Tropico 6

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  1. marc5477
    Apr 13, 2019
    5
    Its Tropico 5 with bridges and a menu option to increase population caps... instead of changing it from the config file... in other words, its the same game as 5. There are no new game play mechanics and anyone saying otherwise is lying out the wazoo. They are just the same old mechanics reshuffled and given a new skin and name while pretending that they are new. Its still a fun game and IIts Tropico 5 with bridges and a menu option to increase population caps... instead of changing it from the config file... in other words, its the same game as 5. There are no new game play mechanics and anyone saying otherwise is lying out the wazoo. They are just the same old mechanics reshuffled and given a new skin and name while pretending that they are new. Its still a fun game and I suppose if the prices are the same you should get the newer game but if you already own 5 there is no reason to buy 6.

    I completed the first 6 scenarios before getting bored and trying a sandbox game. It ended when I realized that tourism is (still) broken. Namely, despite having a population cap of 10,000, tourism has some sort of soft cap and will not rise above 300ish no matter what I do (same problem with old games). Kind of takes away from building a "resort island" idea since there is little else to do with the islands.

    Here is a list of the supposed new "mechanics" as listed on their website:

    ISLANDS - are mundane and adds nothing to the game. They are not a new mechanic unless you count adding a bridge and tunnel to the game as something incredible... how are they different than streets on a single island? They arent.

    BROKER - replaced the old way of earning sludge fund money. All you do is complete inane quests for him similar to the old quests you got from other countries and earn sludge fund money. This is not an improvement nor worth mentioning. you then use the sludge fund money to buy various things you dont need.... The broker is useless.

    RAIDS - are no different than old days but can be more frequent due to world wars. They land on your island, you annihilate them easily with just a couple of buildings and a tower. The added frequency did not add anything to the game. Rebel raids, on the other hand, are bugged and impossible to stop. They bypass towers and defenses entirely and set fires at will, then they simply disappear. Its obviously bugged but even if it worked, its just the same old mechanic. They are not a huge problem because its very easy to maintain very high happiness in the game.

    BLUEPRINTS - are lazy and meaningless. Basically you bring up the building meny and click to buy a blueprint... after you do the building is unlocked. Its just a cash dump barrier and adds nothing to the game especially since its so easy to make cash.    … Expand
  2. Landon_Orr
    Oct 24, 2019
    7
    This is my first time playing Tropico and I must declare that I absolutely love it. Thought I hope that they eventually add more content to it as it has so much potential
  3. jethro7
    Sep 9, 2021
    6
    Mostly enjoyable but as I progressed to later mission such as referendum and superpower defence, I found the game impossible. Seemingly every 5 minutes a fire would break out and destroy some important building such as a power station or factory. Sometimes I would get a message saying a fire had broken out but when I looked at the map there was no obvious fire. All this in spite of havingMostly enjoyable but as I progressed to later mission such as referendum and superpower defence, I found the game impossible. Seemingly every 5 minutes a fire would break out and destroy some important building such as a power station or factory. Sometimes I would get a message saying a fire had broken out but when I looked at the map there was no obvious fire. All this in spite of having a firs station with a helicopter. So I often ended up building even more fire stations ...wasting money and still fires every 5 minutes....ARGGGGGHHHHH! Stupid annoying fires. Who ever thought that this would make a game fun? I am not a new player I have played every Tropico version but there are some really annoying bugs with Tropico 6. Another annoying feature is that the campaigne is not logical just a series of seemingly random maps that have little resemblance to one another. You can succeed very well on one map and then the next one is so different and impossible that it bears no similarity to anything before. A logical campaign that takes the player through step by step missions instead of random unrelated missions would have been welcome. HINT: delete the fires from the next version of Tropico. Superannoying.… Expand
  4. HeadyWook
    Apr 3, 2019
    5
    played tropico 4/5, was super excited for 6. however it feels like a re-skinned 5 with the addition of islands lol. Not anywhere close to being worth 50 dollars. it's like tropic 5 with some mods, another good series gone to ****
  5. balvan64
    Mar 30, 2019
    6
    Same game again, no challenge, you can't lose, it's just boring....
    You shouldn't get it if you've played a Tropico game before.
  6. Eman0221
    Sep 23, 2019
    7
    It's essentially Tropico 5.5 with updated graphics, larger maps, FINALLY being able to relocate and edit the palace to somewhere more strategic and safer, more new buildings to plop including Sim City-Esque wonders which are useless and nonsensical (why would a banana republic dictatorship in the Caribbean build the Statue of Liberty or Taj Mahal?!?), and more economics and politicsIt's essentially Tropico 5.5 with updated graphics, larger maps, FINALLY being able to relocate and edit the palace to somewhere more strategic and safer, more new buildings to plop including Sim City-Esque wonders which are useless and nonsensical (why would a banana republic dictatorship in the Caribbean build the Statue of Liberty or Taj Mahal?!?), and more economics and politics options, but it's not a huge leap from 5 in the way 5 was for 4, nor have they changed or fixed issues from the last games. You still can't control and place your forces during attacks and raids. The road drawing tool has always been a frustrating problem and hasn't been fixed. You're still restricted to single lane roads with no option to build Highways, Railroads (although they added trams for some silly reason), ferries, etc. The in-game music is still the same that gets old and wearisome after long. Still no option to make your nation region-specific, like for example basing it in Asia or Africa. The humor and jokes are also old and tired. And if this game really wanted to be edgy and funny, why can't you have the option to export arms or be a drugs/nacro state?

    Wait for the DLCs, mods, and patches that should hopefully address these issues. Until then, stick to Tropico 5 or wait until the price comes down.    … Expand
  7. jc_denton
    Nov 24, 2020
    6
    This series is getting tiresome. This is now the fourth Tropico game follow the same exact formula. This is the best one of them all in a technical sense, the game looks good, is responsive and supports the simulation of a decent amount of Tropicans before the engine taps out. Soundtrack and atmosphere wise, this is probably the worst one. The funny radio is gone and replaced by yourThis series is getting tiresome. This is now the fourth Tropico game follow the same exact formula. This is the best one of them all in a technical sense, the game looks good, is responsive and supports the simulation of a decent amount of Tropicans before the engine taps out. Soundtrack and atmosphere wise, this is probably the worst one. The funny radio is gone and replaced by your sycophant lackey throwing out dad jokes ad nauseam. The soundtrack isn't as good as say in Tropico 3 and 4.

    The campaign is divided into separate levels now. This has its advantages, as it teaches you the ropes as you go along and early game mistakes won't come back to haunt you in the same way as in Tropico 5 where you revisited the same island in multiple missions. But it sort of leaves the campaign missions feeling a bit flat. You'll never nurture your own little island from a crown colony to a banana republic to an authoritarian off-shore tax haven in a single mission, which is a shame.

    DLC policy is pretty bad as always.

    My recommendation to fans of the earlier installments is to just wait and get the whole thing at a bargain price. If you ask me, there isn't enough fresh content here to warrant paying more than 15 bucks.    … Expand
  8. Fanchylul
    Feb 20, 2022
    7
    Тропико 6 это хорошее продолжение серии, сохранившее и развившее в себе все плюсы предыдущих частей.
    Прекрасная музыка, красивый тропический остров, вариативность путей развития и многое другое.
    Возможно, отчасти это так же является и главной проблемой этой игры. Каждая новая часть приносит минимум изменений, и практически не добавляет нового контента.    Тропико 6 это хорошее продолжение серии, сохранившее и развившее в себе все плюсы предыдущих частей.
    Прекрасная музыка, красивый тропический остров, вариативность путей развития и многое другое.
    Возможно, отчасти это так же является и главной проблемой этой игры. Каждая новая часть приносит минимум изменений, и практически не добавляет нового контента.
  9. GoodMorningAss
    Mar 6, 2020
    7
    Tropico is one of the best urban simulation games. In this part, the graphics and the gameplay itself in general were finalized.
  10. Bloodnes
    Sep 13, 2020
    6
    Данная часть игры меня не сильно зацепила, поиграл с пару часов и с нес, графика вроде ничего, звуковое сопровождение какое-то унылое, не хватает игре атмосферности, да и как по мне управление и менюшки не дружелюбные. 6/10
  11. Sepherim
    Jun 2, 2022
    7
    Tropico 6 es quizás demasiado continuista con lo visto en la saga hasta ahora, aunque aprovecha ese continuismo para refinar y perfeccionar mecanismos e ideas. Tiene algunas novedades, no diré que no, pero el feeling general es similar al vivido hasta ahora: gobernar tu ciudad, hacerla crecer, controlar a la población, cumplir los objetivos, etc. La variedad de edificios y construccionesTropico 6 es quizás demasiado continuista con lo visto en la saga hasta ahora, aunque aprovecha ese continuismo para refinar y perfeccionar mecanismos e ideas. Tiene algunas novedades, no diré que no, pero el feeling general es similar al vivido hasta ahora: gobernar tu ciudad, hacerla crecer, controlar a la población, cumplir los objetivos, etc. La variedad de edificios y construcciones está bastante bien, haciendo que haya varias estrategias viables para mantener nuestro gobierno, desde una economía fuerte que se nutra de la industria o el turismo y permita satisfacer las necesidades de la población, a la destrucción de otras naciones caribeñas para mantener nuestro apoyo alto, o a las medidas dictatoriales que queramos para acallar a la población. Todo esto mientras construimos infrastructuras, desarrollamos cadenas de producción, creamos centros de entretenimiento e investigación, entrenamos un ejército para lidiar con los rebeldes, aprobamos leyes... No hay mucho tiempo muerto en Tropico, de eso no hay duda.

    Gráficamente el juego es vistoso y colorido, pero no espectacular ni mucho menos. Cumple bien pero sin alardes. Y lo mismo ocurre con el sonido, cumple adecuadamente pero no tiene nada demasiado destacable. Lo que sí es destacable es que, al menos en mi experiencia, no me he encontrado con bugs de ninguna clase.

    Por todo ello, sin duda Tropico 6 es un juego divertido y que vale la pena si te gusta el género. Un 7.

    Y si te interesan sus aspectos más políticos y cómo podemos aprender del funcionamiento real de nuestras democracias mientras jugamos a Tropico 6: http://tribulaciones.es/tropico-6-y-su-democracia/    … Expand
  12. ProfAmateur
    Sep 10, 2021
    6
    The game is good (mechanics, hours to play, etc).
    The main 'issue' i have with this game is, that it's not relaxing. Sometimes it feels like work with a high stress level. On medium difficulty it's hard to earn enough money for all the quests which are given.
  13. Mr-Ichart
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    Ah yes, Tropico. This is a game series right out of nostalgia for me, so I will try to be fair. Tropico 6 has add much to it and removed as much. its like another review has mentioned its is Tropico 5 with bridges. While it does have a bit more than than, I do feel that sums things up rather well. More than likely we will get DLC that will readd features and buildings from the previousAh yes, Tropico. This is a game series right out of nostalgia for me, so I will try to be fair. Tropico 6 has add much to it and removed as much. its like another review has mentioned its is Tropico 5 with bridges. While it does have a bit more than than, I do feel that sums things up rather well. More than likely we will get DLC that will readd features and buildings from the previous installments or needlessly assine features (like the Twitter of Tropico) that have no real reason for being there. I do enjoy the new options to steal landmarks, yet it feels a bit disjointed. Tropico 6 is a lesson in absurdity. As in, you can make a game with some crazy mechanics or features, but then we cross a line where it goes from fun and wacky to just absurd and boring.

    So to be fair, its a really good game. Trust me on that. However I would rather go back to Tropico 5 or better yet the original Tropico....atleast then I could play as Lou Bega (see Mambo #5) trying to destroy the communists by building nightclubs.    … Expand
  14. Fallconex
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    it's about time to make a game with vast gameplay options, countless buildings, and huge maps... But not this time around...
  15. mkhue108
    Feb 26, 2023
    7
    I like Tropico series. This is feel like Tropico 5 with islands and bridges. Combat is **** though.

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Jul 8, 2019
    80
    Tropico 6 rises to be a worthy successor of Tropico 4, taking the franchise back on the track with its archipelago system and return of some of the old features from the previous games.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 15, 2019
    83
    Limbic Entertainment just took the reins of the series, so they didn’t change much, but when they did – they made the gameplay better and more diverse. [Issue#237, p.32]
  3. Game Debate
    Apr 30, 2019
    80
    Despite all of this griping, and all of these complaints, Tropico 6 is still sort of fun. Partly it's just watching the numbers going up. When the freighter arrives in port and your first shipment of electronics goes to market, netting you enough money to build a new stadium, it's like a little pat on the head that can be weirdly addictive. There are certainly some bugs that probably shouldn't exist on the fourth (fifth? sixth?) iteration of essentially the same game, but the special sauce that has allowed them to actually get away with making six Tropico games is still there.
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