Retro_Link Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 The trailer was shown at the VGA Awards [along with all the others]: Terminator: Salvation http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43638.html
Daft Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 Looks pretty cool. It's a film tie-in so I'm not holding my breath. I hope it is good though. so....Gears, only not as good. hum. I don't think they can make games that boring. :wink:
Ganepark32 Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 The cover system is very Gears like. Hopefully it won't feel as heavy to play as Gears though. Terminator has the potential to be a great game. It's just never been executed well enough to be that great game. Not sure whether this will get it either. We shall wait and see.
Dan_Dare Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 I've heard the arcade game mentioned fondly. I dunno though- has anyone ever really tried?
Ganepark32 Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 Not really. They sort of cobbled something together and hoped that the Terminator name will move it for them with minimal effort. Hasn't really worked so far. It's like most crappy games. If the developers try hard, you'll get something.
flameboy Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 I am looking forward to this...The Terminator franchise is one of my favourite out there, Terminator 3 was an unfortunate mis step...but Sarah Connor Chronicles has shown the premise and idea can still be a winner. There have been very few good Terminator games....Terminator 2; The Arcade Game and T2 on the amiga are are just 2 that spring to mind...
Dan_Dare Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 there's a T3 cash in but I think those are the only terminator games.
flameboy Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 Nah there are tons more; The Terminator (on NES and SNES, only played the SNES one) Robocop VS Terminator (average side scrolling shooter) Terminator; Dawn of Fate Terminator; Redemption Terminator Future Shock/Skynet (made by Bethesda) Something a specialist subject I will admit...as am a bit of a Terminator geek!
Fierce_LiNk Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 Nah there are tons more; The Terminator (on NES and SNES, only played the SNES one) Robocop VS Terminator (average side scrolling shooter) Terminator; Dawn of Fate Terminator; Redemption Terminator Future Shock/Skynet (made by Bethesda) Something a specialist subject I will admit...as am a bit of a Terminator geek! You can't be that great of a specialist then. You've missed out T2: Terminator 2 Judgement Day, on the SNES. (think it was on Gameboy, too.) And the first Terminator game also appeared on the Master System and Megadrive, too. The Master System game was solid. Never got past the first level.
Shorty Posted December 16, 2008 Posted December 16, 2008 I remember buying the master system terminator by accident once. I bought a mega drive game on a market in Felixstowe, opened the case 10 mins later to find a master system game had been stuffed in there instead. Random story of the day. This new game looks pants.
Deathjam Posted December 16, 2008 Posted December 16, 2008 You can't be that great of a specialist then. You've missed out T2: Terminator 2 Judgement Day, on the SNES. (think it was on Gameboy, too.) And the first Terminator game also appeared on the Master System and Megadrive, too. The Master System game was solid. Never got past the first level. The Master System was absolutely rock hard. Took me a year or two to reach the last level...only to die as I had NO DAMN IDEA how to get the terminator to crawl into that thing so I could crush it. SO DAMN annoying, so of course I never got the satisfaction of completing
Retro_Link Posted May 20, 2009 Author Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Gametrailers Review - 4.7 can be completed in under 4 hours! and even quicker in co-op! Little replay value, and next to no achievements/trophies. Edited May 20, 2009 by Retro_Link
flameboy Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I'm abit gutted was kinda looking forward to this and it doesn't seem to be too hot.
Aimless Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 ...and next to no achievements/trophies. It's the new King Kong. (Although I really enjoyed that game at the time.)
Daft Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I'll rent this with hope that it leaves a sour taste in my mouth to off put the cancellation of TSCC. I hate Fox.
flameboy Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I'll rent this with hope that it leaves a sour taste in my mouth to off put the cancellation of TSCC. I hate Fox. Yeah me to...am gutted that its been cancelled...
dwarf Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I think they are trying to get sales from making it an easy platinum. And they were right in the review, they should make terminators scary, not just a random robot that can take a bit of lead.
flameboy Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 There has been a lot of coverage on movie tie ins, largely that came as a result of Wanted. That we should look at licensed games as the B movies/straight to DVD's of the industry, they are created on much shorter development cycles and perhaps not with an A team lineup etc... If they were thought of as such and perhaps sold at cheaper RRP prices, say £30 perhaps even less then maybe they would fair better, but then companies pay a lot for these licenses so they are unlikely to.
dwarf Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I think it's cheek that they ask £30-£40 for such games, and I don't think we should be obliged to accept the kind of shit they pump out. At least make an effort.
Ganepark32 Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 It's disappointing to see it getting a low score but it was to be expected. You know, there is a considerable amount of depth to the Terminator story that would allow for a decent enough game should the right developers take the helm. The GT review brings up some good points such as the fact that the robots need to be scarier. Terminator is by no means a horror genre title yet the idea of the Terminators is that they are supposed to instill fear in the humans and create a tense atmosphere (some of the ending episodes in TSCC second season showed this perfectly such as the submarine clips from the future). I think they said something about there being a sequel to Salvation in terms of films so I can only hope that they decide to get a better developer who won't skimp on modes and content to create a decent tie in to it. But I also hope that they sit and look at what has made not only the original Terminator films (excluding 3 as it wasn't quite the same sort of atmosphere as the first two) but the Sarah Connor Chronicles so good and translate that atmosphere and tension to the game. It's doubtful it will happen but you never know. It's a shame that there has been no stellar game license carrying the Terminator name because there is room for it (there have been decent titles though)
flameboy Posted May 23, 2009 Posted May 23, 2009 Salvation is the first part of a trilogy, I think. Apparently so sigh...I'm gutted shite game and apparently the film isn't too hot either...
Daft Posted May 23, 2009 Posted May 23, 2009 Yeah, heard the film sucked. So it's wicked. They cancelled the awesome TSCC and release a rubbish reboot.
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