Electioneering

To be fair, I haven't played a lot of this game. However, let me go into my main criticism. Realism: In my game, Trump was at 347 electoral votes from the get-go. (However, I didn't have all the polling done so it's probably more like 400+ EV). He had California, Texas, Georgia, Florida and the entire rust belt. For the game to be anywhere near realistic, California needs to be completely unattainable for Trump unless you spend all of your resources on it. Texas should be somewhat obtainable for Biden but still lean towards the Republicans, Florida should swing either way and the rust belt should be mostly blue, with the exception of Ohio (which should lean R). I'm playing as Biden, who as of rn is leading by +9.1 points in the fivethirtyeight national average and has remained above Trump in the popular vote and in most swing state polls since July. I'm losing 347 electoral votes to 191. How is this realistic at all? I know it's early access, and the developers have a clear passion...

So I found this game in my qeue (a bit by surprise). And since I really like political-sim and strategy games, I decided to give it a try. Yes, it is really early access but under it's surface is a good strategy game. You have to constantly run polls and ads, so you win over a state on several topics. But at the same time keep an eye on your money. First few turns took a bit of figuring out what to do, but after that I found the perfect strategy. Won my first game fairly easy with 430 - 108 electoral votes. I do hope they add more elements so there's more gameplay. The dev seems to respond really well to people and it looks like they've really got a good plan on how to make the game bigger and better. There is a solid base for a good game, exciting to see where they take it.

There is no tutorial and the game is complex. There isn't really a way too win despite how many ads you put in a state your opponent still leads. There are 60 rounds which can take the whole day to play.

Well, playing as Trump is completely broken as of right now. Biden will just sit there running small, insignificant ads. I, on the other hand, did nothing but a few turns of ads, not doing anything after the first 10 turns (out of 60). I only lost Washington, New York, Maryland, and Delaware, by only a few points each. Completely unrealistic. Illinois would never have gone 75% for Trump, so I'd definitely wait for this game to move forward. The AI is incompetent, and voting patterns are completely off. America is too polarized for every state to be a swing state like it was in the 60s and 70s. It just won't happen, especially not in 2020, when there were so many dividing issues. Please fix the game, because as of right now, it's not a game at all.

Good game in development. A bit pricy for the state it is currently in now, but I trust that as updates come out and it leaves Early Access, the game will be higher quality. Definitley a good game if you’re into political stragety.