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Summary: Amsuing and not too stressful
Review: This is an enjoyable game, with a few interesting features. The premise is simple; you are the dictator of a Banana Republic. It combines the play of SimCity (money management, building placement, and infrastructure maintenance) with the resource management of Warcraft (build farms, sell products). In addition, you can personalize your character with some entertaining traits. The few flaws involve some minor graphics hitches, and the lack of serious micro-management tools which might annoy some hardcore sim gamers. All in all quite fun.
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Summary: Average
Review: I've had this game for a while. I was very excited about the premise, being a dictator and all. I'm a big fan of the Civ-style godgames. But honestly. This game is boring. Sure the graphics are good. The concepts are interesting. You have a lot of control over what kind of dictator you'd be, etc. But I swear, you just end up doing things the same way. I've found that being an oppressive dictator, well, its just too pointless. It takes alot of time to figure out who to oppress, to actually find them, oppress them (jail them, assassinate, etc), and when its all said and done, you make more enemies than you eliminated. Its just easier to "play nice" and you are more successful. I found myself playing out the exact same games over and over and over again the exact same way... no matter what my island looked like, no matter the characteristics of my dictator. Always basically the same. Lots of pretty graphics and alot of player control... but still turns out to be a monotonous game. Still... not a horrible game, but not a spectatular one either. I'd say, when this game goes "on sale" it would be more worth the price... but at full price, I don't think I would buy it again if I had it to do over.
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Summary: GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!!
Review: This is the best money investment that I have ever made. You can't tell your citizens what to do, but you can bribe then to do something, and if they protest, you can quitely Eliminate them. You have to build the housing, the entertainment and all the needed buildings for running a nation. You have immagration from all over the world, and you can have trade delagations with either the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. You can ask you citizens if they're happy or upset and you can hold elections and order for your oppenent to be excuted if he/she is more popular than you. If you lose an election, you find yourself stuck in a lonely fishing with all you personal poscessions, and with you private secrectary. He then says in a very hispanic tone, "I guess your peolpe don't know a good ruler when they have one. By the way, how far is it to Florida?" It is a wonderful game. On a score of 1 to five and five being the best, I give this game a 12 and and a half. So long, future El Presidente.
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Summary: A Fun Game
Review: There's isn't anything revolutionary in this game, but it's fun to play. The factions are well balanced along with the economy. The atomsphere to the game was excelent.
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Summary: I love It!
Review: I think that this game is excellent. It's unique game play idea (a dictator on an island) sold me when I saw it, when i got it home, i was more than pleased with all the small things that make the game great. also, as a fan of the sims games, i can say this is not that similar but you wont be disappointed if you buy it. what other game can you make someone a heretic from the church?
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Summary: Tropico
Review: For those of you who enjoy games like SimCity, Tropico is perfect. This is a game that has a personality and is difficult to master. It will challenge you to manage your country's finances, your people's various needs, and hold you accountable for political ramifications for your decisions.
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Summary: Another game that is impresses early but quickly wears off..
Review: If you compare the first week that you own Tropico with any other game, it rates high. A creative portrayal of your typical island dictatorship, not many software companies make a strategy/planning game that is also mixed with fun gameplay. (An example is your presidential advisor congratulating you when you have accumulated a large bank account in Switzerland.) The problem with Tropico is that the game quickly becomes boring. When rating a game, no matter how astounded I am at first with the creative gaming concept, impressive graphics, etc. - I feel there are many PC games that just aren't worth the price that we as consumers pays when you consider how limited the time is that the game remains interesting. The game adapts some elements of Sim City with more emphasis on political strategy. This in itself gives the game a unique appeal because not many strategy games give the user an opportunity to have a free-hand with the imaginary nation's politics. Another difference between this and Sim City (besides the fact that it is more of a South American island culture) is that because of your island's limited size Tropico is more animated and detailed. You can track the residents of your city as they make their daily rounds and look at their family, living conditions, politics, etc. If you're a gamer that enjoys planning games (Something in the mold of Sim City, Rollercoaster Tycoon and/or Railroad Tycoon.) you'll definitely be more inclined to enjoy this game. While I am a fan of these types of games I felt that Tropico didn't offer enough variety to make it last long. The scenarios included are slightly interesting but Sim City 3000 is a game in the same genre that is more entertaining. There is a downloadable demo available on the internet. I would suggest you give the demo a try before purchasing the software and keep in mind that the format of the demo is the same as the full game with the exception that they have not allowed a few buildings type to be completed in the demo.
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Summary: Excellent crash course in social economics
Review: You play the role of a banana republic dictator who has to try to stay in power while developing his island. There are two basic ways to go, either totalitarian oppression, which is very difficult with all the coup d'etats going on all the time, or a democratic goverment, which is only slightly less difficult as your population is not easily pleased. The game is very well tweaked, always leaving you in desperate need of cash to pay your "loyal" soldiers. The bad points, transportation of goods is inefficient, construction proceeds very slowly and in a limited range of the construction sites, and you have to figure the game out by yourself, as the manual does not even attempt to give hints. Some understanding of social economics is required to manage this game succesfully. On the other hand, it is the best educational simulation of social economics I've ever seen, and it's horribly addictive. Go and buy this, especially if you teach social economics.
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Summary: Great Game
Review: This game is a great game for people who like to be in control of other people...people who like this game and like controlling people would like the Sims too. Tropico is really fun in many ways...maybe it had a couple flaws...but otherwise it was a must buy.
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Summary: Not as good as I had hoped
Review: When i bought this game, I was hoping it would be more entertaining than it turned out to be. ...[the] game ... is extremely confusing with all the political mumbo-jumbo, and crop raising, etc. I am 13 and I thought this would be a fun strategy game, but I was VERY wrong. Sure there are a few perks to it, but not too many that I can think of. ....
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