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You, as El Presidente, will first take control of the infamous island of Tropico during early colonial times and then guide it through the centuries as the world changes and moves ever forward. You must tackle the changing needs of your people, as well as opposing governments and factions, and thus lay the foundations for your own dynasty. As you move through your years in office you can promote members of your extended family on the island to positions of power: such as ambassador, commanding general or even Supreme Ruler, to ensure your legacy thrives through the eras. As your influence and wealth grows, so do the threats to your burgeoning island superpower. Can you survive both World Wars, prosper through the Great Depression, rule as an iron-fisted dictator through the Cold War and advance your country to modern times and beyond? From the 19th to the 21st century, each era carries its own challenges and opportunities In Tropico 5 you play as El Presidente, will first take control of the infamous island of Tropico during early colonial times and then guide it through the centuries as the world changes and moves ever forward. You must tackle the changing needs of your people, as well as opposing governments and factions, and thus lay the foundations for your own dynasty. As you move through your years in office you can promote members of your extended family on the island to positions of power: such as ambassador, commanding general or even Supreme Ruler, to ensure your legacy thrives through the eras. As your influence and wealth grows, so do the threats to your burgeoning island superpower. Can you survive both World Wars, prosper through the Great Depression, rule as an iron-fisted dictator through the Cold War and advance your country to modern times and beyond? From the 19th to the 21st century, each era carries its own challenges and opportunities. As well as a wealth of other new features, including advanced trading mechanics, technology, scientific research trees and island exploration, Tropico 5 will add cooperative and competitive multiplayer for up to four players for the first time in the series’ history! Viva El Presidente!
Research and Renovate - Advance your nation by discovering new buildings, technologies and resources. Renovate your old buildings to more efficient modern buildings.
Advanced trade system and trade fleet - Amass a global trade fleet and use your ships to secure trade routes to neighboring islands or world superpowers, both for export and import.
Explore your island - Discover what lies beyond the fog of war. Find valuable resource deposits and explore the ruins of ancient civilizations.
All new art - All artwork has been re-designed from scratch to provide Tropico 5 with a unique visual identity. Choose from over 100 buildings from each of the individual eras.
Cooperative and competitive multiplayer
Up to 4 players can build up their own cities and economies on any given island map. Players can choose to share resources, supplies and population or declare war on each other.
I will revise this review once I can actually play the game, but in the meantime, I preordered it a few weeks ago, it arrived via Prime yesterday, installed it this AM, and tried to play this evening. First, I was forced to create an "account" in order to install. Then, a 1.2GB patch. Okay, download and install. Then a 15MB patch. Okay, download and install. Now a 250MB patch. I think this is the last one, but come on - 3 patches and the game hasnt even been out a week yet. Please find a way to consolidate these into a single download, OR, how about testing and fixing your product prior to producing and distributing your game for sale....Another problem I've encountered: This game requires DirectX 11. I have DirectX 11. However, my DirectX is apparently supported by software, not my graphics card hardware. That means my graphics card is too old, and while my PC is able to basically replicate DirectX 11 using software, the game wont run - wont even start up! So now I am looking to upgrade my graphics card in order to play this dang game. Tack on another 2 days and another $50 bucks. I had an NVidia GeForce GT 8600 - an older graphics card. Just bought a EVGA GeForce GT 610 - hopefully I can drop it into one of my expansion slots, it is modern enough for this game, and it doesnt cause other unintended issues......In case you are wondering, from a STEAM support forum:DirectX 11 support is needed at hardware level, which is why the minimum requirements list graphics cards that have specifically been tested and confirmed to run Tropico 5. For some models (Radeon 4000 series), hardware level 10.1 does suffice, for some others, it doesn't. It also heavily depends on the driver - please make sure you're running the very latest driver available from your graphics card manufacturer if you're experiencing graphical errors and corruption.If your graphics card does not support the required hardware features, the game may not start at all or display graphical errors.Having DirectX 11 software installed is no guarantee that your graphics card meets the minimum system requirements. Updated Windows versions which meet the game requirements (Vista SP2 and above) are running DirectX 11 in software.This is the reason for listing specific graphics card models in the minimum requirements:- Nvidia GeForce 400 series or higher- AMD Radeon HD 4000 series or higher- Intel HD 4000 series or higher** Update **I bumped this up from 2 stars to 4, now that I've been playing the game for 2 weeks and have gotten over my initial anger at the upgrades and patches required to get started. After you play through the whole thing once, like any other sim game you do start to run out of options and the playability goes down. But it was fun and the graphics were good, and the game didnt crash on me once I got it up and running. There are some holes in the game from my perspective: would love a more complex "military" option and think more can be done with your "family". When I have more than a few docks I notice the ships start bashing into each other and that impacts how quickly they sail in and out of port, even if I move them to other parts of the island, the ships tend to congregate to the same part of the map. Also, struggling a bit to get the teamsters to pick up and deliver raw materials and goods quickly and finding it painfully slow educating people as more advanced buildings come along requiring high school and college educations, despite all the upgrades that exist to speed up that process, but hey, it's still fun.I hope they create expansion packs that include new building options (particularly for entertainment and residential) and more commerce that somehow benefits your island other than generating cash (like a mall that requires goods for a higher capitalism score), and more ways to use the factions on your island to impact success (I guess the edicts do this in a way). If they can add in a bit on the military side, would be fun to invade a neighboring island. This isnt a train sim, but some industrial transport system would be cool too. you've got planes, cruise ships, roads, trucks, etc. so why not a train?I havent done any multiplayer yet, so that might breathe new life into the game, but I prefer single player games, so....If you are a Tropico fan and have played previous iterations, you may be surprised to learn that this version is more than some new missions, maps, buildings, and the traditional formula for a solid edition of the series.This is a whole new approach. I won't waste anyone's eyesight by touching on the differences that are surely covered in the reviews that you've already looked at, but suffice it to say, if you would buy it expecting what usually constitutes a new version, it's hard not to be pleasantly surprised by the new motif. That isn't to say it's wonderful, but it is different and it is enjoyable.My big knock at the moment is that there just isn't a lot of variation to what is available to you out of the box once you play a handful of times. Of course, it surely appears to be designed to be the gift that keeps on taking through downloadable content in the form of new missions, so while that is nice, it would have been nice if they had considered offering up one of what is presumably to be offered at some point as part of the product you are about to buy to give the game some more playability.If you've enjoyed Tropico in the past - get it.At its very core Tropico 5 is a large expansion of the foundations set by Tropico 3 and 4. If you’re a fan of the previous games then you will recognise a lot of the old formulas creeping in once you get to the late-game. It’s not something that should put you off, but if you were a critic of earlier titles then there isn’t much in the way of change here for you.For those of you who are either new to the series or an old fan, I can’t recommend it enough. There’s still that charming humour behind everything you do. There’s still numerous paths you can choose to solidify your power and there’s still a huge amount of ways to build and sustain your city.Those familiarities may be a problem for veterans of the series, and understandably so. It’s undeniably iterative, but for me it does just enough to make it feel like a fresh way to experience Tropico. It’s a game that you can easily lose a whole day to and not feel like you wasted any of your time.So Let me start off by saying that I have been a fan of the series for awhile. The franchise has blazed a path that the sim city series should have followed... but they didn't.Tropico 5 is much different than the previous installments. From the interface to some of the core elements of the game. I feel that the series is trying to keep it fresh and they have done a lot of good things. Normally, I play sim games in a high 3rd person perspective and manage the overall aspects of placements and some small amount of micromanagement. T5 requires a lot more attention to details that the predecessors did not. For me that is a good thing as it requires you to be more involved. Small selections have a larger impact on the game overall. Still playing through and may update as I go.The learning curve is a little higher than I am used to, but it may just be age. :)I had a lot of fun, about a week's full gameplay with Tropico 5. You really do have a lot of sympathy for political leaders and even downright dictators after playing Tropico, even when you're desperately trying to improve your citizens lives, they are all like fussy children who can turn on you in a second. There are a lot of new features I liked - the historical progression - the ability to upgrade all the housing at once, the Library and Research skill path that reminds me of EVE Onlines skill queues. I do miss things from Tropico 4 - like the country communal houses, that were cool modern designs, and the ability to have fun decorating with statues, and trees and silly benches and beach umbrellas. I also would really enjoy the wide range of islands that occurred in previous versions - it's a little unrealistic to think that a Caribbean island would have coal, iron, bauxite, gold, oil, and uranium deposits. I kept the same character as if he was immortal, but I think that El Presidente needs to be changed when the eras change.I got the DVD with the game to install on my Win 8 machine. I did run the installation at least 4 times trying to figure out why the game won't start even the "Successful Installation" message was displayed. Tried different credentials and admin privileges, but nothing helped. Then I checked out the internet and did find out that for Win 8 system you have to download patch about 1.2 GB in size and run it to make the game working. Very disappointed that there was no note on the DVD, no hint, that this DVD is obsolete for recent version of Windows and how to avoid difficulties with installation process... After I got it working, then the game itself is good.Finally....you can delete all disasters is all situations...The thing is... all of the Tropico's are good...If you have played any of the earlier versions then you will be able to pick this up easily..Have funJohnWow, upgrade from Ver 1 to Ver5 and love it!Same game concept (which I was afraid they would 'update' and mess it up).Spent way too much time on it already.Good game, in the line of the former games, same style but more complex.wow super de bon jeu
