Don't get me wrong Tropico 6 is a good title for people who are new to the series and standalone it is a decent Tycoon game. Nothing to really write home about but still good.
However, coming from a huge fan of the series Tropico 6 just does not capture the same aesthetic, game-play loop, and overall goofy factor that Tropico 3 & 4 offer. If you are coming from Tropico 4 I recommend holding off on your purchase and waiting for a prospective Tropico 7.
To give a quick rundown of things I dislike
- Very few ways to have a successful Island. You are almost always forced down 2-3 paths of economy and it really encourages you to min max your economy to be successful.
- The new politics system is garbage imo. The faction demands feel like they were pulled out of a 3rd graders understanding of Latin American politics and some of the factions make very little sense for the era the game is set in. I mean really? You guys are putting liberal vs conservative dynamics in a game about the caribbean? Where half the elections are between socialists, liberals, US backed fascists, and very very very few neocons? It is nonsensical.
- The era system is too large in scope. I would prefer a game that focused on cold war and then into the modern era in order to keep things focused and keep the aesthetics in line across the entire game.
- The aesthetic is all over the place between eras and it really ruins the whole caribbean vibe. The series has always focused on a faux central America vibe in the 1950s onward. You go immediatly from colonizers in the 1700s to 1917 then jump again to WW2 then jump again to the Cold war.
- Some of the systems in the game are OP. Raids are far too easy to min/max.
Finally, the only thing I really enjoy in this title over 4 is the ability to sign trade deals that affect relations between superpowers and can also give you bonus money for exporting goods. This system is better than Tropico 4's notifications system where you would just get 5k for promising to complete a trade deal.
However, coming from a huge fan of the series Tropico 6 just does not capture the same aesthetic, game-play loop, and overall goofy factor that Tropico 3 & 4 offer. If you are coming from Tropico 4 I recommend holding off on your purchase and waiting for a prospective Tropico 7.
To give a quick rundown of things I dislike
- Very few ways to have a successful Island. You are almost always forced down 2-3 paths of economy and it really encourages you to min max your economy to be successful.
- The new politics system is garbage imo. The faction demands feel like they were pulled out of a 3rd graders understanding of Latin American politics and some of the factions make very little sense for the era the game is set in. I mean really? You guys are putting liberal vs conservative dynamics in a game about the caribbean? Where half the elections are between socialists, liberals, US backed fascists, and very very very few neocons? It is nonsensical.
- The era system is too large in scope. I would prefer a game that focused on cold war and then into the modern era in order to keep things focused and keep the aesthetics in line across the entire game.
- The aesthetic is all over the place between eras and it really ruins the whole caribbean vibe. The series has always focused on a faux central America vibe in the 1950s onward. You go immediatly from colonizers in the 1700s to 1917 then jump again to WW2 then jump again to the Cold war.
- Some of the systems in the game are OP. Raids are far too easy to min/max.
Finally, the only thing I really enjoy in this title over 4 is the ability to sign trade deals that affect relations between superpowers and can also give you bonus money for exporting goods. This system is better than Tropico 4's notifications system where you would just get 5k for promising to complete a trade deal.