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Secret Government

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Secret Government
Description
Secret Government is a grand strategy game about a secret society. Remaining unseen, they have been ruling mankind for hundreds of years. Your role will not be just to lead a particular country or region, but the Brotherhood — a centuries-old organization that works in the shadows and manipulates th...
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2020, GameTrek, ...
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Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10, Intel Core i5-3470, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, Version 11, 9...
Description
Secret Government is a grand strategy game about a secret society. Remaining unseen, they have been ruling mankind for hundreds of years. Your role will not be just to lead a particular country or region, but the Brotherhood — a centuries-old organization that works in the shadows and manipulates the entire world. Pull the strings of fate as you influence the present and future on a global scale, reconstructing the whole world to your liking.

Strategically manage your agents as they run errands in different regions and infiltrate government institutions to strip countries of their resources and seize control of decision-makers. Your choices will change the internal and foreign policies of countries.

A desire for power and wealth is not the only thing that drives the Brotherhood. It strives for a complete rebuilding of the world.

Beginning in the 17th century, you start making your own history, where in each mission of the game you will interfere in the main conflict of a certain period. Take part in the Glorious Revolution in England, where you face a hostile secret organization with methods similar to yours, but with goals completely different; or influence the struggle of the thirteen colonies for independence from the British rule in the “New World” and decide the fate of the American Revolution.

Act slowly and carefully so as not to raise awareness of your clout in each-country,Otherwise you will be exposed and lose the level of influence already gained..

There will be plenty of diplomatic, economic and military actions at your disposal. Pay close attention to the domestic politics of each country. If the ruling party’s ideology is very different from the views of various classes and estates, if tax levels are too high and public order too low, then expect a revolution. Or maybe this is what you seek?

You cannot impose your will on the rulers - your manipulations in the game are indirect. You do not have the power to order a monarch to declare war on a neighboring country, but you can plant your agents in the right places, provoke deterioration in relations by indirect actions, arrange a border incident and bring the countries to a military conflict.

We hope that you will spend many enjoyable hours exploring how the world works with Secret Government! Join the Brotherhood!

Key Features

  • Rewrite History - From the 17th century to the present day, from the Glorious Revolution to the War of Independence, each mission will drop players into major global conflicts, tasking them with manipulating the outcome to serve the Brotherhood’s ambitions.
  • Play Your Pawns - The world’s most powerful figures - from national rulers to military superpowers - are but mere pawns to you. Learn to manipulate their complex AI machinations as you leverage their unique abilities to shape the world to your needs.
  • Indirect Influence - Why should you have to do the heavy lifting of executing your diplomatic, economic, and militaristic ambitions? Plant your own agents and indirectly coerce others to do your bidding with over 50 types of actions intended to upend the world’s balance in your favor while keeping your hands clean.
  • Manipulate a Living World - From ideologies to social classes, taxes to civil unrest, the world of Secret Government comprises countless interconnected sociopolitical systems that effectively simulate a believable and reactionary world. While world leaders strive to maintain the status quo, how will you destabilize the system and trigger worldwide change?
  • You’re Not Alone in the Shadows - Facing down a hostile secret organization that isn’t afraid to manipulate their way into the history books, make every action and choice count in order to outthink the competition and maintain your hard-earned secrecy and level of infiltration in the shadows.

© 2020-2021 Fulqrum Publishing Ltd. Developed by GameTrek Ltd. All rights reserved.

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NOTE:
1.0 version of Secret Government for Linux will be available soon.

NOTE:
1.0 version of Secret Government for Linux will be available soon.

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Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.13+)
Release date:
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Size:
2.4 GB

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Posted on: April 15, 2021

Early Access review

Patrick1979

Games: 79 Reviews: 1

A good idea, but....

I tried out this game over at a friend's house because I was thinking about purchasing it. I l have always been interested in the whole topic of secret societies and their influence on world politics. However, after trying the game, I was somewhat disappointed. I experienced it as a very "dry" kind of managment sim, way too complicated (at least for me). It more or less just throws you in without giving you a chance to learn the mechanics. Also, the graphics are nice, but also very basic. I applaud the idea of basing a game on this premise, but gameplay-wise, I'd prefer the approach of "The Council", which takles similar topics and a similar time period, but in a different style. Also, although the Roadmap still says final release November 2020, the game still seems to be in early access. I don't really like such things. If the release date has to be postponed for whatever reasons, the developer should update the information accordingly.


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Posted on: April 16, 2021

tarjan95

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Games: 1296 Reviews: 6

Game Freezes after 1.0 update

just wanted to let everyone know the Secret government is now unplayable since the 1.0 update( at least for me.)the game now freezes after selecting a new game and I cant only exit by a system restart the game did not do this before the most recent update.


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Posted on: November 10, 2024

Furiat

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Games: 517 Reviews: 10

Failed game with failed UX & failed code

I tried. I tried HARD to engage with this title. But the game itself refused to engage with me. The main point of failure is the UX/UI. Everything is obtuse there is a metric ton of detailed micromanagement options, which are USELESS and don't give you any feedback. There might be a decent simulation underneath it all, but it doesn't communicate at all. The main force you're using is a few cultists, who you have to constantly handhold, micromanage and you can't even automate a simple action on them. Unlike for the secondary underlings - those guys automate just fine. Everything is measured in turns (days), but time passes realtime, so the turns vary in length of real time because reasons. Constant pause is a must. And some windows auto un-pause when you dismiss them. Your core team has set individual roles. If you do not have a certain role occupied, you cannot perform certain actions. For example: * You want to capture enemy agents in two separate countries? NOPE. You have ONE agent that can do captures, so suck it up and do things in order. * Your agent that captures people got captured himself? TOUGH LUCK BUD. There is no rescue option, so you best dismiss the guy totally and recruit someone else. I hope you have your recruiting agent still at hand, yes? * You want to expose a lodge but your espionage agent is doing counterintelligence in a neighbouring country? THAT IS ON YOU, PAL. The moment that made me finalize my opinion on the game was when I was in the midst of a quest, I'd say a fairly good midgame, which said "organize a successful coup". By then I knew HOW to organize the coup, so I did. And then another. And another. And each coup deposed the ruler - but the game didn't see it as successful. Nor did it communicate anything about it (it doesn't communicate success on 90% of actions btw.). I did 10 coups eventually. No avail. Softlock. Quit. 1-star review. Gameplay concept sux. Execution is atrocious. Implementation is buggy. FAIL ON ALL FRONTS.


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