Reviews - Frozen Synapse Game

Apr 27th, 2012 4 people agree 0 people don't

Thats amazing! Very important tactical game! I like it! But i purchased in a bundle version and i cannot have a CD-key to play online, and the developers dont responding...

May 12th, 2012 2 people agree 0 people don't

This is a really fun game, both multiplayer and singleplayer.
The gameplay is really innovative and unique, and it's a refreshing break from your common RTS game.
What I really love about it, is the ability to simulate everything. There is just nothing you have to "guess", and there's no luck involved either. This game is not about speed, reflexes or gauging ranges; it is just about tactics, and to put yourself in the position of your opponent. Just like chess, except that your turns are executed simultaneously (which is even more awesome).
I always wanted this kind of game, and I have yet to see another game with this emphases, and this level of gameplay depth.

There is just one thing which keeps me from rating it 10/10, and this is the linux support. It seems like they just made a linux-version of the game to get into the HiB, and now they don't really care about it. Nowhere on the website you can find the word "linux", except for the FAQ, and I don't even know if you can buy the linux-version somewhere, aside from Desura.
This is especially sad, as this gameplay is exactly fitting to the preferences of many linux (and other *nix) users.

Oct 9th, 2011 1 person agrees 0 people don't

I give the 10/10 for multiplayer. Great unique way of playing and the tactics you have to learn make this an exelent game easily worth its price tag.

I haven't played single player much and don't know if I will. The multiplayer keeps me enterntained well enough. For what I have played so far, 7/10 because I'm comparing it to multiplayer and it is so much more interesting to play against real people.

Why are you reading a review of this game when you should already be playing it?

Oct 1st, 2011 1 person agrees 0 people don't

This is excelent fun. It is like chess in modern and less restricted way. It doesn't eat all your free time and still is enjoyable. Replay features are amazing.

Apr 25th, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't

Fun multiplayer game, but avoid playing experts - you die too quickly!

Mar 3rd, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't

Not even half a good a people make it out to be.

Nov 4th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Very Good Strategy + Epic Music

May 13th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

thanks guys ! nice game

Feb 22nd, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Judging by the many games I have going right now, including a few against some of my closest friends. And also considering that my finger nails are very short as my tense decision time reaction is to bite them. I feel that this game has accomplished all of it's goals and then some. Fantastic game.

Jan 5th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Frozen Synapse hat ein interessantes Grundprinzip: Nur eine Handvoll Einheiten (Schütze, Raketenwerfer etc.) muss man durch zufallsgenerierte Levels scheuchen. In der "Planungsphase" gibt man den Männchen Befehle, die man ggf. simulieren kann (auch die Züge der Gegner kann man simulierte Befehle erteilen - extrem nützlich wenn man testen will, ob die eigene Taktik aufgehen könnte, wenn der Gegner wirklich so ziehen würde). In der "Ausführphase" ziehen dann alle Männchen (also die eigenen UND die des Gegners) gleichzeitig. Nach 5 Sekunden landet man, sofern eigene Männchen noch überlebt haben, wieder in der Planungsphase...

Das Besondere an dem Spiel ist also, dass alle Gegner ihre Züge gleichzeitig durchführen. Was sich zunächst als "kaum planbar" anhört, entfaltet es schon nach kurzer Zeit seinen Reiz: Wie könnte der Gegner vorgehen? Was, wenn er nicht diesen, sondern den anderen Weg geht? Es macht enorm viel Spaß zu sehen, wenn der Gegner tatsächlich in die eigens geplante Falle läuft.

Das Spiel hat zwar auch einen Singleplayer-Modus, ich muss aber gestehen, dass ich den kaum angerührt hatte. Der große Spaß beginnt im Multiplayer mit menschlichen Mitspielern, in denen man wirklich Freude und Ärger im Chatfenster teilen kann ;) . Überhaupt bietet das gesamte Menü einige Funktionen, die ein wenig an das Battle.net erinnern - u.a. lassen sich Statistiken und Replays von jedem Mitspieler ansehen. Auf Wunsch können eigene Spielfeldschlachten auch z.B. direkt vom Spiel aus auf Youtube hochgeladen werden.

Besonders erwähnenswert ist noch die Musik von nervous_testpilot, der zum Spiel einen grandiosen, absolut passenden Soundtrack komponierte und die zur Atmosphäre deutlich beiträgt.

bedauerlicherweise gibt es keine dt. Übersetzung vom Spiel, sodass man wenigstens rudimentäre Englischkenntnisse mitbringen sollte.

Alles in allem kann ich das Spiel jedem, der auch nur minimales Interesse an Strategiespielen hat, uneingeschränkt empfehlen.