Description
The world is on the brink of Armageddon. A full-scale global thermonuclear war has broken out, and as a general in a bunker somewhere, you must direct your offensive and defensive systems to nuke your opponents. Nobody wins, but maybe you can lose the least. Everybody dies.
DEFCON is an online multiplayer strategy game, but it can also be played in a singleplayer mode. Players place units, such as missile silos, airbases and radar dishes, on their territorial maps, and the game counts down from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, during which time the players are to make strategic choices to eliminate their opponents without losing too much themselves.
The gameplay is shown on a large world map and the action is represented by icons and lines reminiscent of the drawing style of their two previous games:
Darwinia and
Uplink.
Alternate Titles
- "DEFCON: Strategic Nuclear War" -- 2007 Budget Release
- "Defcon: Guerre Mondiale Thermonucléaire " -- French Title
- "DEFCON: Globalna Wojna Termonuklearna" -- Polish title
- "DEFCON: Everybody Dies" -- European Title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Games TM |
Oct, 2006 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| 1UP |
Oct 07, 2006 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Gameguru Mania |
Oct 08, 2006 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| IGN |
Oct 20, 2006 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| GameSpot |
Oct 10, 2006 |
8.1 out of 10 |
81 |
| Netjak |
Oct 30, 2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Eurogamer.de |
Oct 02, 2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Feb 07, 2008 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Nov, 2006 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| DarkZero |
Jun 17, 2007 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
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Trivia
Defcon is probably inspired by Wargames more than anything else (the movie and it's
videogame adaptation). The game's look as well as text on the main menu are direct references to this.
