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testament to an independent developer willing to take
a risk by creating games that tackle unusual ideas in
thought-provoking, engaging and ultimately entertaining
ways."
"Stark and foreboding, it
feels like you’re at the centre of the Cold War
even before a nuke has been fired."
"Refreshingly simple yet
bursting with depth, DEFCON is enjoyable as both a
quick blast as well as subtle strategic epic."
By Alex Simmons
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"Even though the main source of
inspiration for Defcon is more than 20 years old, and Cold
War paranoia is a thing of the past, the game feels disturbingly
relevant, and much like developer Introversion's past work,
Uplink: Hacker Elite and Darwinia, there's truly nothing
else quite like it today."
By Ryan Davis
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"Like the greatest board games,
its entry curve is small, its interface elementary, and
its potential for strategic depth enormous. Oh, and despite
barely grazing your 3D card, it's one of the best-looking
PC games all year. When was the last time anyone could say
that?"
By Matt Peckham
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"Suddenly, everyone opens fire.
This isn't about being tactful or deceptive anymore. Now
it is just a question of who can eliminate the most people
first, suffering the least losses before the world itself
fries under mankind's self-imposed destruction. The screen
lights up like a Christmas tree, warnings flashing all over
that missile silos are deploying their payload into the
sky. Small, graceful arcs curve through the air as dozens,
no, hundreds of nuclear missiles crash down on the unsuspecting
people of the supposedly free worlds"
By JoeX111
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"DEFCON is like a high quality
porno film. It looks very pretty, has a
gradual build-up that adds to the tension, and then there's
about 15-20
minutes of non-stop action with lots of white splotches
everywhere....one of
the best multiplayer games released this year, easily."
By Derrick
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"The point of WarGames was that
nuclear war is unwinnable, that every aggressor incurs unacceptable
losses. The point of DEFCON is to do it anyway, and inflict
even less acceptable losses on your friends"
By Tom Francis
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"Essentially, it's that famous
scene in Wargames turned into a videogame. Except this time,
there's none of that wimpy "Shall we play a game of
tic-tac-toe" nonsense. Some nation's going home in
an ambulance. Possibly literally, since everyone will be
tiny radioactive dust."
By Kieron Gillen
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"Defcon is a game for anyone who
lay awake during the eighties paranoid about nuclear war.
It poses the problem "what would I do in the case of
nuclear war", and answers it thus: "boil".
And indeed, the manual of Defcon and the load screens do
go into astonishing detail about exactly how you'll die.
The game doesn't really try to go for po-faced seriousness
or irreverent gallows humour with the subject. It doesn't
need to."
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"Introversion Software is the kind
of company that not only would tackle the
issue of making global thermonuclear war entertaining but
actually succeeds
in doing so. Defcon is a magnificent creation that is undoubtedly
a dark
horse contender for best multiplayer game of the year."
By CSL
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"To say we’re fans of Introversion’s
previous titles is a bit like saying thermonuclear war would
be a ‘bit bad’ for those who don’t particularly
like the idea of death.
So it’s pleasing to be able to say that Defcon
is a worthy contender for multiplayer title of the year,
if not game of the year full stop. "
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