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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a first-person shooter video game based on the film of the same title, with elements of hand-to-hand combat in third-person perspective.

44 13 August 2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a fighting developed by Black Ops Entertainment, released 13 August 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Legacy Mobile Device.

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What Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a fighting game developed by Black Ops Entertainment and released in 2003. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Legacy Mobile Device.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Terminator killed John Connor in 2032, before being reprogrammed and sent back in time by Connor's wife. After rescuing them from an initial attack at the animal hospital, the Terminator leads them to the grave of Sarah Connor (who died of leukemia seven years previous) in Victorville.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Terminator series

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the 29th of 50 entries we hold in the Terminator series. It arrived 6 months after The Terminator. The next entry was Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines in 2003. Its critic score of 44 is 19 points below the series average of 63. The highest-rated entry is The Terminator: Future Shock at 84.

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How it was received

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines holds a critic score of 44 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 25 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines launched on 13 August 2003, within three weeks of Tales of Symphonia, F-Zero GX, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Tales of Symphonia, F-Zero GX, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire.

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Quick answers

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When did Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines come out?
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was released on 13 August 2003 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Legacy Mobile Device.

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