I click OK to dismiss the advice and intend to pause the game. Notably absent in that list of priorities is jobs. Poor investment will put you in a spiral of bankruptcy from which your small island nation cannot recover. Wise investment can create a robust and growing economy.
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Tropico is also an economic simulator in addition to being a political sim. If you prioritize your spending along those lines you’ll rarely go wrong. Here I am being shown what is in effect the game’s translation of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Food, religion, health care, homes, fun. Usually they’re good advice, but the game is open-ended enough that you don’t always need to take that advice. Rockin’ the suit and creating my background.Īlthough the game comes with a tutorial even after you start playing the regular campaign periodically hints will pop up to help you along. For the three traits I pick Patriot (which gives me a bonus with the Nationalist faction and native-born Tropicans), Scholarly (which gives me a bonus for worker training speed), and Survivalist (an add-on from the DLC which helps my citizens consume less food and gives me a bonus with the Environmentalist faction). This gives me bonuses to liberty, production, relations with the US and a bonus to the Capitalist faction. My path to power is Elected as a Capitalist. However it comes at a cost – I lose 5% respect from the religious faction. My background is that of Booze Baron which gives me double the prices for selling rum. The player also needs to select a background, rise to power, and three traits. Before the player can get down to the business of gaming he needs to do more than pick out an avatar. Nothing says, “I’m a petty third world dictator” like running around with a gas mask on. Of course I have to dress up in the hazmat suit. I purchased the Apocalypse DLC so I have access to some extra traits that don’t come with the base game.