DEFCON

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This game gives a profound sense of despair. Love it

Takes inspiration from War Games and gives you a nice way to destroy the world (and your mom) from your computer. So underrated. I recommend listening to nightcore music while playing this. Will note, there's a lot to learn but once you have gotten a hang out of the mechanics, it's really fun. There's also dedicated servers where you can specifically play against other new players and ones where you can try your hand at more experienced folks. Have fun!

game of all timr

woooah

Idk how I got this game. I feel very obligated up vote the game.

A bit of learning curve, but a good game with a simple message.

OOF!

Leaving the game open on your PC makes you looks like dark web hacker

Had an existential crisis... GREAT GAME!!!

This game gave me severe radiation poisoning.

Used to play this on my Windoze PC, but now I can play it almost everywhere. For all the times I've played this I have only won once, but I still love it.
Not a shoot 'em up type game, it takes strategy and patience. Probably why I never win.

According to all known laws
of aviation,


there is no way a bee
should be able to fly.


Its wings are too small to get
its fat little body off the ground.


The bee, of course, flies anyway


because bees don't care
what humans think is impossible.


Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.


Ooh, black and yellow!
Let's shake it up a little.


Barry! Breakfast is ready!


Ooming!


Hang on a second.


Hello?


- Barry?
- Adam?


- Oan you believe this is happening?
- I can't. I'll pick you up.


Looking sharp.


Use the stairs. Your father
paid good money for those.


Sorry. I'm excited.


Here's the graduate.
We're very proud of you, son.


A perfect report card, all B's.


Very proud.


Ma! I got a thing going here.


- You got lint on your fuzz.
- Ow! That's me!


- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
- Bye!


Barry, I told you,
stop flying in the house!


- Hey, Adam.
- Hey, Barry.


- Is that fuzz gel?
- A little. Special day, graduation.


Never thought I'd make it.


Three days grade school,
three days high school.


Those were awkward.


Three days college. I'm glad I took
a day and hitchhiked around the hive.


You did come back different.


- Hi, Barry.
- Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good.


- Hear about Frankie?
- Yeah.


- You going to the funeral?
- No, I'm not going.


Everybody knows,
sting someone, you die.


Don't waste it on a squirrel.
Such a hothead.


I guess he could have
just gotten out of the way.


I love this incorporating
an amusement park into our day.


That's why we don't need vacations.


Boy, quite a bit of pomp...
under the circumstances.


- Well, Adam, today we are men.
- We are!


- Bee-men.
- Amen!


Hallelujah!


Students, faculty, distinguished bees,


please welcome Dean Buzzwell.


Welcome, New Hive Oity
graduating class of...


...9:15.


That concludes our ceremonies.


And begins your career
at Honex Industries!


Will we pick ourjob today?


I heard it's just orientation.


Heads up! Here we go.


Keep your hands and antennas
inside the tram at all times.


- Wonder what it'll be like?
- A little scary.


Welcome to Honex,
a division of Honesco


and a part of the Hexagon Group.


This is it!


Wow.


Wow.


We know that you, as a bee,
have worked your whole life


to get to the point where you
can work for your whole life.


Honey begins when our valiant Pollen
Jocks bring the nectar to the hive.


Our top-secret formula


is automatically color-corrected,
scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured


into this soothing sweet syrup


with its distinctive
golden glow you know as...


Honey!


- That girl was hot.
- She's my cousin!


- She is?
- Yes, we're all cousins.


- Right. You're right.
- At Honex, we constantly strive


to improve every aspect
of bee existence.


These bees are stress-testing
a new helmet technology.


- What do you think he makes?
- Not enough.


Here we have our latest advancement,
the Krelman.


- What does that do?
- Oatches that little strand of honey


that hangs after you pour it.
Saves us millions.


Oan anyone work on the Krelman?


Of course. Most bee jobs are
small ones. But bees know


that every small job,
if it's done well, means a lot.


But choose carefully


because you'll stay in the job
you pick for the rest of your life.


The same job the rest of your life?
I didn't know that.


What's the difference?


You'll be happy to know that bees,
as a species, haven't had one day off


in 27 million years.


So you'll just work us to death?


We'll sure try.


Wow! That blew my mind!


"What's the difference?"
How can you say that?


One job forever?
That's an insane choice to have to make.


I'm relieved. Now we only have
to make one decision in life.


But, Adam, how could they
never have told us that?


Why would you question anything?
We're bees.


We're the most perfectly
functioning society on Earth.


You ever think maybe things
work a little too well here?


Like what? Give me one example.


I don't know. But you know
what I'm talking about.


Please clear the gate.
Royal Nectar Force on approach.


Wait a second. Oheck it out.


- Hey, those are Pollen Jocks!
- Wow.


I've never seen them this close.


They know what it's like
outside the hive.


Yeah, but some don't come back.


- Hey, Jocks!
- Hi, Jocks!


You guys did great!


You're monsters!
You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!


- I wonder where they were.
- I don't know.


Their day's not planned.


Outside the hive, flying who knows
where, doing who knows what.


You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen
Jock. You have to be bred for that.


Right.


Look. That's more pollen
than you and I will see in a lifetime.


It's just a status symbol.
Bees make too much of it.


Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it
and the ladies see you wearing it.


Those ladies?
Aren't they our cousins too?


Distant. Distant.


Look at these two.


- Oouple of Hive Harrys.
- Let's have fun with them.


It must be dangerous
being a Pollen Jock.


Yeah. Once a bear pinned me
against a mushroom!


He had a paw on my throat,
and with the other, he was slapping me!


- Oh, my!
- I never thought I'd knock him out.


What were you doing during this?


Trying to alert the authorities.


I can autograph that.


A little gusty out there today,
wasn't it, comrades?


Yeah. Gusty.


We're hitting a sunflower patch
six miles from here tomorrow.


- Six miles, huh?
- Barry!


A puddle jump for us,
but maybe you're not up for it.


- Maybe I am.
- You are not!


We're going 0900 at J-Gate.


What do you think, buzzy-boy?
Are you bee enough?


I might be. It all depends
on what 0900 means.


Hey, Honex!


Dad, you surprised me.


You decide what you're interested in?


- Well, there's a lot of choices.
- But you only get one.


Do you ever get bored
doing the same job every day?


Son, let me tell you about stirring.


You grab that stick, and you just
move it around, and you stir it around.


You get yourself into a rhythm.
It's a beautiful thing.


You know, Dad,
the more I think about it,


maybe the honey field
just isn't right for me.


You were thinking of what,
making balloon animals?


That's a bad job
for a guy with a stinger.


Janet, your son's not sure
he wants to go into honey!


- Barry, you are so funny sometimes.
- I'm not trying to be funny.


You're not funny! You're going
into honey. Our son, the stirrer!


- You're gonna be a stirrer?
- No one's listening to me!


Wait till you see the sticks I have.


I could say anything right now.
I'm gonna get an ant tattoo!


Let's open some honey and celebrate!


Maybe I'll pierce my thorax.
Shave my antennae.


Shack up with a grasshopper. Get
a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!


I'm so proud.


- We're starting work today!
- Today's the day.


Oome on! All the good jobs
will be gone.


Yeah, right.


Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring,
stirrer, front desk, hair removal...


- Is it still available?
- Hang on. Two left!


One of them's yours! Oongratulations!
Step to the side.


- What'd you get?
- Picking crud out. Stellar!


Wow!


Oouple of newbies?


Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!


Make your choice.


- You want to go first?
- No, you go.


Oh, my. What's available?


Restroom attendant's open,
not for the reason you think.


- Any chance of getting the Krelman?
- Sure, you're on.


I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out.


Wax monkey's always open.


The Krelman opened up again.


What happened?


A bee died. Makes an opening. See?
He's dead. Another dead one.


Deady. Deadified. Two more dead.


Dead from the neck up.
Dead from the neck down. That's life!


Oh, this is so hard!


Heating, cooling

Depressingly accurate representation of Defense Condition simulation . Loads of fun and a better way than Tic Tac Toe to teach the futility of nuclear war .

The game will not run properly on Mac OS.

This game is a tense, sombre and exciting version of risk with nuclear warheads. It's interesting to play and watch with friends but also strangers and bots to pad out the player count. The fact that you can still find people to play with almost 18 years after release is a testament to this games re-playability and design. It looks just as you would imagine a 'big map' would, like the war room of Dr Strange Love and similar. As with all good games the mechanics that are easy to learn, but with no one way of playing the game you could spend forever perfecting different strategies. Very highly recommend.

A strange game.
The only winning move is not to play.
How about a nice game of chess?

I would have to say this is a genuine love letter to the ICONIC movie WARGAMES (1983). This game balances simple with strategic RTS tropes and delivers it nostalgically,. Unlike other seriously indepth RTS games which often take hours to play. DEFCON I have owned for several years and personally I think its a great game to play to have just some general fun and guess I would call it ..... RISK with nukes, a very simple yet exciting recreation of Global Thermonuclear war.

Game mechanics are simple and easy and a game could be played within an hour and with the option to speed up slow parts of the game, it truly offers a very fun gather some friends and nuke the crap out of each other in good fun. Everyone loses but who ever loses the least wins.

Many people often may over look a simple game like this, trust me there is strategy to be found here, without the complexity of very intricate games.

The other benefit is this is great for a LAN party as this game is an amazing multiplayer game offering 6+ AI or human players. The game is small but nostalgically relevant. It's a great time with friends and allows for some quick paced Armageddon. It's really alot of fun and its great to pick up have a couple games to warm up in a game night then move to other games. I really think this game is a hidden gem. It delivers what the games theme offers. Global Thermonuclear War, at its simplistic best. Have bought this game several times. enjoy. Sometimes simple is good, and this is truly that.

Captain Ramius : A little revolution now and then is a healthy thing, don't you think?

Probably the single most thought-provoking game I have ever played in my life.
I would recommend playing with friends as it can be quite hard to find a server.
Although not the easiest to do you can mod the game to add land and sea based MIRVs, satellites, and more.

You cannot win.

Visually pretty, much like Wargames.

Cold..

its defcon 1 in my pants

Its one of those games that lands in the sweet spot. If you think about the game you can get something out of it especially with how nuclear war can obliterate everyone without bias. On the other hand, it is a great strategy game and an easy game to pick up with know exp.

one of the best games of all time flat out if you can find people to play it with, strong foundation of rts gameplay with an exceptional atmosphere

Hard to get into.

I think the best part of it is that it doesn't call you "winner" for having the most score, it's just "game over" which hammers in the idea of everyone losing very well and makes "victory" unfulfilling and dissatisfying.

It's good

A good game to play during sex if you want the sex to end and everyone to become sad.

amogus with nukes

Older game and needs a little work setting up on modern display resolutions but still above and beyond any alternatives. There's a sense of urgency that fits the simplified gameplay (balance attack and defend, basically) nicely. Killer graphical design and decent sound design, even if I remember the soundtrack being a little more doomy.

Not for me. Lacks depth and there's no pause button, so the AI players can just make massive launches you can't cope with while you are completely unable to do the same. There's no way to setup scenario plans ahead of time to automate tasks, either. Real global thermonuclear war runs on a playbook, and this game is too simple to set one up.

doing my part to stop ww4

zobaczymy jak bomba pierdolnie

this is what would've happened if some dude on a russian submarine didn't say no

Very good game.

Put nukes in Africa for fun.

"Do you want to play Global Thermonuclear War?"

This was the very first game I ever bought on Steam way back in 2008, and it's still one of my favorites! Watch "Wargames" before playing and you'll see all the inspiration behind the creation of this game!

The game is pretty simple, not much in terms of story. You pick from one of six possible nations and go to war with up to five possible opponents, human or AI. You set up your nation with Radars, Airbases, and Nuclear Silos, and deploy fleets of Battleships, Carriers, and Submarines. As the game begins, you start at Defcon 5, where you essentially do nothing more than deploy and ready your forces. But a countdown begins, and as the Defcon State changes to Defcon 3, you eventially begin conventional, non-nuclear war against your enemies with your naval fleets and squadrons of Fighters and Bombers. Finally, when the Defcon State reaches Defcon 1, it's GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR. Nuke your enemy's cities to score points, while defending against their retaliatory strikes.

Graphics are simple, but clear. No need for hi-res or detailed 3D graphics here, the simple art style accurately conveys what you need to know, and is stylized to resemble the computer system from the movie. Sounds are subtle, but effective, accurately conveying the sense of cold indifference that pushing a button to annihilate millions of people would probably feel like. The music is appropriately dark, moody, and dreadful, portraying what it would likely feel like to participate in humanity's self-destruction. If I have one gripe, the controls aren't exactly intuitive, and you have to pay attention to how you click on units and bases to make sure you're giving the orders you want. But the game has pop-up instructions whenever you hover your cursor over any unit or base to tell you what you can do, and after a couple of games you'll get used to it, so it's not a huge deal. Also, pacing is a little slow, though you can adjust game speed.

Overall a fun game best played with friends. Give the demo a spin if you're not sure, but rest assured, it's money well spent. No one wins, but maybe you can lose the least!

Really good game. I accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon on the city where I live, and now the local authorities are looking for me.

It's nuclear war, nobody wins, everybody dies. There are no winners in war. Amazing game, the atmosphere is serious and emotional. This isn't just a game, it's an experience, a damn good experience at that, I found DEFCON a while back but I recently started actually playing, the games are long, it's very emotionally and mentally demanding, I recommend this game to everybody.

fun but very hard

Never has the slogan for a game been so apt. It's not about if you win, but if you lose less than the enemy. The sound and visual design does an impeccable job of putting you in a stripped-down, bunker-like environment as you just watch numbers of tens of millions on the screen, disconnected from the fact that you caused that. Probably the closest a strategy game will ever get to a horror game.

Very fun

for how little people play this game its FUN, yes, people call it the "Scareist game ever" but if you now the costs of nucluer war its fun, if you like game that are destructive this is one of them

a great game!!! it really puts you in the shoes of a commander at the hottest moment of battle. you never know what's going to happen and the situation can change at any moment. it's just great!!!!!!

very fun.hard to learn though

minimalist yay, very in depth and all consuming, not easy and hooks well

idk where the last 3 hours went but half the worlds population is now glass