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'Phage Wars 2' is a Free Flash 'Pokemon'-Battle... in Petri Dishes

by Ben Deitz on October 19, 2010 at 06:30 PM

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Usually, flash games are known for punchy bursts of quick n'dirty, button-mashing gameplay -- but sometimes we crave more than a short fix. That's the theme for this week's crop of browser-based strategy games: these titles force us to juggle a multitude of complex tasks and intricate systems, each rife with addictive experiences. Of course, the hardest part of playing will be getting back to work...

If laboratory science is as action-packed as 'Phage Wars 2' makes it out to be, perhaps we've gone into the wrong field. The game puts you into the shoes of a lab tech who must create the world's most powerful virus, pitting a pet pathogen against other viruses, 'Pokemon' style. Battles, or "experiments" as the game calls them, are waged in petri dishes. (Ed. Note: Like in real life!) To fight, you must use your mouse to direct your virus in conquering neighboring cells while competing against your enemy. Full of fast-paced, strategic action, Phage makes you maintain your captured cells and stage sieges against enemy-held ones. Successful battles yield new genes which can be spliced into your virus to make it faster, stronger and more agile, adding a clever customization aspect to the game's solid combat. Phage Wars 2 goes the extra aesthetic mile by presenting itself as a faux lab computer, complete with informational windows, README files and analysis programs to run.

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