Syndicate Plus™

Scrolling thru gog and what do I see, I had to stop and pay respect to this game with a review. I can't even tell you how many hours I spent playing this on my trusty Compaq Deskpro 466. In a dark room with the volume cranked. You control 4 cyborgs, you can move as a group or spread them out to cover separate positions or cover multiple objective/targets. I remember just exploring the city and taking in the atmosphere.. with the background music droning on. do de do, do de do.. do de do de do de do de... wona-na-na-na.. wona-na-na-na.... Then the fight music kicks in and you juice up all your cyborgs for ass kickery.. unleash the miniguns! another fun thing was to use a persuadatron and recruit the entire city into one big mob *evil laughter* This game made me a fan of bullfrog and they are sorely missed. American Revolt is incredibly hard btw.. it's just brutal. This is not a fast pace shooter game, the action can be intense when it kicks off but it's more strategy and most of the time you're just moving into position or planing your attack. If the screen shots interest you grab it, I don't think you'll be disappointed in the game play.

I bought this 30 odd years ago when it came out on the Amiga (best computer ever) and its still brilliant now

This title thrives on nostalgia, so I thing presentation is the most important part here and possibly the only thing GOG does considering they only wrap DOSBox around it. That is where they failed, selling the title with poorly configured DOSBox. Considering how GOG is all about bringing back the games of yore in a best possible way this is a complete miss considering anyone can do a better job in some 30 minutes visiting some abandonware site or better yet wiping the dust off the original if they have it. The game itself is a classic, but does not justify the price asked. Another thing is that, as all EA releases, the game does not come with it's Expansion pack American Revolt.

Back in the mid 90's, when Syndicate Plus was still newish, I would be rewarded with half an hour to an hour of gametime on my math tutor's PC if I completed the lessons to his satisfaction. As if my tutor's mother bringing us piping hot servings of lemon honey tea weren't enough of an incentive! It's dated now, granted, but if you're willing to play it for the nostalgia factor, without being too judgemental, you will come away appreciating what developers were able to do with what little they had. I received it for free during a giveaway, so I can't complain, but if I were to choose between this and Syndicate Wars, I would go for the latter. It's not much older but for me it feels like a generational instead of intergenerational leap.

*Graphics are excellent & inmortal *Sound is repetitive as hell *Nice Cyberpunk Corporative setting *There is no really tactical thinking it should be tagged as an squad shooter *There is no options in how to compelte an objetive *Buggy pathfinding *Very low to none Charater specialization *Uninspired to repetitve mission objetives *It really doesnt have and ending just end the last mission and your corporation rules the world... *Very empty scenarios *Research/Equiping/Moding is a joke *Commmandos series does this "Tactical squad real time strategy thing" far better should be more rated than this "Classic"...