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Tropico 4 (Xbox 360)
by tangoman84
I discovered Tropico at its third offering as I found Tropico 3 for the XBOX360 and simply loved the game so when I heard that there was a new game to come in Tropico 4 I could not wait to get my copy of it but was it worth the wait?
Positives:
- Good graphics enables you to easily move around your island as ... you develop, build and maintain your community.
- A well thought out and simple control system enables you to quickly and easily find your way around the game.
- This game is all about building up a community and maintaing stability through political, financial, trade and other policies so that you are always kept busy with the level of depth you can go into in this game.
- Appoint ministers to help ensure your island and islanders are moving in the right direction and bringing prosperity alongside the stability.
- Natural disasters mean that random events will keep you on your toes and allow for longevity.
- More buildings than in previous versions allows for a lot more depth and decision making.
Negatives:
- In Tropico 3 you had a great radio station as part of the game which had Juanito who offered up witty comments, funny lines and other things but unfortunately he is not in this offering and for me this is a massive negative.
- Not moved on as much as I had hoped it would since Tropico 3.
Tropico is a great game and the simple yet fun premise of things allows for gamers of all ages to enjoy this for short spells or longer gaming sessions. The graphics and control system allow an easy navigation making sure that it is easy to play. Great gameplay and extra buildings make this a really fun experience but I just think it should have moved on more from the last version and feel slightly let down not least because of the lack of Juanito.
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Tropico 3 (Xbox 360)
by kievthegreat
The Tropcio series started in the early 2000s and this game plays great homage to the original and previous players will feel at home in no time. The Game places the player in charge of a small caribbean island in 1950 and you guide your island nation through the cold war and develop it from a handful of farms and shacks to what ever you ... desire. The game comes with a campaign of 15 missions with specific goals and maps, or you can go to sandbox and play on either the set maps or generate your own island to suit your vision.
The gameplay is very similar to the previous games and will leave experienced players familiar with the huge amount of the game mechanics, but the tutorials give a new entrant to the series a good comprehensive experience and gets them playing in no time. Will an experienced player be dissappointed then? Absolutely not! The graphics on this game make your island paradise (or hell hole if you're that breed of ruler) come to life like never before. The graphics make this a must for any veterens as it brings a whole new level of immersion into an already brilliant game.
The best feature of this game on xbox is that the controls are seemless. Where as many strategy games ported to console struggle to provide adeaqute controls, this time around the developers have made a comfortable and relatively simple set-up to give the player control. That's not to say it's better than or even as good as a mouse, but it's better than any other strategy controls on console.
There are two small criticisms though. Some of the games buildings and structures are out of place on such as island such as the developed road network and tenement that look my eastern bloc than carribean, but such things are purely aesthetic and personal. It's also slightly dissapponting that more hasn't been added on to the original gameplay, but that still wouldn't stop recommending this and rating it 5 stars.
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Tropico 3 (Xbox 360)
by GamerLoz
Tropico 3 takes a different angle to the traditional sim city style games.You begin by createing your own personal leader.You can choose to have one of there pre made leaders based upon past historical leaders. Or you could make your own and decided your personal traits and flaws.
The game itself is enjoyable and the different ... challenges do increase the overall longevity of the game. However the game does begin to feel a little repetative after all your essential doing the same thing,Boosting economy, growing population and if your criminaly inclined funding your retirement by scrapping some profits for your swiss bank account.
The scenery and game setting is well designed but the islands you control do begin to look alot similar after a few solid hours of gaming.The controls are relativly simple once mastered but the camera angles can start to become fustrating.
If your a fan of the previous pc versions go ahead and purchase for everyone else theres better titles around.
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