I bought this game when it had just come out, and I'm afraid I must disagree with the reviewer. At the time, 3D graphics of any tangible sort had just started making an appearance, and along with another Bullfrog game, Dungeon Keeper, Syndicate Wars featured a rotatable map that has since become somewhat standard in games of the sort. Along with the lighting effects and "deformable" terrain (hey, blowing up textures and knocking down buildings was impressive back then!), I found Syndicate Wars to be rather mindblowing. I love this game, and I doubt I've clocked more hours on any game since (though Nippon Ichi's PS2 TRPGs Disgaea and Phantom Brave may change that!).
The original CD included three tracks of subdued but rather nice techno that really added to the atmosphere as well.
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