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Tropico 3 (PC DVD) | 
| From: Kalypso Media
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Seller: Express Games
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 375
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: world-builder-strategy-games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Normal
Operating System: Windows XP/Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.7
MPN: KLY002.UK.RB
EAN: 4260089412132
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Cold War is in full swing and through means devious and dubious you have seized power of the Caribbean island of Tropico, where you now rule as the all powerful "El Presidente" - Comprehensive campaign with 15 different missions
- A variety of business sectors: Tourism, petroleum, mining, agriculture, etc.
- The Timeline Editor allows you to create your own fictive historical events or enter real ones
- Avatar feature: Wander the island as El Presidente and change the course of play
- Political speeches, edicts and "other" means of influence
- A wide range of editing and modification functions
- Mission generator for random map creation
- The cinematic, highly detailed graphics perfectly reflect Tropico's own Caribbean way of life
- Great Latin soundtrack
- A variety of online-functions such as high scores or visiting islands belonging to other players
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 Great Fun & Great Value July 15, 2010
Parkway (Bristol, UK)
Rule a tropical island as the all-powerful "El Presidente".
Does what it says on the tin - as a 'historical' figure or your own custom avatar, you get to be in charge. It's sometimes a bit awkward to find those pesky protestors so you can do something about (or to) them, and there are times when you need to 'fast-forward' when nothing interesting's happening, but it's an enjoyable game.
I found it easy to get the hang of, and, for under a tennner, it's good value entertainment.
Great game! but not for everyone May 5, 2010
Alex256 (Cambridge, UK)
Tropico 3 is certainly a fantastic game that can occupy you for hours on end even for a single campaign mission. The depth of details that the system dwells in can be slightly overwhelming at first, especially with making sense of all the different kinds of happiness levels and how to go about improving each. Nonetheless, once you get the hang of it, the game provides endless hours of enjoyment. The downside however, things get overly tedious for some missions. Overall, definitely a game to at least try the demo!
 Could do better!!!! April 23, 2010
Mr. J. Rodwell (East coast U.K.)
I was a little disapointed with Tropico 3 as i thought it might outshine all other games of the same type, However i was wrong same old thing in a different package.
The upsides were the high detailed graphics and speach(which got a little annoying after a while).
I would recommend this game if you had a few hours to waste on an afternoon but as for riverting gameplay i cannot recommend this game.
Great Fun March 30, 2010
Mr. Marcus Copsey (Bath, England, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great game, gorgeous graphics and excellent game play. Hours of fun to be had creating your own paradise island.
When it's time to let your inner dictator loose March 28, 2010
AK (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While I have not played the previous installments of the game, which I imagine must have followed a similar pattern, I foud the game excellent - highly entertaining for the casual player looking for a bit of fun but still offering sufficient complexity for the micro-manager amongst aspiring dictators.
The game offers three basic modes, the campaign mode with 15 prescribed scenarios that one goes through, the sandbox mode, where one can either play on a randomly generated or real map of a Carribean island and finally one can go for a custom generated challenge.
In terms of gameplay these cover pretty much all the spectrum of needs a player is likely to throw at the game - from a strategic perspective, where one plays fast and relatively lassiez faire but derives quick kicks (think Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete (PC DVD)), to when zoomed in sufficiently and the mood takes you going down the streets of your newly ill begotten island and chatting to its (well depending on you really) opressed masses (something few strategy games offer).
All in all I find it perhaps unspectacular in terms of the game engine or the execution but fantastic fun to play. In some ways it is to more serious state building simulation games what a Nintendo Wii is to a Sony Playstation 3 - not as polished in every last detail but set out to deliver plenty of thrills and to do so pretty quickly, with little familiarisation necessary (and the tutorial does all that).
I also think the graphics work really nicely, especially when in high zoom mode and the music and occasional quote from your contemporary dictatorial buddies set up a great atmosphere - the only thing missing is the number of that Swiss bank account where all those ill-gotten gains have been stashed away.
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