The Terminator: Dawn of Fate

"Sarah Connor? Yes? BLAM!"

Story 10/10
The story is great for this game! Let's see Skynet is about to send a Cyborg back through time to kill John Connor's mother. Very original. Lots of action.

Controls 6/10
The only flaw was the controls. The only reason was of the camera angles. The d-pad changed when the angle changes. Otherwise basic controls best control is the lock-on by pressing R1. Press square to shoot,X to hand to hand attack with a plasma baton, circle to roll (helps to dodge enemy attacks), R1 locks on to the nearest target, R2 goes into your players P.O.V, L1 turns on adreneline, Adreneline is very useful because it pumps you up helping you to kill enemies.

Sound 9/10
Good sound too. A nice beat when you're under fire by Endos or and HK. At the begining and the end the Terminator theme is played. Not academy award winning score. Brad Fidel should have worked on this game's soundtrack then it would be academy award.

Graphics 10/10
The graphics were AWESOME! I mean we have Cybogs blowin' up and a Terminator on fire. Laser guns shooting. Very Futuristic especially when you reach Skynet. The flying things and the Endos and The guardians.

Length 7/10
It was a little short but somewhat challenging. I bought this game on Friday played it all night and beat it at 2:30 the next morning on the easy difficulty.

Replay value 10/10
Great replay value when you beat it you will definatly want to play it again. Plus you can select what level you want to play after you beat it once. It is Very fun to replay after you have beat it cuz you know where to go and stuff like that.

Challenge 7/10
Sometimes hard sometimes not. Level 8 is pretty hard the first time around because you have to kill a Terminator with the flesh and all. Level one isnt too hard.

Extra stuff: You have to unlock all the cheats for this game by earning medals. You Have 6 medal categories: Sharpshooter, Speed Demon, Untouchable, Ground Pounder, Raging Valor, and Martial Arts Master. You must get four of these six in one level to unlock a cheat. This isnt easy though, Because some of the levels are too short or too hard. You also have DVD extras and concept art you can unlock.

Overall 9/10
Excellent game. Great Prequal to The Terminator. You might even want to watch The Terminator after you play this. Now Grab those PLM40's and blast Skynet!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 12/29/02, Updated 12/29/02