A new 2D game based on Terminator 2 is coming in September

A new 2D action game based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day has been announced.

Terminator 2D: No Fate is coming to PlayStation 5 [7,489 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps5/”>PS5, Xbox Series X | S [6,100 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/seriesxs/”>Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch [5,041 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/switch/”>Switch, PlayStation 4 [8,078 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps4/”>PS4, Xbox One [6,709 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/xb1/”>Xbox One and PC [10,745 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/”>PC (via Steam [2,346 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/steam/”>Steam and the Epic Games Store [1,383 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/epic-games-store/”>Epic Games Store) on September 5.

According to publisher Reef Entertainment, the game will “blend iconic scenes from Terminator 2: Judgment [60 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/yakuza-games-series/judgment/”>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 Mac [525 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/mac/”>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 [10,400 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/”>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.