Customer Reviews

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Ummm, this game is ok to play but just.

I mean you go around and shoot things from one level to another skipping between the future and the past.The game play DOES become tedious and you should lose any enagaement with it after the first say 3 to 5 levels. Its not a particulary hard game, basically all get is swarms of AI coming for yah over and over and over AND OVER again with the occasional punch up.

The story begins with a prelude to the T3 film it is based on and then becomes involved with the events within the movie itself.

Graphically the CG scenes are quite good but still quite average and the actual gaming graphics is, at times horrid, but always never above average.

Game play is ok with you just knocking things off and there is an auto aim by pressing yah left trigger which can either help of hinder yah shooting depending on what yah trying to aim at, (auto aim will only lock on to one thing at a time). The flying AI will drive yah a bit insane.

Immersion is pretty bad for the average player but for fans of the films you make get a kick from being the Terminator and shooting other models of terminators, but i think this will be average and eventually dull gameplay for even the most die hard fan.

The extras are a bonus but are certainly not worth the full price of this game (maybe a cheap second hand copy would be a good purchase for fans).

Arnold's voice is a good addition to the game but becomes repeative and even though the Terminator is meant to be quite dry in tone and response, this Terminator tone sounds plained bored and its quite clear that Arnold was given a list of responses and quoted them quickly, picked up his pay cheque and left the sound recording thinking " Hasta La Vista Baby". There is just no enthusaim in this game.

The controls are just ok and its not hard to adjust to with about a 5 to 20 min learning time depending on yah experience and ability. For the most you will be shooting but occasionally you get a punch up and though the creators have justified the combot moving like a tank as these are Terminators not Kung-foo heros, it still just doesn't feel right and looks terrible. I don't expect them to do high, slow mode kicks and punches but i do expect some sort of fluidity with the controls. The fighting in this game is blocky, heavy and tank-like with you feeling your moving a 2 ton mach truck and moving it badly. I mean remeber the fight in the passage way of the shopping mall between Arnold and the T-1000. The one where John Connor realises he is in some serious doggy doo. Well this was heavy handed fighting, but was fluid. The way they oushed each other into the walls and through them. Each move moved into another gracefully but forcefully. Thats what this game should have adapted to . More combos might have helped this situation and tighter controls. Basically more care with the game and more creative ways of combat would have helped.

Overall the game is just poorly average and is one to buy at full price ONLY for those that have the cash to waste or consider themselfs to be die hard fans that simply must have everything Terminator. Personally id rather watch the movies but i may pick this up when its in a bargin bin somewhere so i have the extras.

Rent this game lads - Don't buy - buy the movies instead !!!!

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is bar none the worst game tied to a movie license that I've ever played. The graphics are drab and lifeless, the controls are clunky, and the missions are boring and tedious. The game's only saving grace is the plethora of unlockables (CG in-game movies, theatrical clips, behind the scenes clips, stills, etc.) available to you as you progress through the game as well as a playable demo of a much better, currently unannounced, terminator game called T3: Redemption. There were times when I found myself playing the demo rather than the actual game itself. In it, you play as Arnold from a third person perspective as you blast away cyborgs and HK's on foot or on vehicle through a nuclear-scorched Los Angeles. This was the game that I should have been playing, not the rushed hack job I got instead. For die-hard fans, save you money till T3: Redemption comes out. Rise of the Machines by itself, is just an expensive demo.

Well, what can one say about this game.

I guess your here wanting to know whether this game is any good or not ?

Answer : By far it is a sub average game with VERY tedious gameplay and poorly exucuted story fragments and cutscenes. The whole game is a bit of a mish mash of CGI footage and actual movie footage which really makes the game feel like it is cut and pasted.

The CGI is pretty good though a bit foggy looking like the beginning of Resident Evil Remake for Nintendo ( meaning there is a slight blur to it all). The movie scenes are good but just seemed un-nesccary and really didn't add anything to the game (if i wanted to see the film id get that).

The controls are relatively easy and don't take much time to pick up. Probabely because you will be doing the same thing over and over again. The AI in the game respawn in certain areas and you will be contiunally shooting those damn flying machines forever thinking " im getting bored of this". The developers just throws AI at you with the occasional mission directive (like find Sarah Connors coffin)and think they have this new sensational game. No they don't !!!!!!

Don't be fooled either by there campaign that they have the REAL man himself and that this makes the game better than any other. Arnold really doesn't have alot to do with this game. Basically all Arnold had to do for this game was go in a sound booth for a minute say 10 words like " excellent" " reloaded" and so forth and here we have the result. A game that really is repeative in every way and has no real distinction over other Terminators games for having the big fella involved.

The environments are mostly from the future setting with black charcol skys and burnt building and out of 22 levels about 18 of these are all like this. Boring, Dull and just too similar for anyone to care.

And this whole first person shooter cross bred with fist fighting ????? Yer, it works and i didn't mind the bouts with the T-X. I even get the lack of fluidity with the controls as these are machines fighting not kung-fu max payne rip offs. But still, it nuthin revoultionary or really adds a great deal for the game play. Though this was my favourite part of the game and trust me thats not saying much.

I played the whole thing through even though i got bored after the first 4 levels. The whole thing is a un-insipring mess that is not the NEXT big thing in gaming nor a decent add on to the Terminator mythos.

Conclusion: A big commerical mess that does not deliver on any of it's promises. RENT DONT BUY - even if your a fan !!!!

Dear buyer I am a person who loves terminator.
I have alot of terminator toys, movies and games.
Every think that was made for terminator was realy good except for this one game. It really bites the dust. When I saw the making of the game they said it was amazing. They said that it would take some time to finsh playing the game. It took me one day. After I finshed thought that it was a waste of my time and money. There is no replay value at all. I mean atleast have a multiplayer mode or something intresting. I say that if you really want to play this game rent it or buy it used at a good price. A really good price.

This game is very good. You get to play as Arnold and play in the future and in the present and fight the t-x along the way.It does justice to T3 and if you enjoyed the movie, any of the movies, or you just like first person shooters than youll like this. Its not as good as Halo, but what is? you wont be dissapointed.

its pretty good game but myn locked up in the middle and wouldnt play again so i never finished this game but from what i played was good

Unlike many others, I enjoyed the third Terminator film and was looking forward to playing the game. A fantastic demo starts the game with an extension of the film's storyline; this is a stunning sight, with great energy and amazing graphics, and then you play the game.......The controls are terrible, the action is repetitive and even the sound effects are annoying. Included on the disc is a demo of the next game titled 'Terminator 3: Redemption'. This has all the same flaws, the graphics are brilliant, but the gameplay is missing. If you are on the lookout for a great first person shooter, save your money for a copy of Halo.

This game has a extreme arcade feel to it, from the get go. You follow the plot of the movie for the most part, the game is played in 1st person for 90% of the game, and there are 3rd person 1-on-1 fight scenes with the T-X. The game is graphically awesome, and the sound is equally impressive, with the orchestrated movie like soundtrack of the last two movies. The weapon fire samples are perfect for each era, the laser sounds of the future sound like they do in the movie, and the conventional weapons are also nice, when you travel back in time, you get alot of nice machine guns and rockets, like a RPG. A really cool stand out level, is the classic scene from the cemetery/mausoleum. In this level you actually can't have any casualties. Interesting is that cut scenes/full motion video, in my opinion, usually detract from a title, but they cut scenes in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, are actually very enjoyable. A really neat feature is the ability to actually see through the eyes of the Terminator, like in the movie, hit the 'Back' button and the Terminator's trademare red HUD display, that keys on infra-red comes up, it even gives you all the information you need on the HUD, like your weapons, target analysis, etc. Nice little details like 'SCAN MODE' appear in the cross hair recticle, when you pan around, or 'TARGET AQUIRED'. The one major fault of this game is that it's just too short, it seems like you want more to shoot at after you finish Crystal Peak, after getting all the weapons, it just seems like a waste, but you can go back and replay finished levels with all the weapons you obtained. Also like most first person shooters, your character always has something to say, but this time it's Arnold.

was a fun game the degree of difficulty wasn't high. But the optional demo at the end for the other game was a plus.

Termintator 3: Rise of the Machines is AWSOME!!!

it's one of the best first person shooter games out there. loads of new weapons like ray guns, and rocket launchers, and once you enter the real movie area, you have the actual guns they used in the movie!!!

game play is awsome, and very easy to learn. there is also an automatic aim, which makes it even better. you switch to 3rd person fight mode on about 5 occassions, and you even fight the TX inside the vetenarians office! that whole part is AWSOME! it looks so real, and it also ties in some lose ends.

for example, it shows how the terminator knew where exactly to go to find kate brewster. there is even footage of the assassination of the great John Connor!!!

awsome game. i know it's gotten a bad rap so far, 2 1/2 stars, but trust me, the game is AWSOME!!!

now, the only problem is, and this is why i gave it 4 stars, is that it's just to short. it's got something like 22 levels, and about 15 minutes of actual movie footage and computer gameplay footage, but it feels to short. the levels are very detailed and you get to see the ruins of Los Angeles in the future. the sky looks awsome, and you get to shoot down tanks and hunter killers in the air. but again, the game is to short. i played on easy, and passed the game in under 5 hours, and that was by playing on and off!

that is the only real beef i have with it. that and the fact that they don't have multiplayer action, like in Halo or Medal of Honor, so you can play against eachother.

game also has special features, pictures from the movie, and has a demo of terminator 3: redemption.

review: gameplay is AWSOME. it's everything a first person shooter gamer wants. the fighting mode is awsome, you can pick up stuff, and throw the TX all around the place. you even get to trash the bathrooms like in the movie. scenery is awsome, especially the views in brewster's work place.

awsome game, and by the way, watch out for the mini-hunter killers. they are pesky!!!

now, in the words of Arnold: FANTASTIC