Conspiracies (video game)

Nick Delios - Conspiracies (Greek: Νικ Δέλιος - Συνωμοσίες), known also as Conspiracies, is a FMV adventure video game developed by Greek studio Anima Interactive and published by Got Game Entertainment in North America, with GMX Media handling distribution in Europe. It is the first installment in the Conspiracies series of video games, and the first Greek adventure game to receive an international retail release.

Nick Delios - Conspiracies
PC box cover
Developer(s)Anima Interactive
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: November 10, 2003
  • EU: July 9, 2004
Genre(s)Adventure, Interactive movie
Mode(s)Single player

Story

Conspiracies is set in a futuristic 21st century, where human society is threatened by a destroyed natural environment, overpopulation, poverty, organized crime and increasing forms of depression and neurological diseases. Earth has dissolved into a single federation of cities. Greece, where the game takes place, is one of them. Every city-state has its own governor and local government, which is subject to the Supreme Federal Government. Beneath the surface however, political lobbies, big companies, and organized crime impose their own will, surpassing the law and creating their own reality.

Nick Delios, the protagonist, had been a top student at the University of Thessaloniki, specializing in medical software. His career however takes a turn for the worse when the head of his scientific research team, Dimitris Argyriou, a member of the scientific and business elite, presents Nick΄s revolutionary research on electronic transplants programming as his own. Nick is subsequently laid off the team, while his wedding to Dimitris' sister Annita is cancelled. Deeply hurt, and plagued by gambling and drinking problems, Nick ends up earning a living as a detective, specializing in cases of industrial espionage, using his acquaintances in the underworld.

When Thanos Pekas, Police Inspector and old friend of Delios, asks him unofficially to help solve a murder case of a small-time crook, Nick accepts. However, Delios soon comes to realize that the case is far more complex than he initially thought, involving multiple conspiracies that surpass even the borders of the planet itself.

Release

In August 2003, Anima Interactive signed with publisher Got Game Entertainment to release Conspiracies in North America later that year.[1] In April 2004, GMX Media announced that it had secured the rights to publish the game in the UK.[2] The UK version of Conspiracies was eventually published on June 25, 2004.[3]

Critical reception

According to the review aggregation website Metacritic, Conspiracies received "mixed or average reviews" from critics, with an overall rating of 53% based on 12 critic reviews.[4]

References
  1. Calvert, Justin. "Got Game signs Conspiracies". August 11, 2003. Gamespot. Accessed October 17, 2007.
  2. Calvert, Justin. "Conspiracies signed for UK". April 22, 2004. Gamespot.
  3. Calvert, Justin. "Conspiracies imminent in UK". June 15, 2004. Gamespot.
  4. "Conspiracies (PC: 2003): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
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