As it is, the story and major gameplay loops largely add up to more of the same – limiting its appeal to pretty much only those who were planning on getting it anyway. But after two years of feedback and a somewhat bullish $15 price tag, something more substantial to differentiate this story from the base game would have really helped make it more recommendable in a general sense. The first and foremost job of any story-driven expansion is to deliver a comparable experience to its host game, and Annihilation Line certainly accomplishes this. Instead, the story here is pretty standard Terminator fare, and while I expect most Terminator fans will be about as happy with the story here as they were with the base game, I would have really liked to see something different emerge from all of it. "Much like the main game, Annihilation Line’s visual presentation hits you with that double-edged blade of really nailing the general tone and atmosphere of the world but also falling decidedly short of the texture quality and visual effects that you would expect from a modern first-person shooter." Seeing that it takes place within an already established story, this tale doesn’t really get much of a chance to have much of an impact on the overall lore.
None of these characters deliver any monumental moments, but much like the performances of the main campaign, they are mostly pretty serviceable for what the writing requires of them – which isn’t much. Along with them, a few new characters also spring up, and they fit into the world just as well as anybody else does. Just as well, it’s mostly the same enemies you’ll be blowing away too.įamiliar characters like Baron and Jennifer are immediately reintroduced in the story along with a slightly more calculated rendition of Kyle Reese, with whom you spend much of the 4-ish hour campaign. Lockpicks, crafting, stealth, hacking and combat all feel basically identical, except of course for the initial slog of not being able to do anything. Even if it’s been a while since you’ve played the main game, not to worry, as it’s streamlined approach to crafting, leveling up, and general gameplay should still fit like an old glove – which is to say the same progression systems and over-arching gameplay mechanics are largely here. This was a huge relief to see, as the first few hours of the main game were significantly dragged down by its excessively slow build-up to those Terminator moments that everyone bought the game for. This is an advantage that the expansion wisely takes advantage of by arming you with plasma weapons and throwing you into the fray with hunter killers and T-800s within mere minutes of starting it. Your experience doesn’t technically carry over from the main game, but this initial jolt of resources will more or less get you to where you were in the mid-point of it, which is about where Annihilation Line’s story takes place anyway.
Along with them, a few new characters also spring up, and they fit into the world just as well as anybody else does."Īfter a brief opening stealth section, Annihilation Line‘s main objective of hitting the ground running becomes readily apparent, as you’re given a healthy bounty of money and experience points to get yourself leveled up and armed to a respectable degree. "Familiar characters like Baron and Jennifer are immediately reintroduced in the story along with a slightly more calculated rendition of Kyle Reese, with whom you spend much of the 4-ish hour campaign. While its new expansion Annihilation Line doesn’t quite get the memo on that, it does largely deliver a sharper, more poignant romp in the same storyline that takes far less time to get going than the main campaign did. It also left me with the distinct feeling that, had it taken the spectacle and excitement of the last few missions and spread that out among the other 75% of the game a little better, it probably would have been received much more positively. What Terminator Resistance lacked in gameplay variety and general execution, it made honorable strides at making up for with its clear love for the IP and its ability to neatly slide into the lore of the franchise without stepping on the films’ toes too much. I also rather enjoyed the handful of new characters that were solely invented for the game, yet fit perfectly into the 30-year-old setting.
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When I finished Terminator Resistance on the PS4 back in 2019 I walked away from it feeling largely satisfied with how well it nailed the atmosphere of the Terminator future war era that the original few movies hinted at so well.
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