Syndicate (1993)

Syndicate is a legendary, very dynamic mix of action and strategy set in the futuristic, cyberpunk realities. In the future, our planet is no longer ruled by states, but by powerful mega-corporations (syndicates). The player becomes the head of an executive unit of a small European syndicate that seeks to extend its power to the entire Earth. Fifty missions await execution, located in city centres controlled by other syndicates. This title combines economic, tactical, management, planning and dynamic action. The player has certain financial resources, which can be used for scientific research (new types of weapons, subassemblies, armour and nano-vaccines), the purchase of new weapons, or the implantation of better subassemblies, limbs, corpses, eyes, etc.

We start the game having only ordinary people, and thanks to constant development we end up proving extremely deadly cyborgs. You can have a large number of agents, each with its own parameters and coefficients, but only four of them can participate in missions at the same time. Before each task we get acquainted with the goals to be achieved, choose the agents, arm them and equip them, and then the action begins. Mission goals are very diverse, a number of them are simply "eliminate all enemies", we often have to escort VIPs, blow up a specific object or eliminate a specific person.

As for 1993 it was an extremely groundbreaking game, it had an excellent audiovisual setting, and the procedures of artificial intelligence deserved recognition. Cities were full of inhabitants who reacted dynamically to our behaviour, civilians escaped with shouting, police tried to neutralize agents turning half of the city into a perch, enemy agents attacked in an organized manner, etc., etc. The city was full of people who had a lot of people who fled with shouting, the police tried to neutralize agents who turned half of the city into a perch, enemy agents attacked in an organized manner, etc.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015