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The legendary Syndicate will take over GOG.com on the 19th of January.

The original sci-fi strategy Syndicate will be released on GOG.com for $5.99 this Thursday. This gritty cyberpunk treasure shows up here with some bonus content: the game manual, dark SF artworks, and avatars.

As you can read in this review Syndicate is “A modern masterpiece. The self-respecting gamer should ensure they have Syndicate nestling snugly on the games shelf as soon as possible.” Follow the wise advice and get Syndicate in just two days for $5.99.

While you’re waiting, we’re having a fun contest to keep you guys occupied until Thursday:

Syndicate is a game set in a grim future. As the world’s multinational corporations grew, their profits began to rival those of small countries. Soon they owned small countries and corporate influence was felt at the highest level of world government. Smaller corporations were swallowed up like plankton in the wake of behemoth mega-corporations.

GOG.com needs your help to take over the world. You and three friends--real or imaginary, past or future--are going to form a team that you’d recommend to us to lead the charge to make GOG.com the world’s biggest Syndicate.

We want to know if you’re up for the challenge.

Mission:
Assemble your team of cyborgs, give us your Team Name, Method of Operation, and any other relevant information you'd like.

Go on, spread your influence across the globe and tell us how.

Bounty:
1 free copy of Syndicate for the 10 posters who have the best Syndicate team. We’ll be reading through all of your posts (Hello, discordiac, our new marketing manager who “volunteered” for this job!) and picking the ones that we like best.

Rules:
1. Only one entry post per user. Feel free to comment & edit until the contest closes.
2. You may enter into similar contests that we are running on Twitter and Facebook, but only once via each different channel.
3. We will be picking 10 of our favorite teams from this thread to win their free copies of Syndicate.
4. The contest will end on Thursday the 19th of January 2012 at 7:00 AM EST.
The weird thing is I do know for sure I played and finished this game, and I remember it was fun, if a bit too easy. But I honestly can't remember it being as great as all the raving reviews make it. Well, doesn't matter. I'm buying it anyway.

(I also remember I tried the expansion and couldn't beat even its first mission. The difficulty spiked like crazy there.)
Oh, cool! I've always wondered about this game, never got to play it.

Team Name: The Runaway Five
Members: Lucky, Gorgeous, OJ, Magic, Baccio, and Shimmy Zmizz
Modus Operandi: Pose as a Blues band and make terrible monetary decisions.
Primary Mission: Silence anyone who calls attention to the fact that we have six members yet are called the Runaway Five.
well... no expansion no buy
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GOG.com: Syndicate is a game set in a grim future. As the world’s multinational corporations grew, their profits began to rival those of small countries. Soon they owned small countries and corporate influence was felt at the highest level of world government. Smaller corporations were swallowed up like plankton in the wake of behemoth mega-corporations.
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SimonG: Well, fifteen years ago that was a grim future.... nowadays however....
Exactly what I did think after reading that paragraph...
Name: The Guardians of Gaming!
Members: Me, You, Him & Her!!
Modus Operandi: Hack restrictive DRM programs & insert a virus. When the DRM attempts to "phone home" the DRM servers get infected & shut down. The aim is get everyone so riled up against DRM that it is gone forever!!!
Post edited January 17, 2012 by Rodzaju
Great game.

A shame that lawyers got in the way of the expansion being made available as it does crank up the difficulty somewhat and gives extra challenge to those who finished the original game.

I wouldn't worry too much about the lack of compatibility for Windows XP as it will be irrelevant in 5-10 years from now.

People should stress more on the games being compatible with the latest version of Windows instead (given that you want the game to remain playable in the future).
Post edited January 17, 2012 by Magnitus
Classic game fantastic. Played this on the atari Jaguar and loved every minute of it.
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Ubivis: one thing is funny... it does not show up to be compatible with Windows XP :)
My mistake, sorry ;)
Syndicate is, of course, compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
Thrilled to see this, wow only 21MB download according to the gamecard.
Ok my team

Team Name: The Highlad Nutters
Members: Aluinie, Nessie,Haggis & Whisky


Primary mission:Track down and eliminate any actors who have caused major ear damage in their attempts to do a scottish accent.
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Paczyk: My mistake, sorry ;)
Syndicate is, of course, compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
What about the expansion?
WARNING:huge influence on Metal Gear

Name:Philantropy
Members:Otacon,Snake,Raiden and Mr.X
Modus Operandi:Spread the word of the DRM free revolution,counter espionage on the evil DRM syndicate and "retire"generals of the syndicate
Primary weapons:Silenced pistols,sniper rifles,energized katana,silenced M16s.
Equipment:flares,outputs for hacking,IR goggles,SEMTEX.
Method of infiltration:enter from rooftop,hack into security to get intel on objective,security personel,cameras,ETC...
Post edited January 17, 2012 by l0rdtr3k
No System Shock, well, too bad for those who wanted it xD

Syndicate = <3

However, no expansions = Wishlisted till they're there or it's really cheap.
Like all the other EA games lacking their expansion, I will wait for the game to sell for half price. And thats just because I like having as many games as possible online, since I already own Syndicate.

I really hope this means Syndicate Wars is coming as well then.
Team name: Freedom Enforcers

Method Of Operation: Ensuring freedom of expression by limiting freedom of expression.

History: Led by Sgt. DMCA, these valiant cyborgs ensure their corporate employers have optimal expression with minimal questions. Armed with Starforce rifles these are ruthless cyborgs equipped with the latest DRM targeting computers. You may have heard of its latest members, SOPA and PIPA.

Method of Attack: Quashing all who mention BigMedia Corporation without paying the required mentioning fee and obtaining the single use, non-derivative, speech licenses.