I love Defcons Office Mode
Posted Sep 20, 2010, 11:15 PM UTC
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Truly one of the best games of the last 15 years. I should give it a go in the office tomorrow, see if I can survive.
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Spoiler: The only winning move is not to play.
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So you're saying it's like World of Warcraft?
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Or Dwarf Fortress. Or Minecraft. Or... reddit. :(
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Or gay chicken.
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But you can't know you won if you never played!
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Probably because it's the first game in 15 years with an office mode.
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Hopefully not the last...
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In the Defcon world, the real heroes are the fighter pilots.
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Nope. My nuclear submarines will wreck your shit.
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I think ssnseawolf knows a thing or two about nuclear submarines.
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I laughed so hard at your comment.
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Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots win wars.
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Anyone remember the boss key on Microprose games? Hit it and a fake DOS prompt would appear
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Do you guys actually do anything at 'work'?
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Although I'm sure most people here are just not doing their work, there are also a lot of people who have jobs with serious amounts of downtime. People "on call" for instance.
Disclaimer: Not justifying playing games on the job.
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Most nerve-wrecking game ever, at least, for me. Nothing beats the fun and stress of setting up the perfect double-cross on your partners in diplomacy mode.
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I just bought Defcon can someone recommend some websites that will help me get my head around all the various strategies ?
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Just try different things. It's more fun that way.
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Play! When you lose to something, figure out what it was, try and do it in the next game. :D
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Oh, Defcon. Fond memories of playing you in engineering class with however many other people it was that you could fit. I always took Europe, and I never lost.
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This is why I disable the Esc key on all my employee's keyboards.
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Haha, jokes on you man. I just rebind the Esc key to something else.
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this game looks pretty awesome but i've never had a chance too play it
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Get it, it's cheap and fun. Think of it as "Wargames: The Game".
Keep it away from depressive people as it's a very bleak game.
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The soundtrack always cheers me up :)
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I wish more games had this!!!
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Is it this game or another that I've seen Reddit post screen caps of in gaming for the past few months or so? I always thought it was some kind of infection outbreak styled game from the screen caps. One had something to do with Madagascar. Anyone know wtf I'm talking about?
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The one you're thinking of is Pandemic 2.
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Ah the "boss button" alive and well.
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Boss button is kind of useless when it's possible for someone to remotely look at your screen without you even knowing. (I'm pretty sure this goes on in my company)..
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horrible.
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That actually refers to the "genocide" scoring system and not to office mode.
But it is pretty horrible to earn a salary while simulating nuclear apocalypse.
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I love this game but I have no strategy so I just end up launching nukes and bombers as soon as I can.
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I've wanted to get this for a while. How is it compared to uplink?
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there is no comparison between the two.
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Oh. I just want uplink again, but it doesn't run on my mac anymore.
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strange, it should.
I like uplink, got it and defcon for £4 new.
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The Great Ryansby and ROFL rule all.
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I couldn't quite get the hang of it either, but I love the idea so much that I kept it installed. Sometimes I start it up just to see the world burn.
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Don't think too much officer!
http://www.viddler.com/explore/JadeStar/videos/107
NUKE THE BASTARDS INTO OBLIVION
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The trajectories are not an accurate model of the paths nuclear missiles actually take.
What would work better is google earth.
I've been saying this for years.
If I had a few thousand dollars lying around, I would pay someone to do this, and then sell it to China.
edit: i have no idea what the fuck i am talking about
Let's talk soon. -NSA
Let's arrange a meeting in an undisclosed location outside of the United States, just to be safe.
In an underground parking lot with very little lighting.
Right next to the McDonalds at Guantanamo - you know the one, take a left at the taco stand and head right once you hit the Chinese water torture pit.
And the silo placements are all wrong. Nobody puts them near cities... the real sites are a
Silo placement is part of the setup phase for this game. In other words, you can put your silos where you damn well please.
Actually, there where NIKE missle silos in DT Chicago.
Had them in New York, too. But they were defensive, so it would make sense to have those near populated areas
Truth but I guess it wouldn't look as cool going over the poles...
It might look cooler, but it won't work for gameplay methods, although it should still have been done, adding to the various amounts of game mode options.