Simviation Forum - Tropico 3

Apr 7^th, 2010 at 9:19pm

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http://www.tropico3.com/

If you like city building and politics, you'll love this!

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Reply #1 - Apr 8^th, 2010 at 8:49am

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Looks good!!!

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Reply #2 - Apr 8^th, 2010 at 6:08pm

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Before I read all that, can I cancel anti government protests with machineguns?

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Reply #3 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 4:47pm

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Reply #4 - Apr 9^th, 2010 at 10:00pm

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Looks quite good! I will have to download the demo and give it a go! What kind of length game is it? i.e. how long does it take to build yourself a big city?

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Reply #5 - Apr 10^th, 2010 at 1:24pm

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KDSM wrote on Apr 8^th, 2010 at 6:08pm:

Before I read all that, can I cancel anti government protests with machineguns?

You can assasinate people, as well as arrest them, accuse them of herasy, and have them be involved in an "accident"

Really quite a neat game, especially the extent to which the politics and economics are modeled. Your main goal is to stay in power (through election or by devious means) and appeasing the factions on the island is paramount, otherwise there will be a rebel revolt, or if it gets bad enough, an uprising/civil war type scenario. The farmers/miners/oil drillers produce raw goods which can be consumed by the population, sold as is, or refined into a more expensive product. For instance, trees can be harvested at the logging camp, then turned into lumber at the mill, then turned into furniture in a factory. There is also the very fun tourism business which allows you to build hotels, casinos(which your "el presidente" avatar can gamble in, nightclubs etc. But make sure to build these things in pretty areas and not next to industrial buildings!

Another element to the game is your relations with the superpowers (they may get angry and invade!)

You can change the rate at which the game is played, so a game could be completed in a couple days, or hours.

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Reply #6 - Apr 13^th, 2010 at 12:39am

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Its a good game but it has issues. For one, it is very superficial. If you are used to games like civilization or age of empires, this game is like using training wheels. Second, simple things like placing roads are bugged. You would think that in real life if you where to build a road up a mountain, workers would carve the mountain. Well, in this game, a simple steep incline will leave your road systems unconnected. To put on top the fact that you cannot manipulate the terrain mesh like many other games of this type.

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