Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

One of the best old school strategy games. Make sure to check the game files for a funny easter egg song.

It's too simplistic, simple as! Too few units and buildings, too basic unit stats/attribs etc. Too small a tech tree. GFX, SFX and music while functional are poor...... even for the year this was released. It looks like a Windows 3.1 game FGS! No diplomacy at all, you are considered permanently "at war" with all the others, though that scenario does fit the game's backstory! Despite it saying it is a feature, "trading" NEVER works, your trades are refused EVERY time, they NEVER trade with you. Many people experience problems running this too. So GOG did not get it working "100%". So be warned if you do decide to get it. That over simplicity is a shame, because the game is good with what it has. The AI does seem quite smart and will give you a run even on easiest AI difficulty settings. It will trounce you on higher settings! Though on maps with oceans, they don't ever seem to build/use ships. So a faction stuck on an island is screwed. Deadlock 2 added a bit more I believe, but almost no-one has even run that broken version GOG peddle AFAIK! Myself included.

Great game lost so many times when i was a kid but you get better when your older and come back for revenge with your improved understanding of Game mechanics.

Now, We can play on windows 7.

Thanks very much to bringing this game to the site. I have the cdrom still, but wasn't not interested in going through the hoops to play on my modern (windows 7 64bit) operating systems due to 16bit and sound issues. This version looks as good as I remember. It now sounds even better once I turned on windows xp (SP3) compatibility mode. I think alchemy for the sound blaster users is even helping with the background music popping (though I'm not sure why). I was also able to turn off the graphics limiters to the aero theme and such which were there upon installation. Don't be afraid to tinker with these for your particular setup. As for the game itself, this is a really accessible turn based strategy. There are 7 unique races all trying to conquer the planet surface through military, city construction or a combination of the two. There are a wealth of difficulty settings for everyone where the difficulty is scaled through map size, number of races and the enemy production rates (turbo-charged anyone?) Your role is truly as a commander/overseer managing building construction, resource (including weapons) production, research, taxes and colonist happiness. The game may not be particularly deep compared to other recognizable titles, but the wit, humor, diversity of races and all aspects of the gameplay are presented well. I would suggest this game to anyone, even if they are not fans of the genre.