Summary: Parents need to know that Tropico 3 is a city building simulation game in which the player takes on the role of a Caribbean dictator who can be either a real personality
Excerpt: The Absolute Power expansion pack to Tropico 3 offers new edicts, new building types, and new missions to the enjoyable original, but it does not offer enough new content
Pros: New building types and edicts help address social issues, Additional tutorial helps a new player get up to speed, New missions are creative and challenging
Cons: Not very much additional content for the money, A must buy only for those who play the original extensively, Small unit tweaks and additions are nice to have but not e...
Summary: Dust off that dictator's cap and warm up the AK-47s - the new expansion pack to Tropcio 3 is here.
Pros: Missions provide a greater focus on storyline, scripted events, and hardened objectives to make things a lot more interesting; noticeable level of tweaks and fixes to ...
Cons: Still a touch unstable and likes to crash errantly after long play periods; lack of new music tracks is a disappointment; no edict to shoot Betty Boom
Excerpt: Tropico 3 is a city building simulator that takes place during and after the Cold War. You are the dictator of an island nation and your people depend on you to take care...
Pros: Controls are surprisingly simple and intuitive., Campaign, side games, and challenges can keep a player busy for hours., Conflicts and challenges set up an enjoyable a...
Cons: Steep learning curve,if you're not familiar with genre., Statistics are in small font and initially tough to understand., Suffers from limitations of game controller v...
Conclusion: Tropico 3 combines a very good city building game with an intriguing political game. In that regard, it's fairly unique in the 360 catalog.