Reception
| Reviews | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 83.3% |
| Metacritic | 84% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A |
| Edge | 7/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| GamePro | 4/5 |
| GameSpot | 8.1./10 |
| GamesRadar | 9/10 |
| IGN | 8.5./10 |
| Bovine Conspiracy | 9/10 |
| Mansized | 5/5 |
Reviews of DEFCON have been mostly positive with a Game Rankings average score of 83.3%, and a Metacritic average score of 84/100.
1UP.com said, "this just may be the finest piece of 'budgetware' ever produced, with every bit as much to offer strategywise as RTS games three times its cost," praising the "elementary" interface and calling the strategic depth "enormous." 1UP also praised the visuals, calling it "one of the best-looking PC games all year." Edge said DEFCON was "worth it for the presentation alone." Eurogamer commented that it was "the least ambitious of Introversion's games in terms of design," and "its limitations are ones of the game's basic scope," while praising DEFCON "as pure and direct a game as its inspiration."
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