from the website:[1]

Terminator: Resistance is an officially licensed, first-person shooter set during the "Future War" scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films from James Cameron, The Terminator and T2: Judgment Day.
This story takes place in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, nearly 30 years after Judgment Day, and stars a brand new hero in the Terminator universe, Jacob Rivers, a soldier in the Resistance led by John Connor. Despite the fact that Jacob is just a lowly private, he’ll soon discover that he’s been specifically targeted by the latest threat from Skynet and marked for termination!
Skynet may be destined to lose the war, but at what cost to Jacob? Experience the events leading up to the decisive final battle for the fate of mankind in the war against the machines!
KEY FEATURES
  • Resist the machines! Fight against a selection of iconic enemies from the films, including the T-800, as well as a host of enemies that are brand new to the Terminator universe.
  • Equip an arsenal of plasma weaponry to run and gun or sneak and hack through sprawling environments! The world isn’t as forgiving as it used to be so you’ll need to search for scraps to trade and craft.
  • Choose the kind of hero you want to be by levelling up your skills while exploring post-Apocalyptic Los Angeles. Complete story missions to rise through the ranks of the Resistance as well as side-quests to help your friends.
  • Change the fate of mankind! Protect a motley crew of survivors, each with their own motivations and backstories. The actions you take throughout the game will impact their survival and change the ending you get.
Infiltrator Mode DLC Features
  • Take on the role of an iconic T-800 series Infiltrator and utilize a wide variety of weaponry as you breach the defenses of the Resistance forces.
  • Build up your data banks with INTEL claimed from Resistance patrols and caches to discover the locations of key enemy strongholds.
  • Root out and eliminate the TECH-COM FIELD COMMANDER, but prepare carefully; should you fail in your mission, you’ll have to start again from the beginning.
  • Once you’ve completed your mission, post your score on the Steam Leaderboards to contrast your methods against others across the globe.
Annihilation Line DLC Features
  • A thrilling, action-packed original story featuring over 4 hours of new content, which will delve deeper into the history of Jacob Rivers and take players to new areas of post-apocalyptic California.
  • Fight shoulder-to-shoulder with the iconic Resistance hero Kyle Reese and help him become the man who will sacrifice everything for the sake of a better future. Plus, meet other characters exclusive to the DLC, and live out Kyle’s visions of the future seen in The Terminator.
  • Venture beyond the line of fire as you cross Skynet’s deadly Annihilation Line, and carry out a vital mission to strike a deadly blow to the machines. Arm yourself with an expanded arsenal of weapons, and defend against enemies never before seen in a Terminator video game such as the T-600 and HK Centurion.
  • With dynamic visuals designed to take advantage of the power of the PS5™, immerse yourself in the post-Judgment Day future more fully than ever before. Feel every pulse of your plasma rifle with the DualSense™ Controller, while on PC, you can enjoy the fullest frame rate and resolution possible with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution.

Overview[]

Terminator: Resistance is a single-player FPS set 30 years after the Judgment Day apocalypse. In the grim, skull-carpeted wastes of future Los Angeles, players will take on the role of Private Jacob Rivers, a member of the Resistance Pacific Division who finds himself the latest target of Skynet.

A mix of main and side quests will allow you to control Rivers as you see fit - as a plasma gun-wielding run-and-gunner, or a sneaky hacker - and scraps found along the way can be traded or crafted into useful gear. Skills can be levelled up to mold Rivers into the soldier that is needed to destroy the Skynet Defense Grid and bring the AI apocalypse to a halt.

Terminator: Resistance features multiple endings, which makes sense for a game set in a series with a multitude of timelines. Protecting your team of surviving Resistance members will help dictate where the story goes.

Developed by Teyon, Terminator: Resistance was published by Reef Entertainment and released on November 15 in Europe and Australia. A North American release happened on 14 for Steam, and on January 7, 2020 for consoles due to unforeseen manufacturing delays.

On November 5th, 2020, a Steam and PC exclusive DLC was released. Called Terminator: Resistance Infiltrator Mode. It allows you to take control of a T-800 Infiltrator as you attempt to hunt down and terminate Resistance Tech-Com Commander Ramirez. Like in the regular game, there is a mix of main and side quests. You can progress with the story as well as explore your surroundings, all the while neutralizing scavenger and Resistance patrols, gathering enemy intel, breaching and killing the occupants of scavenger or Resistance shelters, bunkers, hideouts, etc., and collecting weapons, as well as new weapons not wielded in the original game. And, if you are killed, you will respawn at the same starting point and will have to start all over again.

On December 10th, 2020, another DLC, Terminator: Resistance Annihilation Line, was released. In it, players once again take control of Jacob Rivers, who has been ordered by John Connor to go on a mission led by Kyle Reese across the Annihilation Line deep into Skynet territory to strike a crucial blow against the Machines. In this DLC, you have access to weapons from the main campaign story as well as weapons that were previously exclusive to Infiltrator Mode. The DLC takes place mid-way during the main campaign, after Jacob destroyed the first T-850.

Plot[]

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.

The group's safety is jeopardized when the same Infiltrator that destroyed Pacific Division kills Colin and injures Jacob while scouting before the Stranger intervenes. A nearby hospital is also found to house South Division prisoners for unknown experiments, the survivors of which Jacob is able to free. In response, Jacob meets with South Division's commander Jessica Baron, warning Baron that Skynet has a new form of infiltrator that can mimic human form. Refusing to believe him she swears him to silence before they're forced to flee a Skynet ambush. Jacob is brought into South Division and sent back to Pasadena to undertake reconnaissance of Skynet infrastructure being built there.

After completing the mission, Jacob returns to the Pasadena group's hideout only to be attacked by the Infiltrator again. Barely escaping after the Stranger's intervention, the group is forced to seek refuge at South Division's main shelter. Baron is eventually convinced of the Infiltrator's existence after South Division's defenses in Downtown Los Angeles are sabotaged and helps eliminate the Infiltrator pursuing Jacob. With few options left, Connor orders Jacob to find the scientist Edwin Mack in Hollywood Hills, who had been exiled following a botched attempt to hack Skynet that caused the death of South Division's former commander.

Mack requests Jacob's help in acquiring Skynet's latest codes to hack its mainframe. While undertaking this task, Jacob is warned by the Stranger to convince the other Pasadena survivors to leave the bunker to avoid an unknown threat. Successfully acquiring the codes, Jacob learns from Mack that the new infiltration units had only started being produced mere days ago, confirming that Skynet will soon complete the Time Displacement Equipment project and that the Infiltrator sent to kill Jacob had come from a different future.

With time running out and utilizing the Stranger's aid, South Division uses Mack's information to launch an assault on Griffith Observatory where the Central Core is believed to be located. The assault is a failure as Skynet wipes out the assault force, kills the Stranger, and destroys the Resistance Shelter after being warned of future events by the Infiltrator. Having acquired the Central Core's true location from the Observatory, Jacob regroups with Connor's North Division. Connor informs Jacob that he has pre-knowledge of certain events and that the Stranger was Jacob himself from a different future to protect him from the Infiltrator.

In the final battle, Connor and Jacob assault Skynet's TDE facility while another unit takes out the Central Core in Colorado. Fighting through Skynet's defense grid, Jacob's team is able to reach the facility while the other unit successfully eliminates the core, rendering Skynet and all its machines inoperative. Despite the victory Skynet was able to send back three infiltrators to kill Sarah Connor, a young John Connor, and Jacob respectively, with Jacob being offered the choice to go back to protect himself or letting another volunteer go in his place.

The game ends showing the fate of the Pasadena survivors, with Jacob either saving himself from the T-800 as seen in the opening moments of the game if he returned to the past or remaining in the present to look for fellow survivors, meeting up with Jennifer and Patrick if they survived.

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Resistance Machines


Machines[]

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The Enemies in Terminator Resistance

Resistance Weaponry[]

The Resistance has utilized many weapons, including plasma weaponry, against Skynet and its army of Terminators.

Conventional weapons[]

Explosives[]

  • RL-43 Rocket launcher (laser guided)
  • RL-92 Rocket launcher (heat seeking)
  • M79 Grenade Launcher (Infiltrator Mode and Annihilation Line DLC only)
  • Pipe bomb
  • Can Grenade
  • Sticky bomb

Modified Conventional Weapons[]

Plasma Weaponry[]

Resistance Gears[]

  • Radio
  • Magnetic goggles
    • Atari palmtop

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Walkthroughs[]

Main article: Terminator: Resistance/Walkthroughs

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Enhanced Version Screenshots[]

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References[]

  1. ↑ From the official website. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Terminator: Resistance Sends Players To The Future War This Year - IGN

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