![]() That said, in many ways, it's the least ambitious of Introversion's games in terms of design (I dare say, wrestling with online multiplayer for the first time, technically it could be the hardest). And it's extremely good, which probably doesn't really fit a "style", but is certainly something they've managed to do so far. It's got their equally minimalist stark audio. It's got their minimalist yet professional graphics style, all cool computer graphics. It's a strategy game, but with a heavy influx of action elements - even the animation-free Uplink was a game where quick actions were essential and time was the most relentless of foes. ![]() It's partially inspired by the popular cinema of their childhoods (just as Uplink was by Wargames, and Darwinia Tron). Possibly literally, since everyone will be tiny radioactive dust.ĭefcon is simultaneously very Introversion and completely unlike anything they've done previously. Some nation's going home in an ambulance. Except this time, there's none of that wimpy "Shall we play a game of tic-tac-toe" nonsense. Essentially, it's that famous scene in Wargames turned into a videogame. (Why Birmingham? Why not.)ĭefcon - if this string of cheerily tasteless jokes about Armageddon hasn't made it clear - is a game about nuclear war. Hell, with their love of a well-planned publicity stunt, you half expect them to use a hastily constructed nuke to level Birmingham, if only to build up a little more hype. ![]() ![]() While a large corporation tends to reel away from controversy, there's a nagging suspicion that Intro-"We didn't want a publisher f***ing up our game"-version would revel in it. All it takes is a dirty nuke going off somewhere (and that's bound to happen sooner or later, yeah?), a screenshot of the city disappearing beneath an ultra-white nuclear bloom and the small legend "7.2 million dead" and suddenly Introversion is public enemy number one. Want a long shot? Now that the media firestorm engulfing Bully is beginning to rival weekly scandals about what Dennis the Menace is up to for absurdity, how about Defcon as most controversial game of the year? It's a game that features the annihilation of every city on earth every time you play. ![]()
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