Terminator: Resistance Enhanced

WayTooManyGamesLeo Faria

7.5/10

When I first heard that the people behind the Rambo game were making a Terminator title, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. Reviews for the original version of Terminator: Resistance, released in 2019, were pretty poor. Weirdly enough, everyone outside of the industry I talked to that actually played it said it was a surprisingly competent game, despite its limitations. Upon hearing about a brand new “definitive edition” being announced for the PlayStation 5, taking advantage of the ...

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

7/10

Terminator: Resistance Enhanced is undoubtedly an improved version of the original game, but it’s not transformative. Needless to say, if you’ve already played the game on PS4 or Xbox One there’s little reason to pick it up unless you’re a devout Terminator fan who wishes to play through it again. You’ll no doubt have a more enjoyable time, too. It’s those who have yet to dive into what is perhaps one of the best Terminator games of all time that will get the most out of this enhanced edition, though they should still temper their expectations. The core of Terminator: Resistance Enhanced is st...

GamingBoltWill Borger

6/10

While Enhanced can't hide Terminator: Resistance's budget origins, this is a solid licensed game that honors the franchise that spawned it. If you can overlook its budget-related flaws, this is a fairly enjoyable take on the Terminator license.

Screen RantRob Gordon

6/10

However, the game does get the Terminator atmosphere right, matching the dark future of the franchise excellently. The T-800s are as foreboding as they should be in earlier levels, before the player gets access to plasma weaponry and they become less of a threat. There are lots of Easter Eggs for fans of the series too, such as original film music playing over old boomboxes, or choosing to name a puppy Wolfie or Max in a nod to Terminator 2. It’s a game that loves the series on which it's based, which can't always be said for video game adaptations - even if it can't compete with the overall q...

Gaming NexusRob Larkin

5.5/10

Terminator: Resistance Enhanced is a game that doesn't really understand its source material. The evidence for that can't be made more plain than the way it can't even maintain consistency of vision from one mission to the very next one. The NPC models, audio, bugs and glitches, and repetitive nature of much of the play speaks to an implementation that falls short of any vision, whether the one presented or the one I believe should have been the goal. It does get better with the DLC, and the Infiltrator Mode is an excellent experience in it's own right, although one short lived - clocking in a...

WCCFtechRosh Kelly

5/10

Terminator: Resistance Enhanced is not a good game, which may or may not come as a surprise to you. First released at the tail end of 2019, this first-person shooter set during the grimdark Future War received aggressively middling reviews. Since then, it has found a cult following large enough to warrant a next-gen re-release, but nothing has actually been done to improve the game's explosive mediocrity.