Ve3tro writes: ""How do I review Tropico 3?". Thats a question I have been asking myself a little bit too much. It's such a huge, immersive game, that to put everything into words would take days. I went into this game with no knowledge of Kalypso's previous Tropico games and was daunted by the depth. You take control of an island, akin to Cuba, starting out in the early 50's you have to build and manage your population. Sounds simple but when you factor in poverty, rebellion, tourism, religion, politics, disease and weather then it suddenly becomes more of a challenge.
The tutorial mode will be the first place you will visit in Tropico, teaching you the basic controls and menu navigation that is key to you staying in power. The finer points are told to you by your head advisor, an amusing voice over that sadly does not feature in the main game. Taking my basic knowledge I boldly head out onto the sunny shores of Tropico's campaign.
You get to choose which island to play, each one dropping you into a different unpleasant situation. After choosing your island, you choose your avatar. You can choose from various well-known leaders or make your own. Like everything else in the game there is a huge range of options available to you. Have you ever wanted to create a flatulent, ugly pirate who was placed there by the CIA? What about a Tourretes Syndrome suffering, militant pop star? Every choice affects your leadership. If your flatulent then your relation with different factions will suffer and palace guards will require a higher basic pay rate. I have just listed the comedic traits but there is a whole list of different advantages and disadvantages, so many that you will struggle to create the same character twice."
The Humble Totally Tropico Bundle just launched today. It features games like Tropico 5, Tropico 4, Tropico 3, along with a number of expansions and DLC.
Neil writes "It's back with many new bargains, but the big question is does the latest Xbox Live Deals With Gold and Spotlight sale appeal to you? Well, the following discounts are now in place for all Xbox One and Xbox 360 gamers to get involved in, with the prices shown running between the 10th-16th Jan 2017."
Again ? They've had great deals since before Black Friday, their end of year sale prices were a bit higher on some things but overall we've had a bunch of decent sales for nearly 2 months...best for me was Resident Evil 4,5 & 6 for $10 each.
The sales have been getting smaller and smaller and many of the games have been on repeat for the last year. And the prices aren't even tempting either, unless you are looking for 360 games that is.
Huh...I'm starting to suspect that if tower defense games had never been invented both XBL and PSN marketplaces would be half the size and twice as good.
Ex-Tropico Game Designer Ivelin G. Ivanov’s Kickstarter campaign for Grimm Forset, a co-op survival game set in the Brothers Grimm universe begins tomorrow.
