Review V1CGaming 2/5 · Sep 13, 2021
The gameplay is severely dated.
First Tropico I ever played, so don't expect comparisons here. It's colorful, looks great, sounds great. Actually the hook is in the variety and ease. You have a large building menu, several NPC aides, various resources, trade routes, policies and whatnot. You play on small islands for short scenarios and come back to them in different eras, when things are …
Read moreFirst Tropico I ever played, so don't expect comparisons here. It's colorful, looks great, sounds great. Actually the hook is in the variety and ease. You have a large building menu, several NPC aides, various resources, trade routes, policies and whatnot. You play on small islands for short scenarios and come back to them in different eras, when things are unlocked. That system feeds your sense of progression and discovery, and is cleverly and comically integrated into the story line. Combat is autonomous. Even as a general, you can't affect it manually. While it's nice that the interface lets me use a gamepad, it took me a while to realise that not everything is accessible and that sometimes a mouse click is required. It has terrible overlays don't let me see clearly where I build, as the vegetation obstructs my vision. Also, road junctions suffer from odd limitations.
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