The Terminator Fut 15 Coins: Dawn of Fate is a straightforward action game that features characters and story events based on those found in James Cameron's Terminator film series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. While the gameplay isn't particularly good, it's decent enough that fans of the film series might as well consider checking out the game, since it does offer up some impressive visuals and reveals more of the futuristic world of the Terminator films than has been seen before. The Xbox version of the game is almost identical to the PlayStation 2 version, with the one real exception being more prevalent lighting effects.

The story of the game serves as a prequel to the Terminator movies and follows the events leading up to the first film. The setting is a war-torn postnuclear world in which cities have been reduced to rubble and the human population is near extinction at the hands of a cybernetic menace. John Connor is the leader of the human rebellion, and you must help him reach the time machine that brings Kyle Reese--Michael Biehn's character from the first film--into the past to protect Sarah Connor, John's own mother. During the game, you play as one of three characters, including Kyle Reese. Though they each look different, they play identically.

The game includes 10 missions, each filled with various objectives ranging from holding off an endless swarm of terminators to providing cover for teammates who have to plant explosives in specific locations. During the course of the game, the story unfolds through some decent-looking CG cinema sequences as well as in-game cutscenes. You also have a comlink that allows you to pick up new objectives midmission.