I finished the Arunmor storyline. I finished the Mole mission. I've discovered most of the secrets. I can do any mission in the mission list without much effort. I have more money than I could ever use. I've reached the Mage level, so there is no mission I cannot accept.

Is there anything worth doing left? The only thing I can think of is to get all the way to the highest Uplink rating, but I'm wondering if there's a point, other than saying that I did it? Or is all that's left to start over and do things differently?

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there is the arc storyline and have you broken it to the Protovition game server?

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That's what I meant by start over and do things differently, and I've never heard of Wargames before this, so I don't think I have much chance of getting in.

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i rented wargames fore the sole reason of getting the password and found that it is a good movie, if you really want the password i'll e-mail it to you. also unfortunately you can't do that many interesting thing after finishing the Arumor storyline, note you get disavowed after the ARC one.

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Nah, don't bother. I can probably figure it out myself with some googling, if I ever decide to do so.

This is the problem with open-ended games. On the one hand, it's nice not to be forced along a given storyline to a set conclusion and that's it. On the other hand, with no new challenges, open-ended stuff just kind of leaves you hanging. If the missions got more difficult (faster traces, tougher security, more complex LANs, etc), that would be one thing... but I just can't muster the interest to keep knocking off missions which get easier and easier just to try and reach the top rank... So I guess I'll play through once more to complete the ARC missions, then shelve the game.

Only thing that I want to try other than spreading the virus is to see how far I can get into both plots at once - after all, there is a time lapse after completing the first Arunmor mission before ARC aborts their mission - I aim to find out which one will keep me employed after I send the virus to Arunmor and release it on their system... My guess is that it'll be the same as the standard Arunmor storyline.

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(This message has been edited by Bobson (edited 01-25-2004).)