Syndicate (2012) – Cane and Rinse No.55




The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast show

Summary: They will vie for the minds of a populace helpless to escape their grasp. The dystopia imagined by Starbreeze earlier this year in Syndicate bears more than a passing resemblance to that imagined by Peter Molyneux's Bullfrog in 1993. In the more modern dystopia, however, isometric view has been supplanted by a first-person perspective and tactical strategy has been switched out in favour of shooter mechanics with RPG elements and a co-op upgrade. A four-man squad of Tony, Darren, James and Karl get suited and booted to take on the Syndicates on their own turf. Leave no man, or chip upgrade, behind.<br> <br> Music used in this show is as follows:<br> <br> 1: Syndicate by Skrillex<br> 2: Digitalism by Digitalism<br> <br> Cane and Rinse 55 was edited by Sean O'Brien