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Originally Posted by kirant
It's a fun but difficult game. Probably one of the better simulator games I've played.
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Bought Democracy 3 based on comments in this thread (and watched a quick gameplay video...) and it is pretty darn terrific. For <$15 I got the game and the two DLC.
Admittedly, I cranked the 'Economic Difficulty' down to 80% for my first game (noob advantage). Had an absolute riot.
Pros:
1. The interface is FAR more intuitive than it first appears. Even a schlub like me had it mastered within 10 minutes of gameplay.
2. The relationships between specific policies is amazing. Adding/Removing/Altering one policy can have a ripple effect throughout your country.
3. The connection between economic and societal benefits is a good challenge and is well balanced. It's "Easy" to target specific issues.
4. There are so many options that the replayability is just endless. You could literally created any kind of society you want.
5. I like that it tracks your decisions and plots them into political quadrants. I played two games with the "Here's how I'd actually run the country" and saw what my true political leanings are. Fun feature.
6. The political capital model works well. It's an interesting way of doing things. Having a cabinet with various sympathies gives you a motive to keep all citizens in mind with decision making.
Cons:
1. The "Red Arrow/Green Arrow" doesn't always create clear context. I found myself having to really really think about "Does this mean good or bad?" from time to time. Still a good visualization method.
2. I wish there was a "Previous screen/menu" button (perhaps I'm just missing it). It sucks to click 4 layers deep on something while investigating, and then having to restart the whole chain again to change something on the third layer. Should be able to just hit backspace or something to move up a layer.
I'd love to see the ability to project your country's power (economic, military, social) onto the world stage. There's a little bit of this, but not very much. Do you want to be a "World Power" like the US or a "Closed Nation" like N.Korea?
All in all, I'd have paid full price for the game had I'd known what it was like. At $8 (core game) this thing is a steal. Grab a laptop, lay in the hammock, run a country. Brilliant.
