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Parasites FTW!!! lol
i managed to infect the whole world without anyone noticing x]
Awesome game. Oh and btw, Madagascar, I HATE YOU.
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I think most people agree this game has no strategy involved. Hoping a country, Madagascar, gets infected is not strategy. This game isn't really a game though. There's no real action involved, just click and hope for the best. It's more of a simulation. It is bad that this game has gotten the card and 4 badges when there are plenty other games a lot better than this. Bad Greg!
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Honestly, I’m surprised this game was picked for a card. All you do is click buttons and watch dots fly around the world. The programming seems a little flawed too; example: I had a virus in South Africa. I gave it the insect and rodent upgrades, not the other two, and somehow, my virus appears in India, Greenland, and Australia. Oh, and also: If you remove all symptoms, people still see the virus and freak out.
However much work you put into this, it really doesn’t matter if the concept is horrible.
Oh, and really the only “strategy” in this is restart until you start in Madagascar. If you can, anyway.
THis is un-freaking-believable! Is it even possible to avoid the vaccine! I’ve played like 15 times and everytime no matter what I do the vaccine works perfectly! And it always starts developing like after 2 contries are infected! THis is total BS. This could be a 5/5 if it wasn’t so unlucky! Hmph I hardly call this strategy. >=(
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Country's should be able to reopen border, port etc. Especially if you sell off traits of the virus so it cannot no visibility. This would open up the strategic element of the game to allow Madagascar to be brought to their deaths.
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DAMNIT!! I started off as Madagascar, awesome i know. All i needed was one country, indonesia. All the other countries had 0 healthy, and indonesia still had borders open so it was just a matter of time. Then i accidentally hit refresh button on keyboard :( all my hard work was gone :'(
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THis is un-freaking-believable! Is it even possible to avoid the vaccine! I've played like 15 times and everytime no matter what I do the vaccine works perfectly! And it always starts developing like after 2 contries are infected! THis is total BS. This could be a 5/5 if it wasn't so unlucky! Hmph I hardly call this strategy. >=(
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Honestly, I'm surprised this game was picked for a card. All you do is click buttons and watch dots fly around the world. The programming seems a little flawed too; example: I had a virus in South Africa. I gave it the insect and rodent upgrades, not the other two, and somehow, my virus appears in India, Greenland, and Australia. Oh, and also: If you remove all symptoms, people still see the virus and freak out.
However much work you put into this, it really doesn't matter if the concept is horrible.
Oh, and really the only "strategy" in this is restart until you start in Madagascar. If you can, anyway.
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I think the frustration with this game is that you want so badly to interact with it, but there's really nothing to do. I believe there is a single strategy that works, it's just hidden by giving the player choices. I think the concept of this game will inspire people, but I hope there are new levels of interactivity that can be created.
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I agree with VUQuadrophenia. There is barely a strategy to this game other than don't be too visible and hope Madagascar, Australia, and New Zealand get infected before they close their borders. Not much player involvement. Idea is really cool, but need to find a way to make it more interactive.
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Card is too easy, hard and impossible are too hard. I could play this for days and by sheer luck, never infect Madagascar. Or start in Madagascar and have some other island shut down. My 5/5 rating is now a 3/5
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Yeah!!! at last i killed them all!!!!...just in relaxed mode though.....but starting in madagascar was a great help...
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This game is barely a game, first of all. It's more like a software toy, that you just watch. Second of all, the 'gameplay' doesn't seem to have much of an impact on your results. You basically just have to get low visibility, cross your fingers, and hope. Finally, because of this, there's really only one viable strategy, which is pretty boring. Try and be as asymptomatic as possible, and just wait, then try and kill everyone. It would be nice if you could make different kinds of diseases and maybe still succeed, but nope. I really wish this 'game' hadn't gotten 4 badges and a card.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Madagascar#Airports_-_with_paved_runways
Madagascar has paved runways. Quit the act Pandemic 2, you've been found out.
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Lol, I like this game, it involves a lot of luck and strategy all at once, though, I don't like Madagascar, quite difficult to infect that little spot lol;
I also liked the various traits, however, I didn't like how you can't be whatever kind of virus you want, there is really only one way to win, by being sneaky and infective, you can't really be destructive or annoying in it lol... overall a fun game to me, 4/5
to those who dislike it because it takes to long, if your that impatient, play Relaxed Mode, and if you dislike it because you can't win, change your strategy and hope it works
Easy Challenge though...
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But the question still remains...if an island nation leaves borders open, but closes shipyards and airport, can it still be infected?
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Considering how often you have to restart this game it needs a quicker restart option. A button that loads the current parameters in one click and doesn't have that screen for the tutorial you have to X out. Or you could just fix the broken game dynamic that is called Madagascar so I don't have to keep throwing the dice.
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This game is awesome but it takes awhile to get anythin goin. If u start as a parasite in cuba, madagascar or new zealand then it will be easier to infect the rest of the world. U hav to remove all of ur symptoms wen u get enough evo points then start workin on resistance and transmissions.
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I started in Madagascar, 62 days later, full resistances and transmissions later, i'm still in Madagascar. This seems kind of ridiculous.
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SilverFalcon11: Not to defend someone I don't know... But few games have badges right from the start, and this game IS available on other websites.