| Tropico 3 review wrote: |
| The original Tropico was a clever and different city-building game with enough unique ****to help separate it from other RTS games in the genre. Tropico 2 arrived later, which was not received as well by the critics and fans due to core gameplay changes that simply did not work. And so was revealed Tropico 3, a spiritual "re-invention" of the original ****c which promised nothing more but to bring the ****c game to the modern audience with a few adjustments, and without altering the original formula too much. To this end, Tropico 3 delivers on its promises - the gameplay is instantly familiar to the fans of the original, and the new 3D world with great graphics and a re-energized soundtrack helps further promote this sequel. This time around, developed by Haemimont Games and Kalypso Media, the title pulls off interesting city building mixed with stellar and enjoyable presentations. The formula of the original was shifted a little to ensure good replayability was added and any core gameplay annoyances fixed, to the pleasure of the fans. However, this also means that the game continues to be a bit too complex for some fans, of which more is described later. |
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In other news, since my rant on EA sports in the previous blog, a few things happened. I got a little fed up with the company ignoring the user complaints on the forum, so I decided to approach things from a different angle - I emailed the PR rep for the company on behalf of NGN and actually got a reply within 5 working days. The rep said that the issue was taken into account by the dev team and they apologized for the troubles.
Lo and behold, on the same day I got that reply, the forums got updated with a moderator posting these same details for the community to see. Coinsidence? I think not. Still, I'm happy I got things moving at EA, but it was also a very cool experience making my first PR communication as a member of the Game Press industry, rather than just another consumer.
As some may know, I am currently slave-driving myself through life with full time school in the morning, and then straight to work until 11 pm at night, monday through thursday. So weekends (friday-sunday) are as valuable now as ever, to get all my gaming time done.
As you can tell, I've played Tropico 3 and it's a very fun game which I will continue messing around with. I also have Resistance to finish, along with Uncharted 2 SP. Now that NHL10 is patched, I am sinking alot of hours into my dynasty as well. Next up I am getting Borderlands, and beyond that FIFA 10 (when it's fixed similarly to NHL), Resistance 2 (coming in the mail), God of War PSP (very fun, preparing myself for GoW Collection in November).
Haven't been to the movies in quite some time, not a whole lot going on there.
The end.