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Tropico

Tropico

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tropico, Why it's that ...Good
Review: An Island. Your the Dictator, Heaven? For me yes. Tropico takes place on an Island and you have to control the lives of the Inhabitants of Tropico (yeah thats the name of the Island). First they like you then you have to keep your people happy by giving them jobs, housing and healthcare. Entertainment and money are all part of the parcel. The best bit is where YOU chose the kind of dictator YOU want to be. I like the Womanising Alchoholic trained by the KGB myself. Your rise to power and everthing is included. Immigrants may come to your Island and you can chuck em' or keep em'. It's up to you. This is one of the best games I have played on. And I have played on many. My rating is 90%.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: It's okay
Review: tropico is a good game. it has some good qualities and some bad ones. the good, it is a fun game with a great idea. the only problems is that no matter how hard try to make the game it is still pretty easy. and there is some fun parts in the game. like the advisor when he says something. thats good. but the bad parts, its too easy. the interface is totally messed up. it will take u like at least 4 or more games to get used to it. and after the novalty of it wears off, it gets really boring.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Could have been more, and sends a bad message
Review: This is a great game as far as sim games go. You build your city and try to prosper. That's pretty straight forward, and pretty much is what this game is reduced to. There is a huge underlying foundation to this, with each citizen of the island having a unique personality with hopes, desires and political agendas. However, they don't really do much that would affect the game as a whole. The elections are a nice use of this, but I feel that the designers could have done more to show off what I think was the coolest aspect of their game.

The fact that there is no multiplayer is also somewhat irksome. I could definately see two rival nations sharing an island and competing for resources. This would also have allowed the Cold War scenario to have a more direct effect on the game.

Finally there is something that no one has mentioned as far as I know, and this is the stereotypes that this game works so hard to propagate. It tells us, from the advisor's accent, to the music, to the people's thoughts and the rundown brick interface, that the people of the caribbean are naturally less intelligent, honest, hardworking, and independent than us. It tells us that a dictatorship is the natural government of such people and portrays an Aunt Jemima/ Tio Pepe view of Latinos in general. For shame.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Would not install with Windows ME
Review: Thought I would really have fun with the game because the package looked and sounded so nice. BUT COULD NOT GET THE GAME TO INSTALL. I'm using Windows ME and the game would go to 50% install - then crash. Could not de-install using "ADD/Remove Programs". Had to go into C Drive and delete it from there. Still unable to remove Tropico game title from "register" file. Real disappointing. And that very little piece of paper(4x4)for "install problems" is a joke.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Too bad PC games are not tested before shipping.....
Review: This would be a great game if it worked. The getting started notes that were throw in as a 3x3 piece of paper (guess they spent the budget on marketing) that said on a small percentage of computers a blue screen error would launch but it said it had no lasting effect. My confidence was shaken. But to my surprise after first installing Tropico it ran great and was a lot of fun. The problem came the next time I tried to play. It was then I fell victim to the blue screen and from that point on the game crashes no matter what I do. The update patch, video card driver update, direct X update, sound card update, change of resolution and software driver etc... I'm sick of P.C. games. They are never tested and are difficult to get running half the time. I guess the money to develop and support P.C. games is just not there. The whole experience has lead me to abandon P.C. games in favor of a dedicated gaming platform like Playstation or whatever one seems best.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The Never Lasting
Review: You think and it also seem's like it will be a great game, but not. I have not seen such a bad game since Pokemon. You a president in a island which you build stuff. The game is very slow and you can only be in office for a certain time. I finished the game in 45min. I regret buying the game

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent...
Review: Tropico was a fun and enjoyable expirience for me. Basically this game is about a president(you) governing a small island nation.

Graphics- The graphics in this game are a bit 3 years ago, but still are great. There is some slowdown but not enough to ruin the expirience. Rating:8.8

Gameplay-Wonderful, its not like other sim managment games, heck, there are even politics and elections. Your goal is to last as presedent for a certain amount of years. Basically meaning don't loose an election, and well... don't get killed. Rating:10

Sound- The advisor can get annoying after a while, but the other sound is great. You hear boats docking at the dock, the power plant, and there's some relaxing carribean music in the backround.Rating:10

Overall- I enjoyed this game very much. It gave me a great fun and relaxing expirience. All I can say is, you will like it Overall:9.5

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A GREAT GAME!
Review: A mix between simcity 3000 and the sims. A great game. Its fun - entertaining - and doesn't require a high-end system. A well-balanced game that you build homes, factories, power plants, etc. I recommend this game to anyone who likes Simcity 3000. This game is like Simcity 3000 or Unlimited but it is more entertaining in my mind.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AWESOME GAME
Review: This game is awesome. If you like Simcity3000, or any games like that, you will love this game. It has so many options and every person has there own opinions on things. You can see what kind of job every person has, where they live how much they make per month, how happy they are, you can view there family tree, and check there age. They will grow old an eventually die. Your island needs soldiers for numerous reasons, so build up your military. There can be Coup de etats, where your army can turn on you. Your army will split up into two groups, the ones who like you, adn the ones who hate you. They will than fight. If your people dislike you enough they will turn to rebels, and when the rebellion is strong enough they will attaack your army. This is one of the best games out there, and it has unlimited options, even the cows have opinions on things! So if you liked the SimCities or games like those, definately buy this game.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An Encahnting Game!!
Review: Tropico is better than any Sim City 3000, or anyother "Creat Your Own City Game." It's just like running your own little island...WHICH YOU ARE!...


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