A new 2D game based on Terminator 2 is coming in September
Terminator 2D: No Fate is coming to all major formats
A new 2D action game based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day has been announced.
Terminator 2D: No Fate is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store) on September 5.
According to publisher Reef Entertainment, the game will “blend iconic scenes from Terminator 2: Judgment Day with original scenarios”, and will have multiple endings, meaning “humanity’s fate is yours to decide”.
Players will control Sarah Connor and the T-800 (played in the movie by Arnold Schwarzenegger) in the ’90s as they try to stop the T-1000 and Skynet before the human race is wiped out.
They will also play as John Connor in the future, as he fights in the War Against the Machines as the humans’ last resort.
Terminator 2D: No Fate is being developed by Bitmap Bureau, the retro-focused studio previously responsible for such titles as Xeno Crisis, Final Vendetta and 88 Heroes.
“Our team poured its passion into crafting adrenaline-fueled arcade gameplay and stunning pixel art – the very elements that make games special to us,” design director Mike Tucker said in a post on the official PlayStation Blog. “As our first licensed game, we wanted to do justice to the Terminator 2 legacy.
“I feel Terminator 2D: No Fate is a love letter to ‘80s/‘90s arcade games, and my mission was to create the T2 side-scroller we should have had in our youth. Players control Sarah Connor, John Connor, and the T-800 in arcade-style missions that retell Terminator 2: Judgment Day while expanding its narrative.”
Each of the three playable characters controls differently. Sarah Connor specialises in melee combat (but also has a laser sight for her guns), John Connor focuses on mid-to-long range combat (with a plasma rifle and pipe bombs), and the T-800 is much slower but can take a lot of damage.
Five separate Terminator 2 games were originally released between 1991 and 1993 to tie in with the blockbuster movie. The most popular was T2: The Arcade Game, a lightgun shooting game that was originally released in arcades before being ported to home systems.
