Tropico is a game series I have followed on from the start and delve into for month periods every year or so, either on an old version or if that's been conquered sufficiently I will buy the latest one. My family are hooked on Tropico 5 and haven't mastered it yet, so i've made the plunge with the 6th, and it's fabulous. Initially it was heading to the bin as it made my PS4 work far too hard and the fan noise was unbearable. However, since pulling it out of its shelf and standing it upright on the floor, it's not too bad. The graphics are great though it's more the design that has a pleasant refresh on previous editions, with a new colour palette. Features skipped on the last version have also been brought back (eg: embassy), some have been dropped (managers for buildings) and there's whole new principles (farm degrade quickly on mono culture, need mixture of crops to work well on multi-culture, need manure spreaders to thrive. The missions are all I have tackled so far and by the 4/5th ones it strikes me its a more in depth, multi layered game and certainly more challenging. Many buildings are more expensive but the low level economy income is harder to come by, so decent planning is required. On the "chocolate scenario" i'm on my 4th attempt after making too many basic mistakes (or not realising you can build tunnels now). I can see the family getting many years of pleasure from this game.

Only defeated 3 monsters so far, yet to be seen what longevity this has, which would affect my scoring - but redoing it at medium / hard levels will provide some challenge and being able to experience the graphics / gameplay more.

Purchased 28/05/19 but not yet played