Wages Of War & Chaos Overlords 1999 2x PC CD-ROM Games

Overview

I suppose it was inevitable. By the year 2000, the conflicts in the Middle East finally got too big for the bucket, resulting in a limited nuclear exchange that, naturally, destroyed most of the world’s oil supply. The ensuing monetary chaos resulted in the secession of the Western U.S., and the drug lords having a field day with, and eventually taking control of, South and Central America.

Governments didn’t have the cash to field large armies anymore, but businesses did, and made the most of this ability by using terrorism as a tool to influence and control competitors. They didn’t so much wield armies, per se, as much as they paid mercenaries, cheaply at first, to do the dirty work for them. It was a good place to be a bloodless, frugal killer.

It works something like this: You get hired by some corporate entity or worker or whatever to do something like, say, rescue his daughter from the evil Colombian slimes who’ve kidnapped her. You get some cash up front and some upon completion. With the front money you hire more mercs, buy weapons, and outfit your team. Once you’ve done that, you land somewhere in the forest, infiltrate the villa, get the chick and hit the road.

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