Don’t Let Syndicate Get Into Your Head! It Is Only A Game.

Video games always seem to follow popular concepts from age old movies. The world of science fiction is nothing new. People have been eating up science fiction since the time when science was actually fiction. Some of the early concepts that seemed so far out there have become reality, and one of the most popular science fiction concepts is that of a super soldier with the abilities to play a lot more than mind games. How about some sort of mind control? Syndicate attempts this line of science fiction in the form of a beautiful first person shooter.

Is the Syndicate’s concept fresh and new?

No it is not, but Syndicate does a fine job of keeping the player interested. If you like science fiction games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, then you will fit right into the shoes that need to be filled in Syndicate. The core concept of super soldier with mind controlling abilities is where Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Syndicate walk the same line, but every other aspect of Syndicate is different. Is it enough to get gamers to hand over their money in exchange for controlling a science fiction super soldier with mind controlling abilities? The question remains to be answered.

Corporate Greed

Syndicate takes place in the future. It takes place in the year 2069 to be exact. The landscape in this future world is much different. The old ways of electing politicians to rule the land are all but a dream that rarely enters the minds of the people that inhabit the world of Syndicate.

The world is now controlled by huge corporations. These corporations are known simply as, Syndicates. Does that sound familiar? Games like Deus Ex, and Resident Evil have used this very same concept, but that is where the similarity stops.

Syndicate Features

No more hand held devices.

Today just about every where that you look, you will find people using their smart phones. It has become a great tool for communicating and sending and receiving all kinds of data. In the future world of the Syndicate, there is no longer a device that you hold in your hand. The device is implanted in the brain in the form of a neural implant.

Now people have everything that they could ever want in the blink of an eye. Every bit if data is streamed to the person’s brain. All forms of entertainment are instantly available through the neural implant. People can access all sorts of data with their neural implants. Sounds great doesn’t it?

These neural implants come at a huge price. The corporations that make them, also have access to just about everything that a person does. The Syndicates can also control each individual person. It goes beyond mind control and extends into slight behavior control as well.

Without a government to control the Syndicates, each and every corporation will fight to the death to gain dominance. Business is no longer sales and customers. Business has now become full out war! Hopefully this part of Syndicate’s science fiction world does not come true.

You get to play the character known as Miles Kilo. You are a prototype super agent that is not supposed to have a conscience. Syndicate is brutal to say the least. You will be able to use guns to get what you want, but you can also use brute strength to achieve your goals. You can snap necks, and plenty of other brutal things that most FPS games leave out.

Syndicate looks and feels great. It is a nice balance between your standard FPS type gaming with a few new things thrown in for fun. This game is no simple walk in the park though. You can’t always run and gun your way out of a situation like most of the Call of Duty games. There will be times when you have to use your brain to get through the game. For a lot of gamers, this can be a huge turn off. They would just prefer to mindlessly shoot and kill, but for those of you that like a little bit more of a mental challenge, then Syndicate will be like food for your brain.

The whole mind control aspect of the game is a lot of fun. There are plenty of big guns, and you will have plenty of chances to use them, but using the human mind as a weapon is a much more fun way to play the game. It is also just fun to control other people and try to put them in humorous situations. You can make people turn on their partners, and then you can make them turn on themselves. It is fun and addicting.

The further you get into Syndicate, the more you start thinking about mind control, and the more you start thinking about the game itself. Are you really thinking about the game, or do you have a neural implant that is being controlled by a Syndicate? Wrap your hands around a controller, and wrap your mind around Syndicate February 21st 2012 for Xbox, PS3, and PC.

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