Comments on: Tropico 3: Dictate Your Thoughts

By: Sartoris

Sartoris — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:25:36 +0000

Sorry for the gravedigging, but I just remembered Tropico 3 is supposed to come out sometime during the summer, which is drawing near. God I can’t wait. Even if it turns out it sucks, I’m too much of a fanboy not to like its every flawed, lovely detail.

By: Soap

Soap — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:30:12 +0000

Let me begin by saying that I am ecstatic at the announcement of a new game in this series.
I must admit that I have not played the original Tropico but I am a big fan of Tropico 2. Although, I would like to play the original.

I think I have a solid and potentially fun resolution to all of the great comments above.

Why not combine the best of both games? 2 islands.

A sort of Tropico time warp. You could pit El Presidente against the Pirate King. This would accommodate the fans of the multi-player experience and also fans of both games.
The pirates could attack the tourist cruise ships going to El Presidente’s island and also try to take captives and plunder there. Likewise, El Presidente could try to gain control of the Pirate King’s island or steal his corn or tobacco or recruit tourists, etc.
I think this scenario could also satisfy those looking for more government involvement. Forget the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Make it Castro against Henry Morgan or something to that effect. Bring in the third party countries that the pirates deal with, such as Spain or England. (Not all tourists are from the states).

Hell, why would they even need to be old pirates? We still have pirates today. Make the pirate island a modern day Port Royale where they hideout. Throw in some illegal arms trade or drug smuggling or offshore money shelters, etc.

Another possibility is uninhabited islands that have rich soil and mineral wealth to enhance their own islands. Conquer these islands for your own gain. Place hidden treasure on some of them that the conqueror keeps as his own.

I realize that some of this may be to extensive for one game, but I am just throwing it out there for some feedback.

Whatever you do Haemimont, please make it Mac compatible.

By: Coconut Kid

Coconut Kid — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:31:27 +0000

What a fantastic series of comments on a game — which all indicate that it is like the old “ink blot” test.

The publishers and developers have committed that T3 is based on the original and has nothing to do with pirates. You all should drop by the hard-core hangout, “Cafe Tropico”.

It should be emphasized that the original Tropico was never a “city builder”. It had too much to do with the population. The hard-corps is afraid that in spite of what they say, the developers will lose track of the political intrigue and fall-back on beautiful graphics & formulaic building placement.

It was inspired by “Hidden Agenda” and the handling of the “units/people” was and is unique in game play. The path-finding did have “looping” problems, but most of them were created by the players themselves mistaking robots for real people.
Toodle-oo

By: Castro

Castro — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:02:07 +0000

Tropico 3 WILL be based on the original Tropico game, being a bananna republic-style island game. I am greatly looking foward to this game and have been hoping for years that someone would take up the Tropico franchise again. Best of luck to the game!

By: Tropican American

Tropican American — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:27:43 +0000

I loved the first Tropico back in 2001 and for me it’s had tremendous replay value, through the years, which is not true for any other PC game I’ve played. I would be happy to have the exact same game with updated graphics and more buildings. Part of what I loved about Tropico was deciding what sort of economy I could have, especially placing farms and deciding which of my resources I’d use to build a thriving economy. The absence of this is why I wasn’t taken with Tropico 2 and the whole pirate thing.

By: Kong

Kong — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:38 +0000

Good news. I wish Tropico 3 features islands the size of that in Armed Aussault and combat like Armed Aussault. A 3d engine with a good overview camera. The rest of the original game mechanics should not be changed in any way in order to create a game that would become one of the best of the decade.
„Patria o muerte compadres!”

By: Kommissar Nicko

Kommissar Nicko — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:47:47 +0000

Also on the political end, I’d like to see more variety. While the game let you give a nod toward socialism or communism, they never really let you implement the ideal–from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Although it appeared as though the state owned everything whether you liked it or not. It’d be nice to do something different, like libertarianism or theocracy (although in a libertarian society, wouldn’t you just theoretically push play and all the roads/schools/houses/jobs just propagate themselves?).

By: Nurdbot

Nurdbot — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:48:36 +0000

Aaaah, Tropico. I remember simply watching my citizens farm and wheel said resources to those factories to be then wheeled off and shipped off for that beloved exporting budget.

I hope they remake the original.

By: Carra

Carra — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:08:08 +0000

Was gonna mention the soundtrack. Tropico had a great soundtrack, keep it that way :)

By: Grandstone

Grandstone — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:59:15 +0000

I also like how the theme nicely explains why your view can’t go past a certain point–you’re on a fucking island!

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:08:07 +0000

Tropico has the best game soundtrack. I still play the original on occasion to this day, even though I never got into the second one too much. Here's to hoping the third installation resembles the former more than the latter.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:29:52 +0000

Tropico remains my favorite strategy building and management sim by far, though Startopia is also an underrated gem and Children of the Nile is very good too. 1701 A.D. is recommended for those who want something more on the empire + trading sim side.

The genius gameplay of Phil Steinmeyer, outstanding soundtrack, and highly coherent theme really made this game fly.

Good luck to the new team! This is an immense job to measure up against. Tropico 2 definitely couldn’t do it.