Tropico 6 - Before You Buy

Tropico 6 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) is the latest nation builder with a dash of personality and dictatorship. What's new in this one? Let's talk.

[TheFuriuswc]

If you say anything bad about this game, i will report to El Presidente

[DSAmage]

I will it make short. Vote El Presidente. Viva Tropico.

[denniswolff]

For those new to Tropico who are thinking about buying it:
-City sim with a political/rpg aspect to it. Make Tropico a utopian dream for your citizens or make a dystopian nightmare where they wish they'd never lived to begin with.
-If you're in it for a large color pallet and good visuals, this is does not offer that. It's a city sim.
-UI may seem to be clunky but most things are no more than a click (or two) away. It's actually very clean and simple.
-Very easy to get into.
-Not a micromanagement game, though you can't completely for get your responsibilities as El Presidente.
-Good replay value.


My personal take on this game is that it is a very good game if you're looking for a city sim that's less dry and mundane. You've got factions within your island who all want different things as well as major political forces. You can choose how much each person earns in their job, you can bribe, disgrace, imprison or assassinate your citizens, choose their living conditions, make everything more (in)expensive, pass laws such as contraception banning, social security, Tax cuts, wealth tax, prohibition, mardi gras, etc, etc, etc). Don't let me start on the constitution! You can ammend the constitution! You can dictate how long your people have to work, religion, who is forced to help the military, how the market works, how the news works, how... - wait.. - right.... all I want to say is you should get this game. Is it worth 60 bucks? I don't think so, but I'd think about buying it at 40, and 30 would be a price I would definitely get it for.

[JustSomeoneWhoLikesBears]

They just put it in Game Pass, so I'm seeing if it deserves the time

[Toto-]

I just want a Tropico game where military management actually matters.


So far, just having a few soldiers is enough to beat any attempt at a coup by your opponents... "meh"

[TeddyNinja]

The Tropico series has sneakily become one of my most played series. I've already thrown many hours into Tropico 6 and so far so good :)

[daboiofbois]

Tropico 6 kept the good inventions of 5 while bringing back some stuff i missed from 4 imo

[ErebosGR]

In terms of humor, voice acting and gameplay mechanics, I still think that Tropico 4 is the best one.

[YusufMaulanaAripin]

One thing that make me love tropico is the music, the vibes, and the beautiful landscape.

[cheese]

Why does minute rice take 15 minutes to cook

[monkofmayhem]

I love tropico 5 but i was hoping for a bit more innovation in this one. Ill prob still buy it if the price is right.

[SimonAshworthWood]

Please tell us more about the specific differences between old and new versions in your reviews. That's what I most want to know about Tropico 6.

[yetibluebeard]

I love being able to guess who’s gunna be doing the BYB just based off the game title, as soon as I saw Tropico 6 I knew my man would be handling this one. Gotta love all their different personalities and how they compliment each other and makes this channel feel different all the time

[jali]

Gameranx, Please do a before you buy on Outward. The game is looking phenomenal from a small studio of 10 developers.

[nicktrains]

When you played tropico 5 did anyone else find the camera moved extremely clunkily?

[TheSmithNL]

How you built your city gave me itches... Good review as always though!

[BloodRider]

The main change in graphics was in Art Style as opposed to pure quality

[hkoizumi]

I'm glad this is on consoles as well. It's a nice change of pace from their countless amounts of third person action adventure with stealth elements.

[orlandclark]

Please create a video discussing Outward! It's a really great game created by only 10 people and deserves a lot more credit than it's been recieving!

[Channeloflife]

Finally a YouTube channel I can trust..