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Defcon 5 is a flawed game. It's rather poor as a Doom clone, since moving around is VERY annoying; you bump into objects way too easily, making that aspect of the game a loathsome experience. It's even worse when you're in small spaces or moving at an angle! Add the inevitability of getting shot at by enemies and the frustration is magnified. However, the game makes ammo limited and killing enemies causes the room to become toxic, so it doesn't exactly encourage you to go guns blazing. What you can do is shut doors in the maze like world of the game, trapping said enemies. You can also deploy security droids to do the killing for you (but make the room toxic), so there are options besides the obvious. There isn't much of a story, but the premise and ideas are intriguing to me. This brings me to the VOS terminals that are in the game. VOS is a computer that runs the mining base you're sent to, you access it at certain terminals in the world and is by far the main attraction in the game. It does quite a lot such as shut doors, adjust defense options, check base stats, deploy security droids, and more. It's what originally attracted me to this otherwise lackluster game and actually made me a bit of a fan of the game, since it brings a totally different style of game play that you didn't see much in this video game era or even today (maybe more so today). It's fairly deep and can be rewarding, but you need to go on an Easter egg hunt to search for extra pieces software that expand it's capabilities. They don't change positions if you start a new game, so once you find them, you can grab em and go. This makes them ultimately redundant and unnecessary as a game play aspect, but they're still important for you to get. The base in this game is huge and is easy to get lost in for two reasons. One, the map can only be accessed in the VOS. Two, the textures are very bland. While the textures add to the atmosphere, they could have added more signs! Wouldn't a base like this, if it existed in reality, have more direction signs? Of course it would! It would have added the requirement for more disc space, but I know for a fact that the ripped ISO of the game only comes up to around 200MB, so the game's disc has plenty of space for more textures. Not having access to a map isn't much of an issue in my opinion since that could have added to the realism that the game was going for if there were more direction signs. The game has flaws no doubt and I'd say it's not as bad as others might say it is. I got mine on the Sega Saturn for $24 in a factory sealed state. I'd say as long as you don't pay more than that for it, it's worth it for the different game play and unique elements. Based on the game play, it could use a more modern rendition as well, since I find the game play so compelling. 4 out of 5: a flawed, but unique game.Read full review
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Graphics are nice and you do have a weapon but thats about it!! I played this game for at least an hour and wondered around lost as a blind guy in space,"without a GPS of course"! There is no map & about 1200 areas to explore which all look amazingly simular!! Other than that, it seemed as if there could've been some kinda good game hiding in there somewhere. 5 outta 10
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