īefore starting a custom game, the player may either design their own "El Presidente" character or select one from a list of pre-made leaders. Edicts are used to achieve various game effects, from appeasing one of the superpowers by openly praising them, to instating martial law or giving a tax break to the populace. The player is able to issue a number of governmental edicts, some of which require funding or the availability of particular buildings.
The game also includes a tutorial level, which teaches the player the game mechanics and controls of the game. The custom game also allows the player to choose how many game years the simulation will run for (a minimum of 10 years, a maximum of 70), and what conditions will determine victory (if any). Many other aspects of gameplay, such as political and economic difficulty, can also be customized to make the game easier or more difficult. The player can customize the map of the island, adjusting its size and steepness to personal preference. Custom games allow virtually all starting conditions to be controlled. The game includes several scenarios, each with a stated level of difficulty. Scenarios are predetermined game conditions with defined goals that must be accomplished in order to win. Tropico can be played in two gameplay modes: scenario or custom game/random map. If an army base is established in the country, it may ask for specific tasks, and low satisfaction will lead them to overthrow "El Presidente". The superpowers may build a military base on Tropico, protecting the island from the other and offering monthly payments. If either of the Cold War superpowers becomes unhappy with the player's regime, it may launch an invasion to overthrow it. If "El Presidente" manages to stay in positive view of the Soviet Union and the United States they will supply him with foreign aid money. If the army is dissatisfied, it can stage a coup d'état. Rebels can defeat the army and storm the Presidential palace. Individual factions and powers can also end or disrupt El Presidente's rule. If the island's populace disapproves of the player's actions, they may vote their leader out of office. Regardless of any other stated victory condition, the main goal of any Tropico game is to stay in power. It is available both digitally on Steam and GOG.com, and on disc.Ī screenshot depicting the strategy oriented gameplay. The game was re-released in the three-game pack Tropico Reloaded, packing the original game, the expansion pack Tropico: Paradise Island, and the sequel Tropico 2: Pirate Cove into one release. Tropico 6 was released on March 29, 2019. A fourth game, Tropico 4, was released on August 26, 2011, and a fifth game, Tropico 5, was released on May 23, 2014. The third game in the series Tropico 3, was released in the autumn of 2009. A sequel, Tropico 2, was released on April 8, 2003. Tropico has several expansion packs and new editions, including Tropico: Paradise Island, plus a combined copy of the original and Paradise Island entitled Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition (released on June 27, 2002). The game won the Original Music Composition category in the 2002 Interactive Achievement Awards.
Tropico features Latin-styled Caribbean music, largely performed by Daniel Indart. This is similar to the previous 8bit Game Dictator by DK'Tronics, except in Dictator the success is measured by the amount you put away in your Swiss bank account, which is an offshore bank account. The game is tongue-in-cheek in its presentation of semi-democratic banana republics, using a great deal of humor while still referencing such topics as totalitarianism, electoral fraud, and the interventions of powerful companies (United Fruit is implied) and the Cold War superpowers (the United States and Soviet Union). The games see the player taking the role of "El Presidente", the ruler of a fictional island country in the Caribbean during the Cold War era from the 1950s onward. Feral Interactive has developed and published a number of the games in the series for Mac OS X.
Tropico is a construction and management simulation video game developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001.
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