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Original Official site: http://www.grin.se
Grin went bankrupt along with the whole Halcyon company ordeal, such a shame it had to happen with a gaming company on the rise. We wrote an article/investigation on this in 2010 to see what could have happened to this Swedish games company which you can read here
Genre: Action
Also Available On: Xbox 360, PS3, Wireless, PC
Release Date: Q2 2009
Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins focuses on the exploits of now 30-year-old John Connor in a world on the road to the extinction of humanity. The game offers players the chance to assume the role of John, battling for survival against the far superior forces of Skynet. Played in a third-person action game, Terminator Salvation features concentrated armed combat against all of the Skynet enemies from the film as well as new enemies specifically designed for the game.
Note: The Tagline "The Future Begins" was obviously dropped. It was a shit sub-name anyway!
Reported By: TheTerminatorFans.com on: Thursday, August 27, 2009
We've seen the ads. We've watched the teasers. We played the game and won... but was it a hollow victory?
It's an okay game, the graphics are good, pretty swish in parts even, but it's not just graphics you want in a game,- you want a challenge.
Most people will know that the original concept for the game was to be based around Blair Williams, her struggle as part of the Resistance, fighting against the machines and SkyNet to help save mankind from the doom of harvesting humans to flesh out the bones of the big metal beast.
And yet it's not, for their troubles the games manufacturer behind Terminator Salvation got a BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free) offer. They, despite previous intentions, got to make a game and an animated series- woohoo!- for them.
It just didn't sit right with me, swirling around in the pit of my stomach.
No, no pat on the back for you, you ate all the cookies when it should only have been one (skewed analogy for the treasures gained from both the game and the series). I didn't want scraps pieced together because the best bits had to be spread out a tad.
I wanted to fight a Harvestor in some kind of boss battle, I wanted danger and risk. I wanted hours upon hours of gameplay nicely spaced out by peeing and eating doughnuts. And why the f*ck not?
Like the movie the game was not whole, it was simply a taster. It was a smidge pricey upon its release (typical nowadays) which now, looking back on it was a tad smug and boastful. It took TheTerminatorFans around four hours to complete which just seemed to mock me with its lies, ie, "This is John Connor" but it really really wasn't. Here and there I ran shooting things and getting irritated with Blair and that other woman. Then along came Barnes. Bloody Barnes. It just didn't get better.
There was no huge inconceivable mission to undertake and you could feel it sucking happiness straight from your marrow as you strove to make the best of it. Money may be the source of all evil but someone somewhere out there is having a giggle-fit rolling around in moola right now.
You ever feel like you've only been given half the sandwich you ordered?
For XBOXERS this is easy gaming points, NO EXTRAS, NO UNLOCKABLES, NO PLAY AS A TERMINATOR, NO DEPTH, this is gears of war with Terminators end of. Sorry Grin we love the gameplay but hate the rush job. Bring us another Terminator Game not endorsed as part of a movie release and make it bigger, longer, more story, more heart and you may just get a great review....try harder ......... THE END
 We fire some Terminator Questions at Tomislav an environment artist who worked on Terminator Salvation. We ask him a bunch of questions and find out what he is doing after the demise of Grin Studios. We also can reveal to you a couple of early images of Christian Bale's likeness in the Terminator Salvation Game which was released on XBOX 360, PS3 & PC. |
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