Does difficulty level actually affect ICBM (by Repvlic Software)
ICBM allows selecting a difficulty level for its five-part campaign. It changes the DefCon level indicator at the missileer station, but what does that do?
Further, spoilery clarification:
My intuition is that it does nothing, since nothing happened in my playthrough. And it seems to be the point of the game that nothing happens whatsoever, making the game more a historical/political commentary than a game. If so, I don't want to sit through five "simulations" of an eight-hour shift, on each difficulty level, just to confirm my theory.
Best Answer
ICBM is an April fools day game
ICBM was released on April 1 and is historically accurate in its events - no matter what difficulty you pick, you will never receive orders because orders were never given. Nothing will happen. Ever. And that's the joke.
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