It's getting dark, you're reading the newspaper on the porch of your house, taking advantage of the last rays of the sun, when in the sky you see an object approaching at high speed. Is it a phoenix? Is it a meteorite? Is it Superman? No, it's a nuclear missile that will send you to the next world in an instant, but it will save you from having to pay funeral expenses. Surely some of you have wondered what would happen if an atomic war broke out. Well now you will be able to view it thanks to what is more of a tool than a video game, as you will learn by reading the Nuclear War Simulator Review.
Pure simulation
The nuclear war simulator is a scenario generator of nuclear wars in which the player sets the various parameters of the simulation and then watches what happens. During the simulation you cannot intervene in any way in the development of events. It is important that this point is well understood to avoid misunderstandings about the nature of the product. bit mirror, which must necessarily be taken as what it is. From this point of view, the tutorial does a valuable job of making us understand everything we can do and not do. In general we have to choose the forces on the field, for example the US against Russia, then position bases, ground and air forces, determine the nuclear power of both factions, choose the allies of each, perhaps devote ourselves to the behavior of the individuals. that populate the simulation, then press play and watch the nuclear bombs travel from one part of the planet to another, clicking on a calculator icon to get the raw numbers of the destruction created.
If you want you can also upload some pre-established scenarios to immediately have something to observe, modifying some parameters according to your personal tastes when it comes to atomic disasters. From a setting standpoint, you can really do anything from observing the effects of an atomic bomb on a single densely populated area to comparing two small nations. An escalation of the conflict can also be simulated. The results will always be observable in detail, with geographical maps dedicated to showing the effects of the bombs on the territories. For example, deaths caused by the explosion and the effects of radioactive fallout are tallied, along with graphs showing which areas are most affected.
Do you want to study the effects of a bomb on a strip of territory? You can do it. Instead, you are interested in understanding whether, in the event of nuclear war Would there be any survivors? You can do it too thanks to the pre-established scenarios that simulate the current geopolitical reality of the different continents. What you cannot do is interact directly with the system, so much so that after a while, if you are not passionate about the subject, the entire experience takes its time, that is, it produces the effect that the tools you find through coincidence on the internet, those with whom you spend a few minutes intrigued by what is new, and then move on to do something else.
issues
The main problem with Nuclear War Simulator, therefore, is that it wears out very quickly, unless you use it as a means of study. Furthermore, it currently suffers from strong instability and performance issues Really annoying, between continuous shooting and sudden returns to the desktop... taking into account that it is a game essentially composed of maps and graphics, with essential animations, it is not exactly the best.
Honestly, we didn't like it very much even from the point of view. visual representation of conflicts. Of course, we didn't expect anything, but at least more worthy explosions, given the theme of the simulation. Instead, everything is essential, abstract, cold and detached. Maybe it's a good thing, given the theme, but we still felt a little bitterness in our mouths. The goal of the developers is certainly to make us focus on the statistics, that is, on the effects of conflicts, making us play with their settings, but there was really no need to bother the player in every possible way.
Conclusions
Tested version PC with Windows digital delivery Steam Price 24,99 € Holygamerz.com 6.0 Readers (7) 3.5 your voteNuclear War Simulator should be taken for what it is: a sophisticated tool dedicated to statistics enthusiasts. Answers the question: what would happen if a nuclear war broke out? And it does this by allowing you to build all possible scenarios by providing accurate and reasoned statistics about the events. Of course, currently the performances are horrendous and don't expect anything spectacular: it is a kind of Word of nuclear wars, a pure sandbox but without the game around it. So if the idea intrigues you, you can think about it, also because it is a unique product, but don't expect anything fun and relevant.
PRO
- Many parameters can be configured to simulate various scenarios.
- The results are consistent and take into account many different factors.
AGAINST
- Something more could have been done to make the conflicts more spectacular
- Lots of bugs and terrible performance.
- It runs out quickly if you don't use it as a means of study.
