![]() At the start of a game, you must create a dictator avatar, and that character can have children and heirs in order to maintain your dynasty. The primary gimmick of the Tropico series is that the player isn't a mayor (as most city simulators claim) instead, you play as a dictator who is granted governorship of a small Caribean island-nation by a European power. The game has also been released on XBox 360, and it has also been announced for a PS4 release sometime in 2015, but I've been playing the PC version. So when Tropico 5 went on sale on Steam, I picked it up and put it on the shelf till I took a break from Civ. I gave Children of the Nile and Caesar IV a go a few years ago, and both were pretty good, but just didn't hold me over for very long. So I've started looking at more niche titles. Cities XL has so far been the best of the bunch and has a very wide scope, but it's developer has folded, and the game has never truly felt complete. I spent a large chunk of time a few years ago playing Cities XL, but never got around to reviewing it (maybe I'll post a retro-review in the future). ![]() Without a decent, new iteration of SimCity for me to play, I've been looking high and low for new city simulator games in order to scratch that particular itch. Island-hopping can make it feel disjoint and confusing, and minor mistakes in early missions can compound the difficulty of later missions. This isn't a game that I'll be playing for years like other city-sims.Ĭampaign successfully introduces concepts and provides a modest narrative with a sense of progress. Music is catchy but repetitive, and the tongue-in-cheek dialogue wears thin after a while and is detrimental to the game.Ĭampaign offers plenty of play-time, but the overall limited scope, map size, and population cap restrict the replayability. Map and buildings are well-detailed and the cities look organic and alive. Learning curve for the deeper mechanics is steep, and interface isn't as helpful as it could be. Dictatorial theme adds a well-integrated challenge usually reserved for empire-builders.
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