Nuclear Weapons Taboo: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'' does not have nukes. Instead, they are replaced with Planet Busters, which have an ''even more devastating'' effect on the target and the environment (i.e. any city hit with one is completely wiped out, leaving behind a massive crater, unlike ''[[Civilization]]'', where the effects are a little more tame). Using one is an unforgivable atrocity, however, and results in everybody declaring <s>war</s> vendetta on you.

* Semi-averted in ''[[Rise of Nations]]''. Players can build nukes, but as soon as a player researches Nuclear Weapons, the Doomsday Counter appears on his screen. It starts at a number based on the number of players in the game, and every time a nuke is launched, it decreases by 1. Each time a player researches the "Missile Shield" supertech it increases by 2. If it ever hits 0, the game ends, with ''everyone'' losing.

* ''[[Crysis (series)|Crysis]]'' most certainly averts this trope. When the U.S. Government finds out that the island has deadly aliens on it, it decides that the best thing to do is to drop an atomic bomb on the island. The game makes it clear that [[Godzilla Threshold|no one is relishing this, but it may be the best course of action to protect humanity]]. Unfortunately, the bomb does not destroy the island, but rather gives the aliens much more energy than they had before (making them stronger). [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It Government]].

* The [[X (video game)|X-Universe]] has a very [[Fridge Logic]]ky variation, where tactical nuclear weapons are allowed, but nuclear ''reactors'' apparently aren't: ships need externally supplied energy cells to use jumpdrives, which are produced by giant solar power plants. At which point you wonder where ships get the energy to power their [[Deflector Shields]] and [[Energy Weapons]], which work just fine with an otherwise empty cargo bay.