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<span class="bold">Democracy 3: Africa</span>, the standalone political strategy about managing the complex African nations, is now available for Windows and Mac, DRM-free on GOG.com.

It's easy to condemn and scoff at politicians because you think you could do a much better job steering a nation the right way. Most of the time it's because they are indeed doing a depressingly poor job but occasionally what you need is perspective. Africa is a vast, abused, volatile continent and being in charge of its messy political situations will give you an excellent chance to prove that you truly are the governor its people need.

To achieve such a tall order, you must actively try to improve the lives of your people, navigate the large-scale events, influence voters so that you can stay in power, and manage relations with neighboring nations. Tackle the problems and needs of the diverse African countries in a turn-based manner, always keeping in mind the larger implications of your actions. Access to clean water, concerns of malnutrition, subpar education, and internal conflicts will crop up as you strive to lead ten African nations to a better future. Will you go down as a revered ruler in the continent's modern history or destroy what's left of its nations' welfare?



Exercise staunch determination, intense data-crunching, and smart political maneuvering as you rule <span class="bold">Democracy 3: Africa</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com.
All other Democracy 3 games and DLC have a Linux version, but not this one? Why?
How does the game play compare to Hidden Agenda?
Is there still a bug where a single binary decision (like "ban offshore tax dodging, yes/no") comes up lots of times and the penalties ("shame on you, commie, tax dodgers get butthurt and leave your state, -5 to econ") stack?
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The-Business: How does the game play compare to Hidden Agenda?
I haven't played Africa, but Dem 3 is nothing like Hidden Agenda. There aren't any events, just lots of fiddly sliders, small modifiers, and slow spirals. NPCs don't have agendas, they just have (known) policy preferences and you minmax your minister picks and they give you penalties when unhappy. It also crashed on me like every second turn, so while I own all three expansions, I haven't played them. Presumably Extremism and Clones&Drones have bigger modifiers.
Post edited April 12, 2016 by Starmaker
The base game and all the other DLC are available for Linux, but not this one. Cool...
The concept is interesting, and hardly used before in that region. Assuming it also does away with the focus on the two-party system?
Still not keen on what I gathered about the gameplay for the series in general, but there may be something here, or at least maybe a sign that they may be looking in a somewhat promising direction?

Note to GOG: If that's your excuse, this would have been a great moment to take the "economic realities" of African countries into account. Newsflash, they're not doing several times better than Russia, or even slightly better than Australia or the UK for some games.
Half of you won't get this. :P
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tinyE: Half of you won't get this. :P
:D
Amazing!
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Starmaker:
Thanks.
Is there a reason that there's no Linux version of this? Is that forthcoming and not just out yet? Seems odd and makes it a lot harder to justify buying this.
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tinyE: Since when is there Democracy in Africa? :P
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doctorsinister: I have lived in Africa for 6 months. There is no democracy in a traditional sense.

Practically anyone can be bribed and politicians with a lot of money can buy votes or rig the system to win.
That sounds like traditional democracy alright
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doctorsinister: What is funny that the people who made this game are based in UK not Africa.
Yes, but they received valuable input from the Nigerian prince who funded the game.
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doctorsinister: What is funny that the people who made this game are based in UK not Africa.
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HereForTheBeer: Yes, but they received valuable input from the Nigerian prince who funded the game.
ROFL

But seriously, suggesting democratic checks and balances in a continent where fair elections are a novelty, and where the few elected governments typically only control a fraction of their land due to extremist militias does skew the perspective. If the devs wanted to present a realistic view of non first world democracies, South America would have been a better setting.
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tinyE: Since when is there Democracy in Africa? :P
To be fair, most people don't realise Botswana even exists.

(and I know tinyE is being facetious, this is more of a response to people who actually think that)
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Painted_Doll: Democracy Definitive Edition

release date : Q2 2018

includes : base game plus all 11 add-ons
Personally, I would be content with GOG finally releasing the Collector's Edition. Apparently, there was a hold up on GOG's part, and it still hasn't been released.
Maybe the producers are asking you "how can you bring democracy to Africa"
I still have Democracy 3 collecting digital dust, I really need to find time to play it.

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