Tropico Reloaded
Kalypso Media has announced the production of a new Tropico experience, Tropico Reloaded. It contains the original Tropico, the expansion pack - Tropico: Paradise Island - and the sequel Tropico 2: Pirates Cove. All 3 games will be Vista compatible and they'll be some bonus material and a trailer for Tropico 3 as well! It will be released on July 24 and carrys an £14.99 price tag (roughly $22). Its available to pre-order now on play.com and amazon.co.uk - however there is currently no release date for USA. You can visit the Tropico/Tropico 2 website here (NB: the website's in german).
Tropico originally released in 2001 (with the sequel in 2002). Its a city-building/construction/managment game that puts you on a remote carribean island as 'El Presidente' during the cold war. You can focus on industry or torusim to bring prosperity to your island and and will have to juggle plitics and make sure you stay in power! The expansion pack added addtional content such as new buildings, natural disasters and a random event generator. The sequel was quite different and rubbished upon release. You can see the wiki entrys for the games by clicking on the links below:
Tropico // Tropico:Paradise Island // Tropico 2: Pirates Cove
Tropico 3
Kalypso Media has revelaed a brand new Tropico game, simply entitled Tropico 3 for release this year. The game will return to the roots of the series and once again place you in the role of 'El Presidente' governing an island in the banana republic. New features include a comprehensive campiagn, a timeline editior and an avatar feature so you can roam around your island in person. The game is cheduled for release in september. The game will have a hevy focus on city-building and is being deveolped by Haemimont Games with Kalypso Media as publisher. Links below:
Tropico 3 Official Website // Teaser Trailer // Haemimont Games
I personally am very excited, I loved Tropico and never played the expansion pack and sequel. Tropico is a great game with an excelletn soundtrack, great humour and fine-tuned gameplay. If you haven't played it or missed out on Pirates Cove or Paradise Island now's a perfect chance to start. I stubled upon news of these two releases by accident, they were announced just shy of amonth ago but I felt it needed a thread. Tropico was a a great game and the sequel is so far shaping up nicely. Are you excited? Did you play the original Tropico?
