Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

 PC
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. SECTOR.sk
    Mar 5, 2024
    70
    The war strategy from the world of terminators and machines that want to take over the world surpasses even the movies in some ways. On the other hand, it has ailments that spoil it all. Mainly The frustrating difficulty of the campaign will not please you.
  2. Games.cz
    Mar 1, 2024
    70
    Despite poor pathfinding, unconvincing artificial intelligence, and uninteresting use of the Terminator license, Terminator: The Dark Fate – Defiance stands out as a successful tactical strategy game. While you primarily focus on battles and unit supply, the desperate clashes between the resistance and the artificial consciousness are excellently portrayed.
  3. Finger Guns
    Feb 27, 2024
    70
    Taking 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.
  5. Eurogamer Germany
    Mar 22, 2024
    60
    A solid real-time strategy entry to the Terminator universe, then, with engaging gameplay and tense missions, but the story leaves a lot to be desired ... There's definitely a lot of micromanagement here, but if you get used to it, you'll be able to keep everything under control and shouldn't face insurmountable problems. Terminator Dark Fate: Defiance does a lot right and is definitely worth a look if you like real-time strategy and the Terminator franchise.
  6. IGN
    Feb 28, 2024
    50
    Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance is an RTS that tries its best to bring a vicious, dirty, gritty war between humans and machines to life. It delivers flashes of that promise in motion, but lets itself down with obnoxious missions designed around inconsistent rules. Couple that with a confused campaign structure and anemic multiplayer skirmishes, and this otherwise appealing idea tips into the better-left-unplayed pile.
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  1. 3DJuegos
    Mar 21, 2024
    A very realistic RTS that will you suffer the war against the machines just like you image would be after watch the movies. [Recommended]