Tropico 3

grizzly

Anyone heard much about this good/bad/indifferent?

qwertz

Release date: September 2009

grizzly

qwertz wrote: »

Release date: September 2009

Yeah, I want to know if people were anticipating this title or had experience of the series.

qwertz

I see. I played the previous two games+mission pack. Good fun. Let's hope the new one will be as good as Fallout 3

Some previews and screenshots:

http://ie.pc.ign.com/articles/101/1012996p1.html

http://gogaminggiant.com/2009/08/06/calamity-paradise-tropico-3-preview/

http://news.firingsquad.com/games/tropicopreview/

Adamcp898

Yeah really hoping this will be good too, used to love the first one

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KBarry

I'm looking forward to it. The original was very good. Funny enough, I dragged it out a couple of months back before I heard of the sequel. It's still highly playable after, what - 10/15 years?. The only downside was the graphics look pretty dated

allanb49

KBarry wrote: »

I'm looking forward to it. The original was very good. Funny enough, I dragged it out a couple of months back before I heard of the sequel. It's still highly playable after, what - 10/15 years?. The only downside was the graphics look pretty dated

First one was out in 01/02 if i remember

KBarry

allanb49 wrote: »

First one was out in 01/02 if i remember

You're right. Thought it was in the 90s sometime.

wayne040576

The PC demo for this is supposed to be released this week.

allanb49

Anyone get the demo? doesnt work on my comp?

Stev_o

Got it and works fine, great fun aswell.

wayne040576

Yeah I got it as well and it worked ok. Only did the tutorial so far.

Sephiroth_dude

Whats the demo like?

wayne040576

Still only did the tutorial . Seems ok. There's lots of options even when choosing your avatar.

By the way, Gamersgate did a twitter discount tonight on all their games between 9pm and 9.20. I got tropico for 25 quid. 31 normally

qwertz

And it's in the shops.

Sephiroth_dude

hmm did'nt see it in game today,will have a look tomorrow.

wayne040576

Didn't think it was out until the 16th. At least on Gamers Gate anyways.

Sephiroth_dude

Yup its out the 16th,asked in game today.

qwertz

I should have mentioned that I am on the continent and it's in the shops here. Multilingual version.

I read some reviews and they are pretty good.

Sephiroth_dude

Anybody get it?

wayne040576

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Anybody get it?

Yeah. I haven't played it though. All the delays with the release meant I forgot about it. It's on my gamersgate account and I haven't even downoaded it yet .

Must get around to it this week but with playing Torchlight and Divinity and waiting for LFD2 through the post and the new demigod updates, I don't think I'll have time to give it a good go.

Sephiroth_dude

I read a review and they said it had a steep learning curve.

allanb49

Demo up on Xbox live market place

Kernel

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I read a review and they said it had a steep learning curve.

Nah it's not too bad. Kinda limited scope though, it's over fairly quickly and there's not much replay value tbh.

Sephiroth_dude

Ah good to know,might get if im bored at some stage or it comes down in price.

cherryghost

5 month bump. Bought this on the Steam sale. It's addictive as hell. Played it constantly on my days off. First few attempts had me game over within an hour or so. Finally got the hang of it though! Loving it

Sephiroth_dude

Theres an expansion for this coming out soon.

allanb49

Ooooo any more details

cherryghost

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Theres an expansion for this coming out soon.

It's already out. Thats why the base game was on sale on Steam last week

Sephiroth_dude

Crap missed my chance to get it on the cheap then.