Neocolonialism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJPUfJxPws After one hour of play the game was complete with a very easily obtained victory. There wasn't really much of a point to play the game over again because it only really has a one-game charm. Not really worth $10. The point of the game is to ruin the world. When you win, the world is ruined and you win. When you lose, the world is ruined and, well exact same title screen. The game mechanics are unique, but that doesn't contribute to quality gameplay. It feels like it might make an excellent board game. But the general theme of the video game and implementation is poor. It's one of those games that is designed with a social conscience and you're almost certain they're more concerned about getting across their point than make the game feel fun.

The correct name of this game should be : [h1]Corporativism[/h1] ============= [b] REVIEW[/b] : [b] ABOUT THE GAME[/b]: It is not like "Plague Inc. Evolved", where you play against the people of the world. No, here, you and the other players are competing each other to get as much money they can extract from each region. Play agaisnt the IA is an easy win. [u]The fun is on multiplayer[/u], where you don't know who will vote to whom; and you can chat privately with other players to work together (temporaly, of course) or join forces to go against another player. [b] TURN ESTRUCTURE[/b]: Buy votes. With the votes bought, each player choose who will be a minister of that region; if you are elected, then you decide to build mines, or factories, or free trade agreement. If another player is elected, he/she propose, and you vote "Yes/No". That finish a turn. Even when it's unstated, the minister is not the player itself, it is "controlled by the player". You can have a minister in each r...

This game is awesome. The theme is great. Like Railroad Tycoon or Patrician. Its super simple and cheap. Like a board game. Each game doesn't last that long. Its really great to play with friends.

Been a fan since the Humble store release. A fun, devious game about ruining the world for your own profit. Unsparing in its critique of corporate globalization, and ridiculously entertaining in a Diplomacy-esque "are you sure you still want to be friends with these people" kind of way. Definitely worth the (modest) investment for fans of strategy games and those with a pretty dark sense of humor.

Honestly, I'm the most fervent anti-capitalist you're likely to find, but this game had absolutely no substance. I like the concept but the execution leaves everything to be desired. The game is slow, boring, and feels quite arbitrary, the branding suggests that it is an exercise in 'ruining the world' but there is no representation of this whatsoever, there is no conception of the environment, the workers, or anything, only text at the end of the game that says 'the world has been ruined'. The only goal is buy enough votes to get elected, then try to build a mine or factory before you 'bank' your votes. Playing with the AI is unsatisfactory since they can make deals with each other to get elected which you can't do and must control the majority of votes, and the round progression is especially awful, with the game taking about a second to go through each player buying votes one at a time - if everyone is out of money but one AI which wants to buy up a developing region, you may have t...

The game sounded interesting but it's pretty boring. The map being upside down seems like a great idea as a metaphor for turning the world upside down, but during game play it's just annoying. A cool idea with not fun game play.

This game is dumb and overly complicated

Excellent game for multiplayer. Single player is only really good for learning how to play.

Pretty good for the price

A very cool example of how to use game mechanics to make narrative points.