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[kulik]

Show yours insane rogue AI playing skills in this flash game!
Play as an evil, insane Rogue Artificial Intelligence! Infiltrate facilities and hack Mainframes to take over the entire world. Choose between violent and pacifist approaches, and pick any combination of 25 powerful upgrades!

http://www.kongregate.com/games/nerdook/i-am-an-insane-rogue-ai

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

Hm, kind of meh....  I think SS13 has spoiled me for playing an insane rogue AI.

[Thexor]

I gave this a shot (it is the monthly Nerdook offering, after all!), and it was fairly fun. Ran about ~40 levels as a pacifist, getting exactly one violent kill when I mis-clicked on a utility bot. 

Then, after beating it, I tried for a few violent solutions. It's... a lot harder than being a pacifist. I never, ever ran out of cycles as a pacifist - heck, I never lost more than ~20 cycles. I ran out in moments while hacking security bots, gun turrets, etc. to kill some of those tougher agents. Honestly, it's probably easier to wait for the tough guys to leave the floor instead of trying to kill them... which is a little disappointing. I want blood! 

[Sappho]

Really? I've had a hard time winning without being violent. I always mis-click a bot or something. And it takes ages to do it the pacifist way - the violent way is quicker. On the other hand, I'm only on the first few levels still.

[Thexor]

Hmm... Interesting. All the achievements applaud your 'patience' for pacifism, but I've never taken longer than 1:30, usually finishing levels in around ~0:50. Turn off the lights, wait for the guards to leave the level, and hack everything. Optionally turn back on a light before moving on (may as well keep nice, non-panicked scientists on finished levels!). Also optionally lock the doors leading to the level while you're hacking. Of course, it gets easier once you gain the "computers only take 3 seconds to hack" upgrade - heck, you can start a hack with a scientist on the far end of the floor, and the hack will finish before he can run over to it!

Whereas with violence, on the later levels there are a lot of security measures, some of which require upgrades in order to subvert, and some of which just take a heck of a lot of cycles to hack. When you get humans that can fight back, violence suddenly becomes "wait for everyone tough to leave the level", at which point you may as well scare off the bloody scientists instead. 

[Glacies]

Announcement + Neurotoxin. Also, zombie rush drone spam machine turret hack, all at the same time clears levels in under twenty seconds.

[forsaken1111]

I tried it. I got less of a 'insane AI' vibe than an 'insane building superintendent' vibe. It was alright but I wasn't having much fun after a few levels.

[Draco18s]

Announcement + Neurotoxin. Also, zombie rush drone spam machine turret hack, all at the same time clears levels in under twenty seconds.

Neurotoxin isn't nearly as deadly as I'd hoped.  The guy has to be right below one of the three "sprinklers" when it puffs and even then he takes ONE DAMAGE.

Also, neurotoxin kills zombies.  WTH.

Anyway, the hardest in-game achievement for me to get was 20 kills in one level.

[Thexor]

Announcement + Neurotoxin. Also, zombie rush drone spam machine turret hack, all at the same time clears levels in under twenty seconds.

Neurotoxin isn't nearly as deadly as I'd hoped.  The guy has to be right below one of the three "sprinklers" when it puffs and even then he takes ONE DAMAGE.

Also, neurotoxin kills zombies.  WTH.

Anyway, the hardest in-game achievement for me to get was 20 kills in one level.

Supposedly, Neurotoxin works better when the target is panicked. Then again, I never really bothered trying to combine P.A. with Neurotoxin - if I'm going to spend 13 cycles to kill everybody on a floor, I may as well spend 25 cycles, summon a killer cyborg, and clear a half-dozen floors. 

[Draco18s]

Announcement + Neurotoxin. Also, zombie rush drone spam machine turret hack, all at the same time clears levels in under twenty seconds.

Neurotoxin isn't nearly as deadly as I'd hoped.  The guy has to be right below one of the three "sprinklers" when it puffs and even then he takes ONE DAMAGE.

Also, neurotoxin kills zombies.  WTH.

Anyway, the hardest in-game achievement for me to get was 20 kills in one level.

Supposedly, Neurotoxin works better when the target is panicked. Then again, I never really bothered trying to combine P.A. with Neurotoxin - if I'm going to spend 13 cycles to kill everybody on a floor, I may as well spend 25 cycles, summon a killer cyborg, and clear a half-dozen floors. 

Or 30 to summon killer robots twice.

The advantage to the toxin is that its permanent.  But yeah, panicked targets take more, but I never figured out how much.

[Omegastick]

Hehe, I like this game, I'm just trying to get world peace and psychopath now and I have completed it 100%.

[Draco18s]

Hehe, I like this game, I'm just trying to get world peace and psychopath now and I have completed it 100%.

10 pacificst wins and 20 kills in a single level, IIRC.

[Omegastick]

Yeah, I've got psychopath now and I'm nearly at world peace.

EDIT: Woo! Completed!