Archive for September, 2011

EA Remakes Syndicate

The news recently came out that EA is remaking the classic Bullfrog game: Syndicate. If you were like me in the 90′s you were aware of this game and its successor- syndicate wars.

Both games featured an isometric birds eye view of a team of cyborg soldiers controlled by the player. The idea behind the game is that big corporations are competing to be the biggest and best and send genetically engineered cyborgs to assassinate, infiltrate and “persuade”.

I personally loved the first game for its use of special weapons; like the “persuaditron” which is a weapon used to control civilians and be able to create a whole army that can pick up weapons for you (very fun). Of course its used to steal scientists etc., but i loved getting the whole city on my side to assault an enemy stronghold.  Other weapons included machine guns, rocket launchers, shotguns…. and nuclear grenades.

The remake will be from a first person shooter perspective, but if done right I will be very interested to play this game.