How to infect the world.

Pandemic 2 is an online game that can be found at pandemic2.org. In this game you try to kill every person on earth with a disease. First, you choose what type of disease you want to use to start your pandemic. You can choose to use a parasite, a virus or bacteria. Each type has an advantage. Viruses evolve fast and infect quickly but are easily affected by their environment. Bacteria evolve at a steady pace and are drug resistant. Finally, parasites are slow to evolve but are hard to diagnose and aren't affected by the environment. Once you've chosen what type of disease you want, you get to name your disease. Then, you can see a world map like this:

You start in a random country and then continue to infect the world. The 8 at the bottom of the picture is the evolution points. These points can be used to upgrade your disease by clicking on the disease menu at the bottom of the page. The World menu shows how far your disease has progressed in infecting the world. Once your disease has been detected in numerous locations, the global community will start to work on a cure. You can delay the completion of the cure by evolving drug resistance or getting countries to shut down hospitals. If all the hospitals are shut down then the cure will never be completed. The goal is to shut down all the hospitals or kill the entire population of earth before the cure is completed. The countries will cut off connections with other countries so even if you shut down the hospitals you still want be able to infect everyone. Due to their isolation, the hardest country to infect is Madagascar. They have one port and shut it down very quickly. I think that stealth is the best strategy to defeat this isolation tactic. I have only seen the game beaten once and the person was using a parasite so I would recommend you use one for your pandemic. This game is interactive and very fun. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a challenge.

Have fun gaming,

Grosoon


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