Kxmode wrote on Aug 13, 2024, 22:38:
Imagine a game where actions in the past directly alter the future, and your character has the unique ability to exist in both timelines simultaneously. Think of it as Life Is Strange meets The Terminator. You could make decisions in the past that ripple forward, changing the world around you in real time while navigating the challenges of both eras. The dual-timeline gameplay would allow for complex puzzles, altered states, and branching narratives where you must strategically alter events in one timeline to unlock possibilities in the other, all while facing the consequences of your choices in a constantly evolving narrative.

That game exists and is called Singularity. It was an interesting premise but didn't particularly pan out all that well. The problem with multistream time puzzles is that either you have to factor in for every single variable which would mean loads of manhours or you make the puzzles less complex to service the use of the mechanic. It was neat for a handful of times but after a while, it became more of a chore that became a friction point.

However, time hopping back and forth wouldn't work in the Terminator universe. It was mentioned at least twice that I can recall in the movies that time travel is a one way trip due to the technological mismatch of the two points in time. Plus, you would have to lose all your equipment as a human since anything above the organic surface layer cannot be brought with you. Now Terminator Genisys and Terminator - Dark Fate did all kinds of weird shit that sort of corrupted that canon so who knows what "timeline" the game devs are going with for this.

Kxmode -> "side with the machines" ?!?

This person is a traitor to the human race!

I haven't seen much on this game at all, but hopefully it turns out awesomely. Probably more likely to be overly monetized junk, but who knows.

Sheik Rattle Enroll wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 22:35:

Kxmode wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 21:13:

Sheik Rattle Enroll wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 20:01:
I want a terminator crpg. Why can't I have that?

Would that take place in present day or the future war?

Oh man, both I guess, time travel seems like a prerequisite here

Imagine a game where actions in the past directly alter the future, and your character has the unique ability to exist in both timelines simultaneously. Think of it as Life Is Strange meets The Terminator. You could make decisions in the past that ripple forward, changing the world around you in real time while navigating the challenges of both eras. The dual-timeline gameplay would allow for complex puzzles, altered states, and branching narratives where you must strategically alter events in one timeline to unlock possibilities in the other, all while facing the consequences of your choices in a constantly evolving narrative.

As a cRPG, the player could side with the Resistance or the Machines, adding depth and moral complexity to the story. This choice would affect the present and reshape the future, leading to multiple possible endings based on your decisions throughout the game.

And yes, it would be open world.

Sheik Rattle Enroll wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 20:01:
I want a terminator crpg. Why can't I have that?

Cuz we can not have nice things cuz the plebs keep buying shit games.

Ant wrote on Aug 13, 2024, 01:15:
World of Skynet!

The Elders Scroll™: Skynet®

This game on paper kind of seemed too good to be true. Now the delay. Hmmmm.

World of Skynet!

Hmmm...a Terminator game in a Skyrim style of free-roam in both the present and future would be badass.

Kxmode wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 21:13:

Sheik Rattle Enroll wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 20:01:
I want a terminator crpg. Why can't I have that?

Would that take place in present day or the future war?

Oh man, both I guess, time travel seems like a prerequisite here

Sheik Rattle Enroll wrote on Aug 12, 2024, 20:01:
I want a terminator crpg. Why can't I have that?

Would that take place in present day or the future war?

I want a terminator crpg. Why can't I have that?