Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

This game is a mix of wargame, xcom and lemmings. Only reason I purchased TDF was Slitherines track record of unique strategy games. Superficially, it appears to be a pause/play tactical meta. 50 hours in, I was not wrong but it is certainly a unique one. Its a wargame because tactical micromanagement is critical to success. Strategy depends on you refining your divisions equipment and staffing. You need to manage manpower and logistics units to reinforce, resupply and travel between sites. Angle your tanks to front face the enemy. Consider armor ratings of buildings and ensure your troops are facing the correct way to ensure you don't miss the first shot. Despite the many reviews citing difficulty - I did not find the campaign difficult - but it does punish mistakes. Infantry trying to creep past a blind corner? Be prepared for a plasma MG to microwave your troops. Attend to this with recon, stealth and a prudent mix of antivehicle capability. Trying to roll around with a mechanised blob? Urban terrain will digest you whole, with arty to finish whats left. Ran out of fuel? Unless you have a flank defensive position to protect your fuel/supply trucks, be prepared to walk home. It's an xcom-esque game - because units matter. If you want your rangers to have firepower, EMP or scouting capability? Make sure they survive and upgrade them. If they die, start again with a new squad. If you want to survive against air units - invest in ATGM's, upgrade and protect them. Want to drive tanks? Protect your driving units, and upgrade technicians to drive tanks and don't let them die. Vehicle upgrades are at the core of this game. Whether its strapping pinetrees to your semi-trailers, or retrofitting terminator tech to your Humvee. The meta is to protect your high value units, and use them decisively. You can lose this game if you run out of appropriately upgraded units and vehicles. It's a lemmings game, because the variety of enemy units come in waves - as do your re-inforcements. Locking down your supply and reinforcement routes are a key part of this game. The enemy just keeps on coming. Don't waste time. If you don't like micro, dont bother with this game. If you are keen for a wargame with X-com character dynamics and a deep vehicle mechanics unique to TDF - this game is a unique approach to a classic genre.

Hands down one of the best RTS games that got released in recent times. I can't even remember when was the last time we got anything good story-wise from the Terminator franchise. And I certainly wasn't expecting it to come from a niche genre like RTS, but here we are. However, more than the story or writing, what was more unexpected was the choices/multiple ways to complete missions in my RTS game that do have consequences! And it's implemented brilliantly, in my opinion. The gameplay is intense, micro-management intensive & more tactical oriented with no base building, unlike the classic C&C style RTS games. All the mission levels are truly varied & unique. So, it never feels the same. This game is challenging from start to finish & I can't recommend it enough honestly!

Difficult real-time tactics with unit and resource progression.

It's a very fun game. Plays a lot like Men of War if you've ever played that before, and I really like that style of game. *but*... Holy christ the save scumming. The campaign basically requires it. Crappy supply mechanic + no easy way to get new troops means that it's insanely *insanely* easy to soft lock yourself. Move tank, tank gets one shot, tank is irrecoverable and most useful asset bar none, soft locked unless you save scum. The campaign feels *designed* for save scumming, which is not very fun and is rage inducing at points. At points it can feel like doing surgery over an entire frontline where if one of your important units dies, fuck you hope you saved or you've soft locked yourself. Very, very frustrating experience. However, the gameplay is still very fun, so it gets a positive review from me. Would very much like to give a neutral review if I could.

Spiritual successor to Warfare and Syrian Warfare but with robots instead of jihadists got a bit more polish to it but the concept is the same, build up your battlegroup over time and carry out a series of missions while managing ammo/fuel/manpower no base building or unit building during battles, what you bring is what you get takes place in some alternate terminator timeline due to licensing issues, so Skynet is now Legion and Terminators are Revs

This game is insane. I always started playing on realistic difficulty rate from the start and i'm two days in and replayed the first 4 maps countless times just to get my tactics down. The terminators are relentless and they will put your survival skills to the test. The save system is a little wonky but i think they did this on purpose as you really need to manage supplies and troops. Really wish i didn't find this gem as here goes another month of my life being antisocial and OCD into RTS mayhem!!!! Edit: forgot to say the pause button is locked and there is no .ini file edit to be edited so, remapping the space bar to a mouse button will be needed (unless you would like to go insane).

This game is single player RTS masterpiece. I have watched a few of the movies but don't know much about the lore and this game was still a blast to play. It is worth the money.

Game is really good. I usually only play RTS games where you build a base but this is more of a survival RTS and its pretty fun. Would Recommend.

Its a good game, very hardcore combat. You lose a unit it is gone forever. Forget to get more tank drivers, well you can't take that abandon tank in the next mission. This game has lots of save scrubbing, otherwise you can find yourself in a really tough and frustrating spot later in game if you let your forces get worn down. What I don't like is some of the simple bugs, sometimes ai will get stuck making an easy fight. Some typos still exist in unit descriptions. Some things are not clear, such as anti tank rocket troops can't shoot from the top or in buildings, but they can go in them. There's a whole part on storming and taking over buildings, but then the AI never goes into buildings after that part. Still, I feel it was money well spent at 30$. Have yet to beat the game, but close. Again, lots of save scrubbing. Even with a top of the line system, save loads take 20-30 seconds.

Even though the movie itself was a total flop, this movie based game however reminds me of Company of Heroes in terms of game mechanics.

Very Fun so far, I like the way that you actually build up your army, it makes it feel like an actual world instead of just buying units with in game currency. I don't like the lack of ambient world noise like when a car or tank runs into a wall it makes no noise at all and it feels awkward.

Very good game. A little unbalanced but it can almost get perfected with mods. Recommended.

Love the game, the concept of salvaging vehicles for future missions really helps you be careful with planning how you'd handle skirmishes with as little loss as possible. I hope the's going to be a new dlc with campaigns soon.

I was genuinely surprised that this was a good game, most terminator stuff is ass.

This is the most interesting and fun strategy I've ever played. I love it more than my favorite C&C Generals and other C&C Tiberium games. All thanks to unique setting with active pause and accent on difficult tactical approach. And i am incredibly happy that it works flawless on my Linux. I don't need to reboot to windows when i want to play. There is no sense playing on difficulty other that `realism`. Otherwise you will not feel joy and fun during and after every mission.

it keeps me on my toes unlike some of the other RTS game ive played, it also factors in fuel and ammo.

A really good Rts with amazing mechenics, its like mowas but postapcolyptic

If you are into RTS games with grueling combat and uneven odds, welcome to the resistance ;)

1. Hold this here point 2. Stop 12 convoys (like they'd send 10 if 6 have already failed) 3. Help your allies attack a position while they're defending and divert troops and waste precious ammunition on this undertaking, watch them die miserable deaths 4. Do all this for your useless allies 5. Who complain about each other and constantly switch sides to join you (understandably) 6. While you're at it, save some guy or a couple of them who are very far away 7. Take another position for a couple of other people 8. All this happens simultaneously in very short sequence 9. Pretend that this is war 10. Interface is bad 11. Way points are even worse Honestly I never expected Slitherine to be this incompetent. Don't buy this, this is too much micromanagement. Even the story is stupid, because it begins with the protagonist violating orders for his feelings, getting many other people killed, and then being saved by repercussions by the plot (cut off from his superiors so they can't reprimand him), so he now acts on his own and is free to do other dumb actions.

Very cool campaign. Persistent squads and equipment, scavenge after each battle. Vehicles are essential. Difficulty is high, but you can lower it in custom difficulty options. This is a fantastic high quality game, campaign is an RTS mix with RPG elements. Would love a sequel. Hope this game gets the reach it deserves. If you like Dawn Of War 1 and 2, and Joint Strike Force this is a very cool game.

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Nice Game.

dis good

I hate the campaign though

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