Terminator: Dawn of Fate

by Paradigm Entertainment

Product Features

• Players will face off against their robotic foes as three unique playable characters, including Kyle Reesethe hero of the first Terminator moviea hardened soldier and unknowing father to John Connor; Catherine Luna, a special operations officer; and a third, highly secretive character.
• Each character is equipped with distinct strengths, combat style and signature weapons that come into play during the game.
• More than 20 high-energy weapons are at the players disposal for mowing down Terminators and other Skynet HKs, including rocket launchers, shock batons and explosive devices.
• Additionally, highly intuitive artificial intelligence (AI) fighters will join the cause, lending their lives toassist in destroying Skynet.
• A revolutionary dynamic camera system that allows the player to locate and target an enemy clearly and instinctively with its dedicated combat cam mode.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067DPC
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 17, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,936 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The year is 2027. The machines of Skynet have risen, reaping a bloody harvest of human flesh across the globe. You are a soldier of Tech Com, a ragged team of human resistance fighters intent upon stopping the overwhelming onslaught of cybernetic assassins in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Your ultimate goal is to reach a time travel device in time to send Kyle Reese back to 1984, with the hope of preventing a relentless Terminator model T-800 from murdering Sarah Connor, mother of resistance leader John Connor.

This game is set before the events of the first Terminator film. There are three playable characters, each with specialized skills and abilities, including Kyle Reese, hero of the film. The 11 massive missions take the player through diverse, richly detailed, highly interactive environments. The dynamic camera system allows the player to target cyborgs with speed and accuracy, using never-before-seen weapons of wanton destruction. Terminator: Dawn of Fate includes both missile and melee combat in third- and first-person play modes.

Product Description

Terminator: Dawn of Fate packs the same frenetic action and over-the-top battle sequences that made the blockbuster movies one of the most popular franchises of all time. Since Terminator: Dawn of Fate takes placebefore the first Terminator movie, weve developed new elements for the Terminator universe, including all new Skynet Hunter/Killer (HK) machines, characters and storylines that would have existed before the first movie began. We strongly urge all PlayStation 2 gamers to sharpen their

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's always the Darkest before Dawn, September 26, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Video Game)

WOW!!! Terminator: Dawn of Fate is on of the best games for the PS2 console. Time: 2027 A.D. Place: Post-nuclear Los Angeles.Robots from missile defence systems get smart and take over the world. Play as one of three characters, including the star of the movie The Terminator. Use weapons like the AR50 machine pistols, SR70 plasma rifle, canister bombs, C4, plasma batons, etc. I haven't even beaten the first level, but this is a game not to be missed. Fight Endos, plasma frisbees, and the legandary T-800 assasin droid. The game acts as a prequal to the movie, so it helps to have seen it.

Action: *****
Stratigy: ***
Fun: *****
Difficuly: ****

If you don't have Terminator, buy it quick and don't miss out!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not Great, November 9, 2002

By 

Michael J Fletcher (US but living in Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Video Game)

I give this game 4 Stars. It is pretty fun but not great. The Camera movements can get confusing and I sometimes get lost and lose control of the Character. I started playing it yesterday and am half way through it so it isn't too hard. I guess I'll have to try the hard levels next after I beat it. I am a fan of the movies and I can't wait for the third one to come out this summer so this game nice to see. I think that fans of Terminator would enjoy this game!!

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars WORTHY -- OF BEING CRUSHED IN A HYDRAULIC PRESS, October 19, 2002

By 

EMAN NEP - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Video Game)

I love the Terminator movies, but I gotta be honest with you,not this game .... Here's why:

1)Obnoxious camera, in conjunction with the terrible movement controls. I OFTEN found myself getting lost/disorientated/stuck.

2)Not enough outdoor levels. Instead, you run around bases, hotels, parking lots, asylums, etc. You end up feeling very claustrophobic by the 3rd level or so.

3)Speaking of which, there are only 10 levels.

4)There are three characters to play as, but it's not like you get to pick one of the three characters before entering the next level. One mission you may be Kyle Reese, the next you might be some gun-toting female.

(5) If there is one enemy that you will learn to hate REAL fast, it's those annoying flying saucers that knock you on your back when they attack. And then you get up, and unless you destroy it "muy pronto" you're going to get knocked down AGAIN.

(6)I've only seen/fought one T-800 in the game. But you have your Pulsed Plasma Rifle in the 40 Watt range, right? Remember how easily the Resistance killed T-800's in the future scene in Terminator 2? No such thing here. You pump umpteen thousand rounds into this T-800 and he finally softens up. Then you pump another umpteen thousand rounds into him only to saw him in half. But that upper half is still alive, so, Plasma Rifle in hand, you pump another umpteen thousand rounds into him. Goodness, you'd think you were shooting a wimpy .22 or something. It was after that battle that I said, "Forget it, this game isn't worth my time."

(7) You don't get to ride around in vehicles. (But Keep in mind that I stopped at level 7 of 10, so I'm not sure about 8,9, or 10, but I doubt it.)

(8) Easy mode is too hard.

(9) No BIG battles, like the one at the start of T2. Instead, you're reduced to "going-it-alone" missions with occasional run-ins with stupid allies.

(10) And worst of all, this game just simply isn't fun. It's frustrating. Believe me, I tried to like it, but it never happened. You can spend your money on something better than this (like the Terminator films on DVD special editions if you don't have them already).

Here are a couple Terminator game alternatives you might want to consider: Skynet, Terminator 2029,(these latter two were made by Bethesda for the PC, if I remember correctly),various Terminator games for the Gameboy, NES, SNES, and Arcade.

The only good parts about this game are the FMV's, but I'd rather watch the movies than this piece of garbage any day.