Syndicate Wars™

This is second syndicate game and also in dos box. another game of its time and a hard pass from me. got this game free from amazon prime via twitch. no rating from me. 1 star as GOG requires a rating.

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I bought Syndicate Wars the moment it was first released and it was a game which holds the honour of actually being better than Syndicate was, and that wasn't a bad game in itself! A true cyberpunk game which captures a real sense of a dystopian future with it's graphics and Bladerunner style music. Throw into that a weird cult and you have a classic game. There are game mechanics in it which stand out, such as doing a bank job and running from the police, or gaining a little extra back-up by controlling passers-by who'll then pick up any gun laying around and follow you. It's a game you'll love playing, and a game that deserves to be on GoG.

For newbies to this franchise, go ahead & keep looking elsewhere. This game, for those who played it long enough for nostalgia to cloud your judgement...keep looking elsewhere. This game is a long string of gotcha cheap deaths, that force you to do missions repeatedly. Basically you memorize what death traps to avoid per mission or just plain get lucky. The only element to not loose it's value is the music. The graphics were not good to begin with & time has shone this game to have aged BADLY. The controls are not the best for arming your cyborgs & grouping them together. Their A.I. is also awful & i encountered trouble with them defending themselves even w/ Brain 3s! No in mission save & any little error will force you to start the level from the very beginning. Stay away from this game & watch a let's play video serious instead.

i fell in love with the original syndicate back in the day but i just can't get into this one. my main problem is how bad this game lags, not sure what the FPS actually is but it must be pretty low because this game runs choppy, like ALMOST unplayable at 15 or 20 FPS instead of a smooth 60? i tried messing around in the configuration but just can't get this game to run smooth.