Tropico 5 was released on Playstation 4, back in mid-2015. I played it a lot, and now I own it on my AMD A10 computer, which runs Tropico 5 on medium graphical settings. Tropico 5 is a complex game that can take 1 and 1/2 hours to pass a mission - this is much cooler than other strategy games, since most strategy games are designed to end in 10 or 15 minutes. My favourite thing about Tropico is the slow pace, the great soundtrack and the humour. On the downside Tropico 5 has frequent coup attempts and rebel attacks which can make the game very frustrating. The expansion packs are interesting and worth having, they add a couple of extra sound tracks and cool scenarios. I love all the characters with the exception of the radiohost who owns the Jolly Roger.
I played the demo in 2016 and finally bought the game in early 2017. 8-bit Armies is heavily influenced by Command & Conquer (released 1995) and Red Alert (released 1996) but the gameplay is fast and modern. I have managed to beat the Renegades and Guardians campaigns in March and April 2017, so the balance has not been ruined by patches, at least not for Renegades and Guardians. My only criticism of 8-bit Armies is that the online co-op campaign has a few missions which seem impossible, but thankfully you don't have to play those missions in order (skip them). With a solid-state hard drive and integrated graphics it is possible to run 8-bit Armies on pretty high settings, I think it pays to have an LCD with a 80-million to one contrast ratio too. Finally I thank the developers for making a LAN mode!
