Political Tycoon

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PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Boring.... [Posted on 2002-07-18]
Fellas don't spend a dime on this game. It's boring...

Supposedly you become president / prime minister / leader of a country and you have to deal with other nations like real world.

We all know other countries are not "saints" and protect their very own interests, but this game magnifies "in extremis" this point. What do I mean? "You don't accept this trade agreement? Then booooom, you're nuked!" or "Support my blockade or you're nuked!"...
After 3 or 4 turns a nuclear war erupts somewhere and you end up being nuked most of the times!!!

The graphics are not that good either and the plot is sometimes too complex or simple...

Save your money [Posted on 2003-03-02]
The game is awful. I bought it, and thank goodness I only paid about 7.00 for it. I get to a certain point and I can't do anything else with it. It was terrible. Even the "patch" from the website did not work.

disappointment [Posted on 2004-03-09]
Isn't the "political" I was thinking of. This about going to war, etc. with other countries. I was hoping to be running for offices. Maybe starting with senator or congressman, eventually being a presidental candiate- campaining, debating with other candidates, etc. Or maybe being president, and making decisions- passing, vetoing bills, etc.

If anyone knows of a better "political" game, please tell us people who are disappointed with this game.

It's boring [Posted on 2004-04-12]
I actually bought this gme cause' I thought it would be fun. Can you believe that, I thought it was gonna be fun. It's way to complicated and the manual is too long and boring (not much different from any other manual) in addition to being boring it doesn't tell you what you need to know to complete a mission. The whole point is actually to blackmail and kill your allyies whick is stupid and that doesn't work. Overall the game shouldn't have to be paid for. If anyone tells you different, you go and buy it but you'll be as upset as me!

Fun for what it is, but sometimes not enough! [Posted on 2004-06-07]
I bought this game a little after I got "Superpower." The latter, with its possibility of playing every country in the modern world, just didn't live up to what I expected. This game, however, offered something "Superpower" didn't. I didn't realize it until I found myself playing it more. It might just be how much more refined the game system is, and hey...when you're in the right mood, its just plain fun!

You can manage resources, trade deals, and even military alliances. And unlike "Superpower" these military alliances actually MEAN something. The political system was also nice, as you can be hated or loved by your people depending on how you do.

And yet...this game is too limited. The scenarios give you objectives, most of which can be easily obtained or just don't spark my interest. They should have given you an option to have free reign, ruling your nation as you see fit. The scenarios also give you only a few countries to play, and only a handful to play against. They could have added many more nations in, and should have let you picked which to play among them. That would have not only added replay value, it just would have made it plain fun!

So I guess to sum it up, this is not a GREAT game, but it ain't all that BAD either. Don't expect the next great political simulator, but its worth a few hours of your time just to fart around. Don't spend too much money on it though.

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