Recent reviews by based af

Good game, but a bit lacking in many departments. I'm neutral about this game as of today.

First, the good stuff:

+ New engine runs great and looks good too
+ Archipelagos add a new challenge to your island
+ Soundtrack is better than in Tropico 5
+ Great freedom in setting up controls, graphics, camera panning speed etc etc which makes the game easy to control
+ Lord Wyndham is the best caricature character in the series so far

Stuff I'm still on the fence about:
* Slightly improved trading system compared to Tropico 4 and 5, although I'd wish you had more trade licenses or just allowed imports on a per-building basis.
* Tourism seems very hard to pull off. I haven't had a single hotel make a good amount of profit.
* Colonial era is pretty predictable, just extend mandates each time, ignore housing, build up your agriculture and a newspaper once you have excess cash in order to slowly trigger independence

Negatives:

- It's hard to build up a diverse import-based economy in this game without having sources of the raw materials yourself, due to the limit on trade deals
- Teamsters are dumb as always
- Not that much new stuff in the end
- Your progress becomes predictable pretty quickly
- Research and raids become tedious after a while
- Running your island as an actual dictator is actively discouraged by the game balance. You're better off running an authoritarian free market system, later on turning it into a tax haven.
- Tourism is broken. Upkeep costs are too high and you will almost certainly run at a loss.

Conclusion: 6/10. If you love Tropico like I do, you'll play it and love it. I'm still a bit on the fence as to whether or not I'm satisfied with my purchase. I'm enjoying the game, but I was wishing for more.

Overpowered civ that basically has double the science of everyone else starting at turn 25 on standard speed. Having Bowmen frees you from teching Construction too early on higher difficulties in order to defend against an AI rush. Great Scientist generation bonus is utterly ridiculous.