Tropico 4 = Tropico 3.25, which = ...

[Dinner]

I'm currently downloading Tropico 4. I figure I'll give it a try.

[Dinner]

I've only played the tutorial and part of one game but I have to admit I'm finding it hard to get into this game.

[Al B. Sure!]

That's why you're supposed to play the demo. Tropico is mad boring past an hour or so.

[Guynemer]

You are both horrible people.

[Al B. Sure!]

You are both horrible people.

I guess Tropico is fun if you're into that sort of thing.

[Dinner]

I guess part of my first game was I just had never played the game before so there was a learning curve. Like I kept getting messages that my people were dying from starvation so I kept building farms & ranches but I was putting them too close together (I thought a farm was self sufficent where as it really needs land around it in order to produce food) plus you need store or restaurants to distribute the food other wise if it isn't in walking distance your pops will just sit there and starve, which is retarded. Lastly, I didn't understand the importance of teamsters because I built mines, logging camps, and other economic things all over the place but my exports were always zero. I did better in my second game, got to a population of 1500, but that still seems rather low to me and kind of not worth the effort. I mean why do I need five schools, three hospitals, numerous clinics, and godless numbers of churches to make people happy even though my population is tiny? Can't the lazy ***** walk a block to get to church?

[kentonio]

Is enough different about 4 from 3 to justify the purchase? The first two were awesome, but something about 3 just didnt quite click right.

[Al B. Sure!]

The demo of 4 is almost exactly the same as the demo of 3. They added a few edicts, a parliament system for tasks, and different powers (there's Europeans and an Arab League to get tasks from as well) but it's still the same game.

I've said it before about Guynemer's 'must-buy' opinions on games... if you're not making freaking doctor money*, it's not worth it.


*Guy will say he doesn't make as much as other doctors, but whatever.

[kentonio]

I take it back about 3, this thread inspired me to reinstall it and I've been hooked since.

[Dinner]

Is enough different about 4 from 3 to justify the purchase? The first two were awesome, but something about 3 just didnt quite click right.

I never played 3 so I can't say how different it is from 4. I'm currently trying some of the different maps.

[DaShi]

4 is on sale on Steam right NOW!!! So is Recettar, which is really hard to resist.

[korn469]

I just bought it last light from amazon's digital downloads for 5 bucks!

[Proteus_MST]

I got it from Steam...
the best improvement over Tropico 3 definitely is,
that destroyed structures (by natural disasters) now don´t just vanish into a pile of rubble
but instead leave behind a flag (which, by clicking on it, enables you to order the rebuilding of the structure),
the 2nd best definitely are the imports ... no worrying anymore about having too few farms/ranches,
as long as you put enough money into your port, to import food

[Maquiladora]

Tropico 4 is on sale on Steam again, about £6. I bought it this time and spent all Sunday on it, got a couple of missions done. I had no idea what traits to choose so kept choosing random, and I have a feeling this is gonna come back to bite me in the later missions, if you need upgraded traits.