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There's a lot to like about this game, especially compared to the original Pandemic, but there's one thing to hate: Madagascar. I have spent several games watching that country in particular - often, I can go a whole game and Madagascar never receives a ship. Not once. Seems like the game is impossible to win unless you actually start there.
I really like this game, but Madagascar makes it unwinnable. )o:
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A important lesson from this game: in the smallest sign of a possible apocalyptic disease, travel to Madagascar before it's too late.
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I don't like the perfect border control and instantaneous reactions to developments. If it becomes water-transmissible, bottled water will be handed out the world over the instant I close the disease screen. Also: 24 hours for world-wide vaccine distribution? Seriously?
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Game is a decent idea, but once the governments shut borders it becomes impossible to infect them, There needs to be some method of getting to countries that are closed off so you can actually win the game.
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...LOL....one of the boats from greenland came out right, and everyone shut down, so its out there floating on the ocean....i just think of it as a colony that has imune people...i call it ATLANTIS!!!!
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I think this is a great idea... but poorly executed. The balance and strategy have a long way to go before it becomes a much more interesting affair. Provide ways to overcome challenges like spreading disease through closed borders and overcoming vaccines.
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great game, but when i was exterminating whole humanity, hospital on greenland continued to work, same as their shipyard and air port, even when there was literally noone alive(bug?)
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you need 2 have 2 start points and need SOME chance of crossing borders u r touching (i had 1 section of africa, and couldnt infect the other 2?
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Based too much on luck... it's impossible to infect islands once the world notices, because the first thing they do is shut down transportation, and there's no way to target the hardest locations first. :/
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Cool concept, bad implementation, madagascar's impossible to infect (unless that was fixed) glitches, the still prominent "Why the hell can an airborne and waterborne disease not cross closed borders" suspension of disbelief despite touting the game as realistic.... Really, I'd give this game a 3/5 if it wasn't so pretentious as to label itself realistic. 2/5 rating for that.
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Rated 1/5 - a virus with no symptoms is spreading and everyone can detect it? It is harmless to them, like the bacteria in our stomachs to digest food!
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damn, after the game told me that the governments of the world were working on a vaccine, I went to the World screen, and when I tried to exit, it just clicked through the 'x'... :(
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i won; got lucky on madagasgar(barely infected it) and destroyed humanity:D yay. oh and great gameplay, keeps you entertained, kong needs more games like this. 5/5