5.0
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance may look the part, but the obnoxious mission design and confused campaign structure of this RTS just aren't worth your time.
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Slitherine Ltd. · Feb 21, 2024
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Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is a gritty RTS that puts you in the middle of the Future Wars between humanity and Legion's synthetic intelligent machine network. Take command and lead your army to foil Legion's plan to destroy humanity or play as one of three factions in skirmish and multiplayer.
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- 7.0Taking on the Dark Fate universe with ease, Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance offers a gritty, at times brutal, realistic RTS experience, with a standout campaign mode and wonderful immersion into the Terminator world. However, the skirmish and multiplayer modes are lacking the firepower to ignite a full resistance, coupled with some callous difficulty balancing. Even so, hope for humanity remains even in the darkest moments, and the future isn’t written yet, so let’s hope the developers can make their own fate by building on this excellent foundation.
- 8.0Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance has a good real-time strategy core that is augmented by the mission design and the army management elements. The campaign features interesting situations and complex battles. The tactical pause makes it all accessible even for players who aren’t long-term fans of the RTS genre. The story and presentation do not match the game’s mechanics. Some secondary objectives and narrative choices are unclear until players actually interact with them. But Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance uses the franchise well and delivers engaging battles.
- 8.5Missioni complesse ed elaborate, un livello simulativo degli scontri a fuoco profondo e appagante e una trama comunque dignitosa rendono Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance un piccolo gioiello del tutto inaspettato che riesce nel piccolo miracolo di restituire dignità a una serie che dal punto di vista cinematografico mi aveva deluso parecchio. Avrei preferito avere Skynet come nemico e vedere il design classico dei vari Terminator e Hunter Killer? Sicuro, ma non trovo giusto che una preferenza personale vada a intaccare il mio giudizio e il voto di un prodotto a cui non mancano meriti e pregi. L’acquisto è consigliabile a uno spettro insolitamente ampio di giocatori, rendendolo appetibile sia agli appassionati di strategici particolarmente simulativi, sia agli amanti della saga di Terminator. La presenza di una difficoltà "Story Mode" permette anche a chi si trovasse per la prima volta a vivere strategici simili di prosperare con facilità e godersi il gioco.
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