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Frozen Synapse

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Frozen Synapse

May 26, 2011

Main game

3.09 average rating based on 166 ratings

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Frozen Synapse is a thrilling PC, Mac, Linux and tablet (iOS/Android) strategy game. It brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre bang up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad. Classic gameplay with a modern interface!
Release Dates
May 26, 2011 (Worldwide)
Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
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User Stats
1822
In Collection
18
Wish Listed
7
Playing
871
Backlogged
How Long Is Frozen Synapse?
Main + extras: 48.0 hours
Total completions: 1
AllurinGirl
AllurinGirl gave Apr 18, 2016
AllurinGirl gave Apr 18, 2016
Unintuitive

In theory, I love this game. In practice, I really just like the atmosphere and story context. The gameplay possibilities seem really deep, with every minute detail under you control in a meticulously planned 5 second turn. The problem is that there is just too much to pay attention to and the interface is not intuitive. You play trough the tutorial and still come out of it not very comfortable with the planning commands. Such a deep game warranted a tutorial much more detailed and comprehensive than the one included.

Make no mistake, there probably doesn't exist a turn-based tactics game that gives you so much control of your units. If you dedicate yourself, I suppose this can be quite the game. I had glimpses of how much fun it can be when your plan comes to term. But I just did not feel like investing my time into it. I wish the game would be more intuitive, because that is the major letdown for me.

I have found my current fix for such a genre with Door Kickers