Syndicate Wars

A huge disappointment for fans of the original.

User Rating: 5.5 | Syndicate Wars PC

By euchrid | Review Date: March 12, 2006

After having played the original Syndicate to death, literally missing more than one night's sleep due to it's power, I was excited about the release of Syndicate Wars. Very excited. I read magazine articles about it, soaked up every little detail and eagerly saved my pocket money when it was finally released.

It was very disappointing, then, when the game turned out to be rubbish. The biggest problem was with the graphics which, in retrospect, were trying too hard to create a free-camera 3d environment before the technology was really available. The blocky figures didn't have any of the personality that the orignal sprites did, and the environments lost the cool-ugly-utilitarian vibe that the previous installment's had; instead they were just plain ugly.

A game which could have been great but instead is distinctly average and completely unworthy of the fine heritage of the original Syndicate. Stick with the classic.

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• Rating:8

  A good update of the classic.

  By grantcorp | Review Date: May 01, 2006 | PC

  Syndicate Wars improved on the original in almost every aspect. The most obvious was the shift to a fully 3D destructible city. The old game suffered in hiding what was going on behind tall buildings, and still the new 3... Read Full Review

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• Rating:9.5

  Still got the Syndicate feeling and adds a bit more to it, but has not made it fully there!

  By ComboTroop | Review Date: Dec 20, 2008 | PC

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