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[quote][b]About[/b]
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
You play a General hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission is to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst saving your own. Points are awarded or lost depending on both the efficacy and thoroughness of your nuclear vendetta and the number of your own civilian deaths. In order to win you must wipe out the enemy population and simultaneously disable the enemy's ability to retaliate against you. This is an extremely difficult task since launching an attack on the enemy exposes the positions of your own Ground Silos, Subs and Bombers the moment they launch nuclear weapons, making you extremely vulnerable and exposed to a crushing counter-attack.
Desperate attempts must be made to form fast, tactical alliances, alliances that may at any moment break-down to become the treacherous and most deadly of betrayals. Everyone looks to each other in a state of nervous suspense and paranoid accusation. In all-out nuclear Armageddon, everybody dies, everybody loses, you just have to make sure you lose the least! [/quote]
[quote][b]Gameplay[/b]
GAMEPLAY
DEFCON is a streamlined real-time strategy game, with no unit production (except for automatic fighter regeneration), resource collection, or technology tree upgrades. Players choose and position their forces at the beginning of the game. A countdown system prevents games from disintegrating prematurely. Gameplay begins at alert level DEFCON 5 and counts down to DEFCON 1 (the highest alert level). Each upgrade in alert level brings more possibilities.
DEFCON 5: No hostile action. Players may place units and fleets and units can move into international waters.
DEFCON 4: No hostile action. Radar coverage will provide information on units within range. Players may continue to place units and fleets and move units into international waters.
DEFCON 3: Conventional naval and airborne combat is authorized. Units and fleets can no longer be placed (those that were not placed are treated as if they were lost).
DEFCON 2: No effective change from DEFCON 3. This is the final stage before nuclear weapons are available. According to the manual, combat becomes more aggressive.
DEFCON 1: The use of nuclear weapons is authorized. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine medium-range ballistic missiles, and bomber short-range ballistic missiles are available.
You gain 2 points for every human being killed, and loose 1 point for every one of your civilians lost.
[b]Modes[/b]
GAME MODES!
Default: Make teams and fight each other, or free for all, survival of the fittest!
Diplomacy Mode: All players start as members of a single alliance, and attempt to stay on top as the alliance disintegrates. Score is determined not by enemy population killed, but by which territory has the highest percentage of survivors at the end of the game.
Office Mode: In office mode, the game runs in real time and cannot be sped up. The game can be quickly forced to the background making the computer available for other use. While the game continues to run in the background, a system tray icon will notify the gamer of certain events as they occur. The office mode hotkey, sometimes referred to as the boss key, is activated by striking the escape key twice in rapid succession. A game in office mode lasts no more than six hours. The boss key is available in all game modes, but it is designed for this mode in particular.
Speed Mode: Gotta go fast!
Big World Mode: The World is twice as big! Each player has twice as many units, but each unit is half the normal size and has half the radar range, weapon range, and speed. For those who love a long game.[/quote]
[B]Buy the game here:[/B] [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/[/url]
I made this thread since the old one is dead!
The old group is dead so join the new one here
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FPDefcon[/url]
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Current Game Schedule: [/B]
1/26/16 - 8PM EST
I will update the game schedule with new times here and in the group. Make sure you join the group so you can join in!
Previous thread: [url]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1347027[/url]
[editline]25th January 2016[/editline]
The server is up for those who want to join. Just look for the Facepunch Defcon server on the server list. The password is facepunch.
Ill be hosting another game tonight at 8pm EST if anyone is interested.
I remember playing this as a kid and having no idea what I was doing. Should give it another try some time.
I remember we had a facepunch group for this.
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