Recent reviews by [NFG] Riblitz

Vastly improved Rust with a variety of purpose and progression.

The visuals are incredible, combat is pretty good too. A lot of fun rolling around the desert with your peeps on sand trikes. Stories pretty good so far, voice acting and cut-scenes are solid. Quests pay well, loot system is non-toxic. There's a lot going on in the environment with sand worms, dust storms and other hazards. Locations are pretty varied and there's quite a few different types. Beautiful game world too. Besides having to farm up a particular resource to craft some gear, I haven't experienced anything grindy.

Can be a little crashy at times, but the experience is so compelling, I don't really mind. Melee combat can be a little frustrating at times, it's not like most games. But as I have gotten used to it, I'm less frustrated with it.

Overall fun experience and worth.

TLDR; Solid experience in a new stable engine. Has conformed a bit to mainstream gaming conventions and is missing some of the unique differences that set it apart from the pack as a result. A great Latin escape, blander than some of it's previous entries. Still, spicy enough to keep you engaged.

A solid representation of The Tropico Franchise, re-built in Unreal Engine. A great footing for extended value with community and modding support, if a little light on the latin ambiance and detailed minutia that makes Tropico the stand out game it is.

It seems like a lot of the budget of this game was spent on re-homing the franchise into a new engine. Having played them all, I can't help escaping the feeling this latest release is a little light on content. Even now replaying this game years after release with a significant amount of content added since. It's just shy of that fully fleshed Tropico experience.

I can forgive it though. It's still a very good game, with good direction for the future.

PROS: New fast, stable, widely accepted game engine for modding and community contributions.

CONS: Missing some oversight features of previous releases. Old Almanac was better. Too politically stable at default difficulty. Less music tracks than I would like to have had, selection is good, if a little mainstream and 'muzaky'. Seems to lack some of the deep latin flare and over the top shenanigans that were my favorite part of the franchise by far.

CONCLUSION: Worthy of your money and very enjoyable.

Huge QOL improvements over the original without losing what made it great. Awesome sequel.