{"id":1284,"date":"2006-11-01T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"Jare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iguanademos.com\/Jare\/wp\/?p=1284","title":{"rendered":"Defcon"},"content":{"rendered":"

After waking up somewhat early, I sat down and tried Defcon<\/a> by "the last of the bedroom coders"<\/i> Introversion Software. The game’s premise and visuals are fascinating: an RTS about global thermonuclear warfare, with a graphical style borrowed from tactical displays (as seen in movies like the inspirational Wargames<\/a>).<\/p>\n

After a simple and clear tutorial, you can start freeform games in a multiplayer-oriented fashion. There are no campaign or missions, but you can make games versus AI. A timer pushes through 5 distinct defcon phases which represent unit deployment, movement, initial engagements and finally full-scale nuclear launches against cities and military targets. The game’s speed can be increased in a very intuitive manner to push through periods of non-activity. Final scores are determined by civilian casualties, since it is pretty much impossible to completely eliminate an enemy.<\/p>\n

The learning curve is steep because of the game’s truly strategic nature: deployment decisions in the beginning can severely affect the final outcome. This will likely put off many people wanting a more direct and "twitchy" experience, but the more patient strategy fans should love the need to consider ranges, timing, intel, and the need to balance military \/ civilian targets and offense \/ defense forces.<\/p>\n

With such a limited set of units and features, Introversion has done an excellent job creating a deep game where every decision counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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