Oh no, the open-world Terminator survival game has its own Resident Evil-style Mr. X, "a relentless and formidable hunter that cannot be stopped"
May. 3, 2024Terminator Survivors doesn’t make surviving easy
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Terminator Survivors, Nacon’s open-world survival adaptation of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led film series, took a page from Resident Evil’s book with its own relentless killing machine stalker.
Although it seems to be inspired by Resident Evil, Nacon says it added this solo T-800 stalker both to be faithful to series lore and to capture the oppressive tone of the first two Terminator movies.
“The game unfolds in 2009, shortly after the cataclysmic Judgment Day, during a period when Skynet’s production capabilities hadn’t yet reached their peak,” readsan updateon the game’s Steam page. “The T-800, an infiltration unit, serves as a reminder of Skynet’s relentless pursuit across time. The T-800 encountered by players is one of these units, sent by Skynet in its desperate attempts to rewrite history and secure victory in the Future War.”
To be fair, Nacon has a point that the original Terminator movies are all about cyborg assassins, so it is rather fitting to have something similar in the video game adaptation. Still, I’m genuinely not looking forward to the ever present sense of dread and unease in knowing that I’m constantly being pursued, especially in a game where survival is the focus.
“The inclusion of a single T-800 in the game serves not only to uphold the integrity of the franchise’s lore but also to deliver an immersive gameplay experience that pays homage to the films that inspired it,” Nacon says.
Terminator Survivors launches just in time for Halloween on October 24.
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