Terminator Salvation Official site Type : Third-Person shooter           Date: 19 May 2009 Terminator: Salvation is a prequel to the events of the major motion picture of the same name. It is two years after Judgment Day--the date that the Terminator mythology assigns to the nuclear event that the machines will rain down on planet Earth--and what's left of humanity is caught in a life and death struggle against that same machine intelligence that sprung to life from the former defense super computer known as Skynet. Yet things are not quite what the the earlier chapters in the Terminator saga had predicted for these days. Although over the last two years human survivors of the catastrophe have prepared and organized themselves for the ongoing battle with the machines, John Connor, the character that the player assumes, has yet to emerge as the legendary hero he was foretold to be, and time is running out. In its early nuclear strikes against humanity, Skynet damaged part of itself. It has spent the last two years rebuilding its strength as well in order to complete its mission of the extermination of the human race. Now is the time to strike back at the machines. Now is the time for you and John Connor to take command. Game-play Terminator Salvation is a third person shooter where the player needs to "constantly move, flank, cover and utilize their squad to progress." The player must battle Skynet enemies from the film of the same name as well as new enemies specifically designed for the game. The game features a campaign that can be played alone or cooperatively with one other local player via split-screen. The co-op version of the game enables players to play as both John Connor and his teammate Blair Williams. The game employs a cover and movement system not unlike those featured in Gears Of War and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, wherein the player can quickly choose to dodge between different forms of cover, coming out only to fire shots at enemies. Staying in cover is advantageous, as the player only regenerates health when they have not received damage for a certain amount of time (as in the Halo and Call Of Duty games). Although players initially are only equipped with an M4 assault rifle, other weapons such as the rocket and grenade launchers, shotgun, and heavy machine-gun as well as various types of bombs are acquired throughout the game. Enemy A.I. is relatively strong, both keeping track of the player's location realistically (that is, not omniscient but using sight and sound to locate the player) as well as actively pursing and flanking them when cover is sought by the player.   PC Windows   Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista Processor: Pentium Dual Core E2180 (2 GHz)/AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz) Memory: 1 GB Hard Drive: 8+ GB Free Video Memory: nVidia GeForce 8 series/AMD Equivalent (Shader Model 3.0) Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound cards DirectX: 9.0c Keyboard & Mouse DVD Rom Drive Recommended System Requirements OS: Windows Vista Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (2.83 GHz)/AMD Equivalent Memory: 2 GB Hard Drive: 8+ GB Free Video Memory: NVIDIA GeForce series 200/ AMD equivalent (Shader Model 3.0+) Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound cards DirectX: 9.0c Keyboard & Mouse DVD Rom Drive Controller support: Microsoft X360 USB game pad preferred   X-box 360   Playstation 3