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Tropico 3 Xbox 360 Preview

I had a roommate in college who would spend hours by himself in his room, glued to his computer. Sure, in real life he was broke and kinda messy, but in the virtual world of Tropico he was \"El Presidente\", the supreme leader of a banana republic somewhere in the Caribbean. And you know what? He now works for a major multinational mining company, so clearly all of those hours in front of the computer didn't go to waste.\n\nThe rest of us will get a chance to train as third world dictators this fall, when Kalypso Media launches Tropico 3 for the PC and Xbox 360. Kalypso acquired the rights to publish the game from Take Two, who were sitting on the franchise but not doing anything productive with it. According to the developers, the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game will be near identical, except that the 360 interface has been tweaked to make it more friendly on the console control scheme. \n\nTropico is a management simulator that takes place during a semi-fictional Cold War. As the leader of a tiny tropical island, you will be buffeted on all sides by winds of both ideological and natural origin. The game is really all about choices: for example, you will have to decide whether you want to use your army to secure your power base in the best traditions of corrupt tyrants everywhere, or lead your people to prosperity in your role as generous elder statesman. Your choices will then become manifest on the landscape - will your island resemble a sinful tax paradise, or a hardworking socialist utopia?\n\n\n\n\n\nWill you build your nation with its citizens' best interest in mind... or your own?\n\n\nNo matter whether you turn Tropico into a vacation paradise, a police state or a modern industrial nation, you will always have to defend your actions before your people. Wander through Tropico as El Presidente in order to intimidate political opponents, hold populist speeches or just to enjoy your country's own Caribbean flair. \n\nSome of us have the gift of oratory, while others do not. Tropico 3 is your chance to see how you measure up against the great speakers of our time. Your task will be to gain favour from your voters when you create your speeches as El Presidente. Speeches are held before elections and are a great tool to sway some voters in your favor. When a speech is created, the player outlines the general directions of the speech (what problems to address, which faction or superpower to praise, what promises to make). His secretary creates the speech from these notes. But remember, if the player doesn't keep his election promises, he or she will bear consequences later.\n\nDon't forget to keep a sharp eye on the dangers and side-effects of your absolute power! Danger lurks on every corner, be it militant revolutionaries bent on installing a communist junta, or the machinations of the superpowers USA and the Soviet Union, both of whom would like to see a more amenable ruler in strategically important Tropico. History takes its course with events such as the Cuba crisis, papal visits and other actual decisive historical events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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