Ultimate Syndicate Design Document Version 0.0.1.doc

Ultimate Syndicate Design Document Version 0.0.1 1. Abstract: Syndicate was one of the greatest strategy games, largely due to the atmosphere and cleverness of design. Set in a dark, violent world of mega-corporate power and incredible technology. The civilians, having been brainwashed into believing that the world is wonderful, thanks to EuroCorp’s CHIP manufacture, lead relatively normal lives, not discouraged by the violence in the air. EuroCorp’s agents are doing the business. The implementation is simple, using the mouse to control a handful of (usually cybernetically enhanced) agents; you must carry out a variety of missions. The ultimate goal? To take over the world. Naturally, this involves gunrunning, assassinations of important political figures, wiping out the resistance in the slums of the city, and best of all, persuading those who oppose you to join EuroCorp via the use of a brainwashing weapon, the Persuadertron. Great stuff. Each mission involves different objectives, and to further fund your Syndicate, you can tax the arse off your cities to provide research into new technologies and weapons. The sequel, Syndicate Wars proved to have both improved on the original game, and yet also detracted from the original themes and ideas. Preferring to concentrate more on a shooter, rather than sharp thinking and ingenuity to defeat the enemies. One of the truly great things about Syndicate Wars was that it finally had a decent storyline, involving religious nutters and inner syndicate conflict. It also had a much larger variety of buildings, and vehicles, improving the general feel of the city; it felt like something out of Ridley Scott’s nightmares. Some may call it an improvement, many do not, but the most dramatic change in Syndicate Wars was the use of a 3D engine, which means that the city is viewable from 360 degrees, the viewer can zoom in and out, and see those agents which hide behind buildings. It seems to capture the “neon and steel” future well, a