metadigital Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare. You play a General hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission is to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst saving your own. Points are awarded or lost depending on both the efficacy and thoroughness of your nuclear vendetta and the number of your own civilian deaths. In order to win you must wipe out the enemy population and simultaneously disable the enemy's ability to retaliate against you. This is an extremely difficult task since launching an attack on the enemy exposes the positions of your own Ground Silos, Subs and Bombers the moment they launch nuclear weapons, making you extremely vulnerable and exposed to a crushing counter-attack. Desperate attempts must be made to form fast, tactical alliances, alliances that may at any moment break-down to become the treacherous and most deadly of betrayals. Everyone looks to each other in a state of nervous suspense and paranoid accusation. In all-out nuclear Armageddon, everybody dies, everybody loses, you just have to make sure you lose the least! $10 for the pre-order ... Who wants to play a game of global thermonuclear war ..? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Dark_Raven Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Sounds like my kind of game. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Tale Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 If you like Defcon, check out Darwinia and Uplink. Different genres, but from the same company. For some reason Uplink makes me wish I had a laptop. There's something about it that begs to be played on the go. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Diamond Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) I have them both (and they are available for Linux too, BTW). Came in a bundle on Steam. PS But the don't engage me as much as DEFCON. Edited March 11, 2007 by Diamond
Tale Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 I still don't have Defcon. I suck at strategy games. About the only thing I particularly enjoy in them is building up my own base. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Diamond Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Well I suck at them too, but it is alright for casual strategy gamers, and the atmosphere is awesome.
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Introvision... Small group of guys kicking major ass. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Diamond Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Introvision Introversion... Small group of guys kicking major ass. I like their slogan. "The last of the bedroom programmers".
Xard Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Mmmmm... Defcon... It doesn't matter if you don't like games like this, you still should get it. How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Introvision Introversion... Small group of guys kicking major ass. I like their slogan. "The last of the bedroom programmers". Oops my bad... "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
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