Staff writer Eric Schabel took a look at Frozen Synapse, an upcoming PC strategy title from Mode 7 Games.
Welcome to the world of Frozen Synapse, a neon-colored SWAT strategy simulator. Synapse, a turn-based strategy PC (and Mac) game, is the newest indie endeavor from three-man development team Mode 7 Games. The game is kind of like a turn-based version of the Rainbow Six titles viewed from a top-down perspective. Players control a squad of soldiers with various types of equipment that must track down and eliminate the enemy threat, hopefully without losing any of their own team in the process.
As with most PC games, you have the option to go up against a CPU enemy, or face off against other players. In some ways, Frozen Synapse feels fast-paced for a turn-based strategy game, but that really depends on how players choose to play. Against a computer, the time between rounds is only a matter of seconds, but fighting it out with other human beings can be quite a different experience. Depending on how involved each player is, a match can be over in minutes or it can span hours; this is because if a player happens to drop out of a match for any reason, the rounds can continue via email notification. READ MORE
