For those who haven't played the original, Tropico is among the most creative and entertaining "city sims" ever created, and Tropico 3 does a great job of updating the experience for 2009.
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Tropico 3 must really be reviewed from two perspectives. To clarify, the bugs range from both gameplay bugs and technical bugs (such as crashing while saving, corrupting save files of course). A polished version of this game might have scored a 7 from me, but in its current state (that I imagine won't get any better at this point), I can't give it more than a 4. I can only imagine how unplayable it would have been at release. After playing this over three years past its release, it still suffers from an unbelievable amount of bugs. Unfortunately, the game severely lacks polishing. It has style, which other city builders tend to lack, and the game has some nice options ranging from an okay campaign to a sandbox scenario on a randomly generated island. I can only This game is an underwhelming city builder. This game is an underwhelming city builder. The campaign Scenario's for the most part act as the tutorial and playing through them really doesn't feel like a tutorial, which is a tutorial done right in my opinion. As a newcomer to the Tropico Franchise I found the game very simple and easy to get into. Your El Presidente can be made to your expectations through traits and aesthetic changes, from a CIA installed dictator with Tourettes syndrome to a Democratically elected Socialist who is a Pirate. For those who love history and older things, there are piles of culture references (Monty Python) and history references (US fruit company) that will provide you with a couple laughs and smirks. You can go North Korea/Communist Cuba style or go South Korea/Jamaica style. You're given choices on how you develop your Island nation. This game is an excellent city builder game. For those who love history and older things, there are piles of culture references (Monty Python) and history references (US *I have not played previous Tropico titles and lack the expansions for this game.
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*I have not played previous Tropico titles and lack the expansions for this game.