Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

Item: Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Rating: 76
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-26

Summary

Engaging tactical real-time strategy gameplay.
Authentic Terminator universe setting.
Suffers from poor unit pathfinding.
Overly complex logistics and supply management.
Technical instability and frequent bugs.
Challenging difficulty often forces save-scumming.

Emotions

satisfaction31%frustration15%disappointment11%excitement8%enjoyment8%

Reviews (sample size): 1179
Helpful reviews: 76%
Unhelpful reviews: 23%
Protest reviews: 1%

76%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
24%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2771
Negative points: 2194
Gameplay points: 1412
Perf. points: 55
Rec. points: 463
Misc points: 283

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging Core Gameplay Description Players consistently praise the game's core gameplay, highlighting its engaging blend of strategic, tactical, and RPG elements. The unique mechanics, deep army management, and resource management systems contribute to a highly enjoyable and rewarding experience. Importance 98%	Players consistently praise the game's core gameplay, highlighting its engaging blend of strategic, tactical, and RPG elements. The unique mechanics, deep army management, and resource management systems contribute to a highly enjoyable and rewarding experience.	98%
Authentic Terminator Universe Description The game successfully captures the essence of the Terminator universe, providing an authentic and immersive experience. Its attention to lore, military realism, and consistent portrayal of the post-apocalyptic setting is highly appreciated by fans. Importance 25%	The game successfully captures the essence of the Terminator universe, providing an authentic and immersive experience. Its attention to lore, military realism, and consistent portrayal of the post-apocalyptic setting is highly appreciated by fans.	25%
Challenging, Rewarding Difficulty Description The game offers a significant challenge, especially on higher difficulties, which players find rewarding. Its intelligent AI and unforgiving nature force players to think strategically, adapt tactics, and minimize losses, enhancing immersion. Importance 25%	The game offers a significant challenge, especially on higher difficulties, which players find rewarding. Its intelligent AI and unforgiving nature force players to think strategically, adapt tactics, and minimize losses, enhancing immersion.	25%
Strong Visuals & Audio Description The game boasts strong visual presentation with pleasing graphics and detailed unit models. Its excellent sound design, including a superb soundtrack and satisfying weapon effects, significantly enhances immersion and atmosphere. Importance 24%	The game boasts strong visual presentation with pleasing graphics and detailed unit models. Its excellent sound design, including a superb soundtrack and satisfying weapon effects, significantly enhances immersion and atmosphere.	24%
Developer Quality & Support Description Reviewers commend the developers for their passion, continuous support, and significant improvements since the demo. The game is noted for its solid technical performance, minimal bugs, and good optimization, showcasing high overall quality. Importance 22%	Reviewers commend the developers for their passion, continuous support, and significant improvements since the demo. The game is noted for its solid technical performance, minimal bugs, and good optimization, showcasing high overall quality.	22%
Varied Missions & Modes Description Missions are well-designed and varied, often allowing for multiple strategic approaches to objectives. The inclusion of engaging skirmish and multiplayer modes further enhances the game's overall appeal and replay value. Importance 14%	Missions are well-designed and varied, often allowing for multiple strategic approaches to objectives. The inclusion of engaging skirmish and multiplayer modes further enhances the game's overall appeal and replay value.	14%
Immersive Tactical Combat Description Combat is highly tactical, emphasizing smart positioning, effective use of cover, and flanking maneuvers. This design makes each encounter meaningful and contributes to an immersive feeling of fighting as an underdog against overwhelming odds. Importance 12%	Combat is highly tactical, emphasizing smart positioning, effective use of cover, and flanking maneuvers. This design makes each encounter meaningful and contributes to an immersive feeling of fighting as an underdog against overwhelming odds.	12%
Compelling Story & Narrative Description The game features a compelling and well-written story that keeps players engaged throughout the campaign. Its plot is often described as interesting, believable, and containing enjoyable twists. Importance 12%	The game features a compelling and well-written story that keeps players engaged throughout the campaign. Its plot is often described as interesting, believable, and containing enjoyable twists.	12%
Quality Legion DLC Description The 'We Are Legion' DLC is highly praised for its quality, offering a fresh perspective by allowing players to control Legion forces. It features improved mission design and provides a compelling continuation of the main story. Importance 7%	The 'We Are Legion' DLC is highly praised for its quality, offering a fresh perspective by allowing players to control Legion forces. It features improved mission design and provides a compelling continuation of the main story.	7%