SteamPower 1830 vs Tropico 4
SteamPower 1830
SteamPower 1830 is a really great alternative game to play if you really like train-themed games like Rail Nation or TrainStation: Game on Rails. Similar to these game titles, Steampower 1830 is a strategy-based, tycoon-like simulation game where your ultimate goal is to build a flourishing railroad and business empire. Set up cities, tap into resource-rich locations, and build new tracks to connect them all to your ever-expanding railway network. The game also features a ton of beautifully and lovingly recreated locomotives from the Golden Age of steam trains (1830-1930) that you can buy and deploy in your network, to move people and goods from one location to another.The game world in SteamPower's 30 maps-strong single-player campaign, is completely configurable, allowing you to build and design your railways whichever way you like as well.
SteamPower 1830 is certainly a game that trains, railways and in essence, logistics enthusiasts will really enjoy playing. Who knows? You might have just found your calling as a railway magnate!
Tropico 4
Tropico 4 is the fourth installment of the Tropico nation-building/simulation game franchise where you get to play as the all-powerful El Presidente of a tropical island country. This game is focused more on the politcal intrigue this time around as you'll need to play your cards right with your people and with the other global superpowers in hopes of keeping your power and of course, to keep increasing the size of your off-shore bank account. You can now appoint ministers to help you push through unpopular policies so you won't have to deal with the resulting fallout, and draft up national agendas to deal with challenges ranging from needs from your own Tropicans to an ongoing natural disaster that is decimating your population and your country.The economy aspect of the game has alos been reworked to allow for a robust trading system and to build economic ties with other nations. Tropico 4 is even more social media-linked, making it incredibly convenient for you to post your latest creations to either Twitter or Facebook with a click of a button.
As some of the fans have noticed, Tropico 4 is made slighter easier for new players to get into. Unlike the previous games where money can really be tight, the game's trading system opens up a whole new inflow of cash into your country in exchange for stuff you have too much of. It's kind of a win-win situation if you ask me, but some players might scoff at the reduced difficulty of this version of Tropico.