Syndicate 1993

Is it still worth playing?

Bullfrog Productions' 1993 isometric real time tactics game for MS-DOS and the Amiga. It is set in a dystopian future where corporations have replaced governments. You order a team of one to four cyborg agents around cities shown in a fixed isometric view, on missions such as assassinating rival executives or rescuing captured allies. You manage the research of new weapons and cyborg upgrades with limited funds, which means taxing the territories you conquer, and over taxed territories can revolt and be lost. You start with pistols and work up through miniguns, flamethrowers, sniper rifles, time bombs, lasers and the Gauss gun. Each mission is still a plan, with taxes, research and a small squad of agents to manage.