In reality, some types of viruses (especially RNA viruses) can have random mutations of their genetic code due to the way they hijack the host cell to replicate their DNA/RNA. For example, viruses have “Viral Instability” which increases the chances of it mutating symptoms randomly bacteria have “Bacteria Resilience” which helps with resisting various climates. So how realistic or scientifically accurate is this game? Depending on what pathogen you have chosen, it comes with its own unique abilities which you can upgrade as you progress. So you may want to save evolving symptoms for later when you’ve got most of the world infected. Protip: symptoms increase the visibility of your outbreak, causing the humans to start researching on a cure earlier. Finding the balance between infectivity and severity of your chosen pathogen during different stages of your playthrough determines if you achieve your sinister goal. Decisions, decisions… how to thwart the humans? World beginning to take notice and find a cure? Fret not, develop some drug resistance to put a wrench in the works. Starting in a country with a cold climate? Evolving yourself to be cold resistant sounds about right. Which mode of transmission should I adopt? What symptoms should I develop? How about abilities? The sheer amount of decisions you have to make may seem overwhelming, but the game allows you to pause and take your time to read through the details and think through your moves. Sounds like a plan, right?īy now, some of you will probably be wondering, is this game even suitable for me? It does sound like a morbid game, but rest assured that there is no gore involved, and you can also learn a thing or two which will help you to understand how outbreaks can hit so fast and hard. Choose your starting country, gain points to evolve yourself so that you can transmit faster, infect more and finally wipe those pesky little humans off the face of planet Earth. You will be making plenty of decisions that will determine if you can achieve your final, evil objective. Choosing your evil beginning.įrom here on, get into the mindset of your chosen pathogen. You can choose the difficulty level according to how much you want to challenge yourself, but if you’re just starting out, I suggest you pick either Casual or Normal mode to get the hang of things first. The premise is clear: start off as a pathogen (I chose a virus in this case) of your choice, and no matter which you pick, your goal is to infect and wipe out humanity before the world finds a cure to you. Let’s start off with understanding what this game is all about. So, for the uninitiated, what’s the hype about? Many memes have been made with relation to this wildly popular game. Plague Inc: Evolved, launched 5 years ago, has been brought back into the spotlight by the recent COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping the world.
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