The game is a prequel to the film, being set two years previously.

This is meant to scare you into taking cover, but these flying aerostats do virtually no damage and appear to be ever-present, their only purpose to throw you into a meaningless firefight every 10 steps. After that, it just degenerates into a mindless grind through tediously textured levels, fighting dull enemies and listening to dull characters say 'Connor, do this' or 'Wasps!' for the thousandth time. The most evocative, stirring part of Terminator: Salvation is the loading screen, a burning red eye glaring out at you from the monitor. There are no boss fights, visuals are bland, and gameplay choices seem lazy when it could be exciting. The combat is decent, encouraging the covering mechanics with AI actually pretty smart in throughout the game. Using an assortment of weapons, large and small, to fight the Terminators and hordes of enemies is really all you'll be doing throughout its bland 4-hour campaign.

There's no rhyme or reasons for it - but it provides just enough backstory to justify the shoot em' up slugfest that follows - introducing the main gameplay element. The easiest way to describe the game is John Connor deciding to use his band of resistance men to save some people behind enemy lines. Terminator: Salvation really does none of that and doesn't even throw Christian Bale's voice into the mix.

Even further, to inherit their heroic features and apply them as playable skills. Being set in a post-apocalyptic universe with massive lore, you'd think there is potential for a game to flesh out some of the characters' backstories. Without giving anything away from the film, the narrative of the offering is basic. The game is set 2 years before the events of the movie.

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