4 stars (Argh - A good time indeed) - After playing Civilization III at an almost addictive rate, Tropico II - Pirate's Cove is a breath of fresh air. And maybe a bit more challenging. There's a tricky balance to keeping your captives resigned and your pirates happy. The graphics are fun and so is a Pirate's life. The learning curve is higher than Civ III (it was for me) - there are so many varibles with Tropico II - a reason why I like the game. The ships a player gets to build are cool. I have had the game unexpectedly quit on me a couple of times and the auto save feature can get annoying. But overall it's a purchase I'm happy with. 5 stars (A great new edition to the wonderful original Tropico) - If you liked Tropico, you should find this fun and entertaining as well. I think both Tropico/Tropico 2 are the best sim games on the market, much more fun that the usual city building games. At first it's a little difficult to grasp some of the concepts, and game play is a little different than the original. In this version you're concerned a lot more with events that actually happen off the island, where as in the original you didn't have any control over what happened when boats/planes left the island. Of course, you also didn't have to worry about ships sinking... The types of games are similar to the original Tropico, where you have scenarios or ones you design yourself. The map editor is a great thing that was not included with the original. You can play single games or there is also a "campaign" that starts you off easy and increases in difficulty (like the Warcraft campaign idea). Pirate Cove provides hours and hours of swashbuckling fun and has many new features. As far as gameplay goes, performance has improved since the original Tropico, it works great in OS X. If you like this game, I'd HIGHLY recommend the original Tropico also. ... DESTINEER INC :: tropico :: 2 :: pirate :: cove :: mac :: destineer :: inc :: business :: finance :: business :: finance :: tropico2-piratecove(mac) 12 may :: 2005 :: Tropico 2- Pirate Cove (Mac)
5 stars (gooses review) - Anyone who buys this game will learn 2 things 1. the average american can become the dictator of his or her own carribean island and 2. outsourcing american jobs is a good thing (for el presedente). This game can provide hours of entertainment for those who like city simulations. This game is also a fair representation to dictators like sudam huesien or fiedel castro in that the only motives you have to be cruel in this game are to make money for your swiss bank account, to hold onto power, or to get stuff you want done faster. My favorite activity is loading up the jails with people who don't respect me and then sending them to florida on little rafts to get rid of them. Burning all the books on the island also prooves useful when some of the people get to the point where they think their smarter than you. This is another good game for people with old computers 5 stars (Business Sim and RPG Combined) - This classic game combines the best elements of RPG play with a great business sim. You will never tire of it; each new scenario emphasizes a very different aspect of the game's learning curve. ... Global Star Software :: Computer Role Playing Games (Game :: rpgs :: rpg :: crpg :: crpgs) :: World Building (Builders) :: Simulations :: Strategy (Strategic) :: Adventure :: Action :: Computer :: Tropico Master Player-s Edition
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