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However, these spokespersons will be unique to each faction, unlike Tropico 5, where one character could represent different factions across eras. Each faction will be represented by a single spokesperson communicating with the player, similar to Tropico 5.

Except for a purge of disloyal military officers - not a game option, something I effected line-by-line in a menu to stave off a coup d’etat- there was never any real need to deal dirt.Ĭorrection: A previous version of this story misstated the role of faction leaders in Tropico 6. For the most part, the locals went along with that idea because there were so few competing ideologies. In Tropico 5, I had a simple vision for my island - a cheesy, Cold War tourist trap featuring women in block-print sundresses and men with wide ties and the whole nation exporting rum and cigars. If you’re running a banana republic, extralegal expedience - bribes, assassinations, vote-rigging - must be the cocaine of authoritarian rule: Something very wrong, something you shouldn't do, but something you try once and then return to with increasing necessity. It's not the sexiest detail to sell a new game, but this has me tenting my fingers and hissing "yesssss" for Tropico 6. That's also very much based on player feedback." That's something the design team at Limbic (Entertainment) really tried to get into, this juggling act of different political factions and different political beliefs for your Tropicans. "In Tropico 5 it was very easy to get every faction to be happy," Tosta said, "so not every choice you made really mattered that much. With eight in the mix, at least one will be left out of the government. Tropico 6 will bring all of those interests together, Tosta said. But what grabbed my attention in our conversation about the new game is when Tosta admitted how easy it was to appease all of the factions in Tropico 5, whose historical eras gave the user no more than four to manage at a time.