Syndicate-likes

[Trithne]

Have there been any games recently, or even semi-recently, by which I mean more recent than 1995 or so, in the vein of Syndicate/Wars and other games like it? I recall there being heaps in the early 90s, although I'm hard pressed to remember any titles, and I'm pretty pissed it's all but become a dead genre. So, given I like Syndicate, suggestions? Turn-based, Real-time, RTwP, whatever.

Also, would Syndicate have been a better game had it been turn-based? Discuss, discuss!

 

[Turisas]

Ah Syndicate Wars, that sure brings back memories (I played Syndicate only after that).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrruSboN1bQ That intro is still to this day so damn wicked!

And I always loved the voices when selecting weapons: Electron Mace! Minigun! Cerberus IFF!

Similar voices should really be mandatory for every game with weapon selections, I never got tired of them. :D


Off-hand I can't name any at least relatively new games that'd be similar, though... Starbreeze is supposed to be doing a remake/sequel, but who knows now with EA reshaping their business.

 

[Destroid]

Darwinia has a similar control system for your main squad of guys, although that is really where the similarities end.

 

[Zed]

maybe you'll like commandos and that wild west rip-off version

 

[A user named cat]

Apparently Starbreeze Studios are making a new Syndicate game, with EA publishing and it'll be cross platform. Yes that doesn't sound too hopeful but Starbreeze are more than capable of something decent.

 

[1eyedking]

"Decent" is not enough.

 

[Trithne]

I never really tried commandos, I should rectify that.

Darwinia was fun for a while, and so was multiwinia, but yeah, it's really nothing similar.

I knew EA was up to something along those lines, but that doesn't fill me with hope.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Coomandos wild west ripoff was called Desperados, iirc

Oh it looks like Syndicate has Genesis and snes versions

 

[Destroid]

Commandos really doesn't play at all like syndicate anyway, although still pretty fun and can be very hard (although years since I played it).

 

[relootz]

I dont think there are any games that resemble syndicate, just replay it. I tested it not too long ago and it works perfectly with dosbox.

 

[Slobbergoat]

You can play Syndicate like a real-time-with-pause game if you use the hotkey, but you can't issue commands or change drug levels in pause so it's kind of lame. Is pretty necessary for the shit-tastic American Revolt scenarios though.

Anyway, Depends on how close to Syndicate you mean - some games like Jagged Alliance 1/Games/2 and Silent Storm 2/Sentinels/whatever are arguably similar, just turn based. Silent Storm has destructable buildings like Wars but is strictly inferior to JA in every other regard.

No other games I know of have had a Persuadatron though; which is kind of ass since it's a pretty original weapon/tool.

 

[Trash]

There was a syndicate look-alike in which the two sexes went to war with each other. I believe it was called Gender Wars. Didn't really like it myself but it's the only truly syndicate like game I know.

Bingo. It's called gender wars.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/gen ... ead-review

 

[Destroid]

Looks awesome from the screenshots.

 

[Trithne]

Yeah, I played Gender Wars back then too. It was a pretty popular genre for a while.

 

[karnot]

Abomination.

 

[eklektyk]

Sooo *diggs up old thread* RISE !! .....

any new recomendations for this topic?

 

[Zeus]

Looks awesome from the screenshots.

http://www.fileplanet.com/11454/10000/f ... ENDER-WARS

Try it out, let us know how you like it. :D

 

[relootz]

Apparently Starbreeze Studios are making a new Syndicate game, with EA publishing and it'll be cross platform. Yes that doesn't sound too hopeful but Starbreeze are more than capable of something decent.

The first, codenamed Project RedLime, is said to be a "reinvention" of the Syndicate franchise published by Electronic Arts

 

[sah]

Jesus, I think I played Gender Wars back in 1996. That's 14 years almost, unbelievable.

 

[Zeus]

Weird, check this out: FreeSynd. I haven't heard of this before, but found it just now while poking around for the Syndicate box art (because I'm too lazy to scan the copy on my shelf). Woefully incomplete, but a neat idea nonetheless.

FreeSynd is a cross-platform, GPLed reimplementation of the classic Bullfrog game, Syndicate.

http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Apparently Starbreeze Studios are making a new Syndicate game, with EA publishing and it'll be cross platform. Yes that doesn't sound too hopeful but Starbreeze are more than capable of something decent.

The first, codenamed Project RedLime, is said to be a "reinvention" of the Syndicate franchise published by Electronic Arts

KURWA!!!!!

 

[eklektyk]

FreeSynd is a cross-platform, GPLed reimplementation of the classic Bullfrog game, Syndicate.

http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/[/quote]

looked very promising
up to the moment ive noticed date
seems dead at beta 0.2 ;/

 

[Zeus]

Apparently Starbreeze Studios are making a new Syndicate game, with EA publishing and it'll be cross platform. Yes that doesn't sound too hopeful but Starbreeze are more than capable of something decent.

 

[Cassidy]

[Perception]Did you photoshop this?

 

[eklektyk]

[Cunning]It will be a GREAT game and sell millions of copies! :evil: