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Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
By Slitherine Software UK Limited, released 1 Jan 2024
- Microsoft Windows
What it is
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance is a real-time strategy game from Slitherine Software UK Limited, released for Windows on February 21, 2024. Its campaign casts players as a commander among the Founders, a force formed from remnants of the US military, opposing Legion's machine network. Skirmish and multiplayer modes let players use three factions: Founders, Movement, and Legion. The campaign carries an army from mission to mission across strategic maps, where unit placement, tactics, and abilities shape battles. Players can recruit and train units, assign skills, and acquire weapons and equipment. The store description says battle decisions can affect the campaign and relationships with other factions and characters. Steam lists single-player, multiplayer, PvP, online PvP, and Family Sharing. The game is categorized on Steam as Strategy, and Slitherine Ltd. is the listed publisher. Its listed platform is Windows.
What players like, and what they don't
- Campaign army carries over between missions.
- Three factions are listed for skirmish and multiplayer.
- Players can recruit and train units.
- Battles use varied equipment, vehicles, and ammunition.
- Online PvP is listed.
- The listed platform is Windows only.
- No free-to-play listing is provided.
Who it suits
It suits strategy players interested in a Terminator: Dark Fate campaign built around persistent forces and tactical decisions. Players looking for multiplayer can also choose among three listed factions in skirmish and multiplayer modes.
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance links tactical battles with a campaign where decisions can have consequences across missions. It offers single-player and online PvP, but Windows is its only listed platform.
