This is a strange game to come out these days. licensed shovelware games have almost vanished, and now we have games that try to emulate the popular games of the time. In comes Terminator: Resistance, released close to the film Terminator: Dark Fate, but literally nothing to do with it. In fact it seems the only two Terminator films with any impact on this game were the first two. Anyway, none of that's important, because this game features ideas from 15 years ago. From a binary morality system, to mechanics lifted entirely from Fallout 3 (and on). Graphics on the lower end. All in all, this feels like a PS3/Xbox 360 era title, and honestly, that's what's so great about it. It feels weirdly nostalgic and just satisfying to play. It would be almost ambitious if it hadn't relied entirely on a cavalcade of old systems that were all pretty safe bets.

I know that description so far doesn't sound like it warrants a 4 star review, but as old as it looks and feels, it does it all well. The pacing is excellent, the world is already built so it's easy to engage with, it never gets too overwhelming and often treads into immersive sim territory. It's a good time I don't know what to tell you. It's never been necessary for a game to have great graphics or new ideas to be great. Execution is everything.