Terminator: Resistance is a 2019 first-person shooter game developed by Teyon and published by Reef Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.
Players take on the role of Jacob Rivers, a soldier from the Resistance led by John Connor against Skynet's robotic killing machines.
[2][3] On 29 August 1997, the military computer artificial intelligence defense network Skynet became self-aware and initiated a nuclear holocaust called Judgment Day.
In 2028, Jacob Rivers, aided by an unknown stranger, attempts to escape the ruins of Pasadena as Skynet's Annihilation Line makes its way through the area, having become the lone survivor of the Resistance's Pacific Division after being wiped out by a single new form of Infiltrator.
The group's safety is jeopardized when the same Infiltrator that destroyed Pacific Division kills Colin and injures Jacob while scouting before the Stranger intervenes.
With few options left, Connor orders Jacob to find the scientist Edwin Mack in Hollywood Hills, who had been exiled following a botched attempt to hack Skynet that caused the death of South Division's former commander.
While undertaking this task, Jacob is warned by the Stranger to convince the other Pasadena survivors to leave the bunker to avoid an unknown threat.
With time running out and utilizing the Stranger's aid, South Division uses Mack's information to launch an assault on Griffith Observatory where the Central Core is believed to be located.
In the final battle, Connor and Jacob assault Skynet's TDE facility while another unit takes out the Central Core in Colorado.
On John Connor's orders, a team composed of Reese, Jacob, Ferro and Evans are sent to scout out the Northridge resistance outpost which has fallen silent.
While resting, a Skynet force invades the team's safehouse, with a new HK Centurion walker unit crushing Anselmo as he wakes.
After escaping the ambush, Reese reveals the real reason behind their mission, that Jacob's father was among the group of civilians captured from Northridge and that Skynet dedicated significant resources into recapturing them.
Agreeing to mount a rescue, the team splits up and individually move into the Annihilation Line with the aim of creating a large diversion to enable an assault on the factory and the work camp the captives are being held in.
As the pair return to base Reese reveals the contents of the letter, an old photo of Sarah Connor taken at a Mexican gas station.
[28] Alex Avard of GamesRadar called it the best Terminator game he had ever played, but wrote that "given the series' historically poor record when it comes to interactive entertainment, that's an admittedly low bar to clear."
[31][32] Aaron Potter of Push Square opined that it lacked refinement as a result of budgetary issues,[3] while Tristan Ogilvie of IGN called it "as forgettable" as the main game.