Plague Inc: Put your strategy mind to the test in this killer
Simulation game.
Nowadays the game market is saturated with heaps of top title games, so it’s
rare to find genuinely unique games out there. But Plague Inc is one of those
anomalies which is 100% different and special. Not only is the strategy element
of the game amazing, but it also has a weird underlying message hidden within
it.
Before I scare any readers of a sensitive disposition… this game has strong
ties to its name. That means it’s about viruses and there is illness and death
within it. Please stop reading if this all sounds too morbid for you.
Disclaimer aside, yes this game is all about infecting the world’s population
and trying to exterminate everyone on the planet.
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You start off infecting one country and then you manipulate your plague
cell’s characteristics to increase its infectivity and alter its severity and
lethality. As you infect more people you’re awarded more DNA points and you
need to strategically select your upgrades to maximise on your spread. For
instance if you’re in an urban country then perhaps you want to make rats hosts
of your pathogen.
A lot of this game simulation is set on the world so you spend a lot of time
looking at the world map. From there you can see the flight and shipping routes
which will allow you to plan some of your infection route. So you need to think
of your way to spread via air, sea or adjacent landmasses. Just to be clear
about the routes – they’re animated by planes or ships… and they’re about the
most animation there is in this game!
Ok, I lie, the random bubbles which pop up are also animated. These can be
DNA bubbles, new infection indicators or they can be research flasks. But
ultimately, there’s not much in the way of fancy graphics here. Instead this
game is heavily focused on strategy. There are also random news headlines which
provide some hilarious reads… one of my personal favourites is: “Goldman Stanley
encountered an error in their random number generator”… so true… so true…
When you start off initially, you’ll probably just dive in and try any old
upgrade options you see which are available. But once you understand the
potential methods and strategies, then you’ll spend a bit more time looking at
the infected countries and the infection rates. A lot of this game is about
being patient and understanding critical mass. Once you have enough people
contaminated then your infection will snowball out of control and spread amongst
the masses.
There’s a fair amount of complexity in this game, but for any strategist out
there it should be relatively easy to pick up. More importantly, this is a
“must have” for any keen puzzle game player out there. Even if you’re not a
hardcore strategist it’s still worth your time to play the game. The reason for
this is because it spreads the message about germs, viruses and other
pathogens. Once a killer infection gains momentum it can spread like wildfire,
and unless people are educated about the potential doomsday scenarios then they
won’t understand the difficulty of implementing procedures to limit the spread
of these infections.
Rating: 4.5/5 Plague Inc is a supreme strategy game which is also quite
morbid, but it’s addictive for the brain and puzzle market fans out there.
Hopefully it can also serve an educational purpose in case we ever face a
pandemic in real life.
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