Undecided (Defcon)

Still undecided as to wither I think it was worth buying or not. There are a lot of things (networking, functional display and game mechanics wise) which need fixing and should be fixed. So I guess time will tell.

Got Defcon

Introversion's website is fully taxed, but if you get the demo you can just enter in an key into that and get the full game.

I want to love Defcon, but at the moment it isn't really doing anything for me. When the Defcon forum is back up I will see if I can get some tips. Not that I am doing badly, but it doesn't feel very strategic as to me the strategies all seem too obvious. I hope that I am missing something with the game's mechanics, but it isn't looking good.

Defcon Demo

I should be getting an email any time now with a serial key and where to download the full game as I have preordered the full game, but FilePlanet has a Defcon Demo available if you want to see for yourself what the fuss is about.

Defcon Pre-Order

Defcon, Introversion's newest creation is a simple game of Thermonuclear War. And is now available for pre-order. A link to the pre-order site can be found on Defcon's appropriately named promotional site everybody-dies.com.

I know I don't have much money, but I have been waiting for months to get a copy of this and it's only £10. If you get it now you get the digital download copy for £10 and you get sent a free physical copy of the game too (should be £15). So it's a reasonable amount when you consider it is a modern interpretation of the game from the 1983 film WarGames and thus allowing you to recreate an authentic 80's atmosphere in your computer's vicinity if you so choose.

Defcon will be available to download and play to everybody who pre-ordered September the 29th at 6:00pm (GMT).

Additional: Defcon MIGHT be cheaper on STEAM, but I don't know because I am yet again having that login problem (started just now) that will require Valve to do something on their servers for me to be able to login again. Here is a pre-order link to their pre-order if you are interested. It says $9.95 on that page, but I don't know if that is before they add UK VAT if indeed they add UK VAT. So I don't know if it indeed cheaper from STEAM or Introversion. Still you don't get a boxed copy and I hate giving money to Valve.

Update: Valve go their ass in gear kindly enabled fixed my Steam account and I am still not sure if Defcon is cheaper from them, but from what I can tell it is about £2 cheaper. So if you want it dirt cheap you know where to go.