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[Ventrue]

Please tell me this is the boxart. :lol

:lol I love it.

 

[OscarMalory]

Yes, this is the boxart

 

[VicViper]

Some love it, others hate it. I guess it's a good thing you can customize your own avatar in the game, even choose a female "La Presidenta".

Xbox 360 and PC versions of Tropico 3 will be on display and playable at the Kalypso "beach" in Hall 6.1, booth C054 of GamesCom!

 

[VicViper]

Jeff Gerstmann loves it, apparently:

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/my-new-favorite-box-art-tropico-3/1622/

 

[tonkatsu_ramen]

wow this game came out of nowhere.

Now I have to decided between the pc or xbox version.

 

[Doytch]

wow this game came out of nowhere.

Now I have to decided between the pc or xbox version.

Uhhh, there's a decision to be made? PC.

 

[CultureClearance]

Uhhh, there's a decision to be made? PC.

This game doesn't look low-spec friendly. Even the trailer seems to be taking frame hits all over the place. For me, I'll try the demo. If I like it I have one more option... if I feel like spending some money for a new graphics card, I'll go PC. If I don't I'll try 360. I like that I have options this time around.

 

[Jonsoncao]

Um am I the only one who saw title as "Trico" :lol

No sir u r not alone :lol

 

[Gaz Pwnage]

360 version please. Unless the PC version is LIVE enabled :O

 

[VicViper]

Box Art in full glory:

 

[CultureClearance]

I love the concept, but it doesn't look good that big. The hands look photographic, the body and face looks drawn and the island looks like an entirely different artist made that and photoshopped it into the picture. It needs a second pass.

 

[Shamrock]

I love the concept, but it doesn't look good that big. The hands look photographic, the body and face looks drawn and the island looks like an entirely different artist made that and photoshopped it into the picture. It needs a second pass.

Don't be that guy that goes into funny threads and ruins it by nitcpicking on some non-sense. Are you seriously going to just ignore how he rocks that beard to talk about his hands. :lol

 

[dionysus]

Love the lopsided glasses. Nice touch. Dude looks high.

 

[NIN90]

Credit goes to BrickRoad on GB

 

[falastini]

The original Tropico still holds out so much re-playability for me. I never tried the expansions, but I heard i didn't miss much anyways. Hope it comes out on steam... but I almost wanna get the box so I can laminate that sweet art .

 

[Hammer24]

Is there a demo planned? Not sure I´m going to dip without one.

 

[VicViper]

Official release dates and demo:

Worldwide (including UK/USA):
PC & Xbox 360: 16th October, 2009

Germany:
PC: 24th September, 2009
Xbox 360: 16th October, 2009

The PC demo will be released the week commencing 7th September, 2009.

 

[Dennis]

Official release dates and demo:

Worldwide (including UK/USA):
PC & Xbox 360: 16th October, 2009

Germany:
PC: 24th September, 2009
Xbox 360: 16th October, 2009

The PC demo will be released the week commencing 7th September, 2009.

Cool, will try the demo.

 

[VicViper]

GamesCom 09 "Vote El Presidente Or Else" Trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-tropico-3/54636

First campaign mission walkthrough (3 parts):

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-tropico-3/55034
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-tropico-3/55036
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-tropico-3/55038

 

[OscarMalory]

Demo is out now:

http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_start/Downloads/Download/53018.html

The site is German, but the demo is multilingual (EFIGS).

 

[Joseph Merrick]

f yeah

 

[VicViper]

Jeuxvideo.fr download mirror:

http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/demo-jouable-tropico-disponible-actu-299190.html

 

[Philthy]

So where is this demo? We're a few days late aren't we?

Edit: Err is that English?

 

[GWX]

Downloading the demo now

Hopefully it will runs well. (well = 60fps)

 

[OscarMalory]

There is only one version of the demo, and it is multilingual - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian.

 

[VicViper]

Official forum post with more download mirrors: http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=1713

 

[OscarMalory]

Downloading the demo now

Hopefully it will runs well. (well = 60fps)

Hopefully you have a God machine the likes of which I have never seen

 

[VicViper]

Need to share the demo mission descriptions, they're awesome:

Kalypso Media today release the demo version of the upcoming strategy game TROPICO 3. Take control of El Presidente and play the game tutorial and the first two missions of the full version.

MISSION 1: Bananas

The abdication of the old Presidente of St. Helena provided the perfect opportunity for your rise to power. Now as the head of state it is your job to lead this small island nation to a new age of prosperity.

St. Helena is a modest island with rich and fertile lands, which have attracted the attention of the American food conglomerate Fruitas LTD. You should make use of the gringos to secure the financial future of the island as well as your own Swiss Bank Account.


MISSION 2: Second Chance

The band of rebels led by your twin managed to drive you out of your own island. Taking the entire treasury, you hitched a ride on an old fishing boat, seeking refuge in your summer residence on the island of El Acantilado.

Chased away from their own homes, your most loyal supporters have followed you. Taking the burden of leadership once again you have promised them a fresh start. Your new island is a poor and dry hunk of rock. Several rich iron ore deposits are its only viable resources…..

 

[negreenfield]

Sweet, I will be trying this out tonight. I bought my mid-range gaming PC back in December of '08 so hopefully it runs it ok.

 

[OscarMalory]

Sweet, I will be trying this out tonight. I bought my mid-range gaming PC back in December of '08 so hopefully it runs it ok.

It basically needs a SM3.0 videocard, meaning Geforce 6600 or higher, or ATI x1300 or higher. It also really loves dual-and-higher-core CPUs, although, of course, will also run on singlecores.

If you have a weak CPU, turn off shadows and lower the view distance from the options; if you have a weak GPU, again shadows, and reduce "scene resolution".

 

[Ricker]

This will fail so much sales wise on consoles it won't even be funny.

 

[GWX]

Hopefully you have a God machine the likes of which I have never seen

Yeah, I'm expcting A BIT too much.

 

[VicViper]

30fps is perfectly fine for a slow strategy game like this.

 

[Dennis]

Tropico 3 Demo screenshots

 

[VicViper]

These are just beautiful.

 

[Doytch]

Specs and performance?

Downloading now...

 

[Gully State]

For comparison purposes to DennisK4's screenshots

Original Tropico

 

[Gully State]

Wow, the demo plays exactly like the original one. It's kinda both good and bad at the same time.

 

[VicViper]

Demo gameplay footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8uttFTJug

 

[negreenfield]

Wow, the demo plays exactly like the original one. It's kinda both good and bad at the same time.

Funny you should say this, just got done playing the demo some and this was exactly my thoughts as well. It's fun just like the original Tropico but it seems almost exactly the same just better graphics.