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The prospect of creating our own tiny banana republic in Tropico 3 had us rubbing our despotic hands with glee. Perhaps we’ve finally been given the chance to approach a city building game with a more ruthless approach. Forget “I’m Mayor Rosycheeks fro...
Surprisingly compelling gameplay, Challenging city building, Lovely setting...
Punishes corruption, Crap tutorial, Steep learning curve...
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2016-11-15 01:21:24
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I was never familiar with the Tropico series until I sat down to play the 360 version of Tropico 3, but I got to say, it's a great city building sim game and I'm glad I had the chance to check it out. I have no idea how well it compares to the PC versi...
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The simulation is a funny genre in the world of video games to me. Both resource management and construction style simulation games have seen endless success on the PC platform with titles such as SimCity, the various Tycoon games, and the Tropico game...
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Nestled deep within the jungles of the tropics lies a dictator in his bed dreaming of corruption and deceit. He awakes to hear cries of a rebellion outside his palace balcony and must decide between giving a speech to calm their anger or let loose the...
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Though Tropico 2 explored a pirate island theme and involved gameplay diverging significantly from the original Tropico, this third title in the series returns to its roots in simulating a Cold War-era Caribbean dictatorship. Developed by Bulgarian co...
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gamespot.com Updated:
2016-11-15 01:21:24
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Shouting "Viva Fidel!" doesn't come quite as naturally as it used to in Tropico 3. The world's leading banana-republic-in-a-box simulation may have moved its groovy green caps, aviator shades, and stinky cigars from the PC to the Xbox 360, but the tran...
Building a banana republic is still intensely addictive, Winning mix of politics, economics, and Cold War cheesiness, Detailed visuals and vivid atmospheric sounds bring the island nations to life, Musical score with catchy Latin rhythms.
Awkward gamepad interface, Technical glitches include framerate slowdowns and occasional crashes, Tutorial only covers the basics.
Rebel coups and corruption aren't the only things you need to worry about in this somewhat problematic, yet still addictive, port of Tropico 3...
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1up.com Updated:
2016-11-15 01:21:24
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There's something appealing about a good, old-fashioned dictatorship, so long as you're the dictator. It's a tempting kind of fantasy, whether you feel like being a despotic tyrant, the architect of a tropical utopia, or more likely, a fumbling idiot y...
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Hola! Bienvenido a la isla de Tropico!Tropico 3 is a game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. The team at Haemimont games do not make many Xbox games (in fact this is their first one), but ever since I started into Tropico 3, t...
Unique, Very fun, Great control scheme, Can suck you in for hours...
Minor graphical problems, Hard to pinpoint rebel attacks...
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ign.com
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2016-11-15 01:21:24
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City-building games are about choices, and the overall appeal of the design depends on whether or not those choices are interesting and interrelated. The Tropico series has scored high in this regard, giving players a system that feels logical and cons...
Tropico 3 combines a very good city building game with an intriguing political game. In that regard, it's fairly unique in the 360 catalog. The city builder portions are driven by lots of logical choices and consequences that leave the player feeling...
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From my posh presidential estate, I catch wind of a peaceful protestor questioning my leadership acumen. Not for long, though -- just one word to my loyal law enforcement officials and the sandwich-board-toting plebe gets a good five years of prison fo...
Fun Caribbean setting bleeds charm; moral grayness leads to some interesting problems (and solutions).
Not much in the way of gameplay advancements since the first Tropico.
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Compared to other city simulators, Tropico 3 lacks the size and scale the genre is usually renowned for. Instead, it opts for a quirkiness and charm that many of the ultra-complicated sims lack, giving it a sense of personality that is often non-existe...
Compared to other city simulators, Tropico 3 lacks the size and scale the genre is usually renowned for. Instead, it opts for a quirkiness and charm that many of the ultra-complicated sims lack, giving it a sense of personality that is often non-existe...
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The Tropico series has put a very interesting twist on the classic city-builder simulation. Taking on the role of dictator or 'El Presidente' of a fictitious, Caribbean island nation means you'll be bending your people to your will, playing world powers a...
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