![]() The addition of multiple islands adds a fresh twist where you can link production and take advantage of varying resources while building out your island nation. The core mechanics provide stepping stones to unlock more and more as you progress. It certainly meets the requirements I was looking for with flexible road placement and several categories of buildings to use. Construction is just one layer of gameplay. Tropico 6 isn’t just a decent city builder, it hones the whole simulator genre by taking it beyond just free placement of buildings to cater to your patrons. The main campaign is additionally robust which you can sink a lot of time into. There’s no shortage of content as sandbox mode provides limitless options. The story and dialogue have a fair amount of humor and have been well crafted for a city builder sim. The voice actors have done a fantastic job breathing life into the colorful characters you’ll meet. Care must be taken in either case as the decisions you make can lead to dire consequences. Some are required for successful completion of a scenario while others are optional. You’re mostly cut free to do your own thing but occasionally faction leaders or others will approach you with tasks and missions. ![]() There are a few story prompts sprinkled within the game. You tread a delicate balance of placating your distant overlords while appeasing your local subjects. During your colonial era, you are instilled by “the Crown” as the local Governor. Smuggling, pirate raids and rebellious zealots are the makeup of your government and provide a means to an end. You can oppress your people under your thumb or raise a small nation to be the thorn in the side of the superpowers of the world. In the Tropico 6 campaign you dance across various archipelagos while you build your dream world atop a grouping of islands. The Tropico series, unlike traditional simulators, gives you ultimate control as a power craved dictator. ![]() Does this interurban island escape mirror the PC it was ported from or should it sink to the depths of the eShop sea? Ideas Do Not Need Weapons Tropico 6 is the latest to join the bunch and I’ve had the pleasure of checking it out. But they exist and they are a godsend for portable urban planning. ![]() Though the eShop is flooded with games to the point of drowning you when wading through the never ending sea of titles, city builders are still relatively few and far between. Nintendo’s hybrid system has filled that particular niche for me. They had the look of a grand city builder but beneath the facade of clever looking constructors were paywalls, limited placement tiles and ultimately cheap knockoffs. In fact, the majority of the mobile options were red herrings. Even on my iPad I could run a search for “city builder” and turn up a thousand hits, but none of them were exactly what I was looking for in a simulated cityscape. Finding a decent city builder on Sony’s portable device was a pipe dream. Prior to the launch of the Nintendo Switch, the PS Vita occupied the majority of my gaming time. Over the last few decades, many have been ported over to one console or another but the genre still seemed elusive in the handheld gaming realm. Simulation games, primarily city builders are a rare treat outside of the PC world.
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