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Rebel Inc: Escalation I\u2019ve never played Ndemic Creations\u2019 previous game, Plague Inc., which was about crafting deadly pathogens and then releasing them upon the world. It did look interesting though. It sure became a cult hit and lingered at the top of several charts for lengthy periods of time. But that game came out back in 2016\u2014since then, the one-man development team Ndemic Creations has learned a lot from his first effort and created a more in-depth experience this time around.<\/p>\n Titled: Rebel Inc: Escalation<\/em>, this time the theme is based around building up a small nation after a large-scale internal conflict had nearly destroyed it. You must rise from the ashes and utilize every trick in the book in order to rebuild your country. And thankfully, you\u2019re playing as the good guys in this game.<\/p>\n The first thing that I noticed about Rebel Inc: Escalation<\/em> is how beautiful the map looks. It has a board game kind of appeal that is reminiscent of playing some of the best-looking physical board games that I\u2019ve played in the past.<\/p>\n The gameplay basically boils down to a brilliant mix of strategy and politics. Governmental initiatives act as elements that increase other initiatives that you have set in motion or decrease penalties that you\u2019ve incurred. Civilian initiatives are things that affect your stability more directly, such as improving certain aspects of your infrastructure. Meanwhile, the all-important military initiatives are how you recruit troops and requisition equipment so that you can fight insurgents and protect your various assets.<\/p>\n The tactical part of the game involves a highly sophisticated game of cat and mouse. Insurgent uprisings will periodically pop up on the map and you\u2019ll have to send off elements of your military to deal with them. Just as in real life, insurgents that control sectors will make the local population unhappy, which will result in a loss of your reputation.<\/p>\n When your military happens to put the uprising down, the insurgents will scramble off to one of the neighboring sectors and start causing problems in that one. This can lead to your troops chasing them down as they scamper around the map. The only real way to destroy them for good is to surround them so that they can\u2019t escape. Then, it\u2019s Goodnight Irene.<\/p>\n Probably the most interesting aspect of Rebel Inc: Escalation<\/em> (at least for me) has to be the dilemma system. Dilemmas will appear at random intervals throughout the game and sort of remind me of the choices you have to make in catastrophe management sim, Frostpunk<\/em>. You\u2019ll have to make choices about various matters and there will be some sort of consequences for what you decided on.<\/p>\n For example, let\u2019s say you ordered an airstrike on insurgents but it also harms some of your civilians. Are you going to do the honest thing and admit your miscalculation? Or, are you going to be dastardly and cover the whole affair up? There are a lot of dilemmas and this makes the game feel more randomized and emergent.<\/p>\n In a smart move by Ndemic Creations, the rebels in Rebel Inc: Escalation<\/em> are much more ambiguous than say, the ones in Afganistan \u201911.<\/em> Therefore, I doubt Apple will remove this game as they did with the latter title.<\/p>\n Overall, I consider Rebel Inc: Escalation<\/em> to be a very unique game that combines different aspects of strategy gameplay that just aren\u2019t found in other strategy games. It\u2019s an unusual take on re-building a country from the ashes and is challenging, addictive, and highly fascinating. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how this title develops in the future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SCORE: 85%<\/p>\n Rebel Inc: Escalation has some pretty good looking graphics that make its stratrgic gameplay truly shine. However, you want to have a pretty beefy gaming PC or gaming laptop in order to play it at a decent framerate. So, you may just want to invest in a decent gaming rig:<\/p>\n Visit CyberpowerPC\u2019s website<\/a> to check out all of the other great deals as well!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rebel Inc: Escalation Ndemic Creations I\u2019ve never played Ndemic Creations\u2019 previous game, Plague Inc., which was about crafting deadly pathogens and then releasing them upon the world. It did look interesting though. It sure became a cult hit and lingered at the top of several charts for lengthy periods of time. 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