![]() ![]() You never have to cope with anything as messy as a parliament or congress of fellow politicians working against your initiatives. There's a vast web of numbers beneath Democracy's surface, representing your policies, the strength you're willing to enforce them, and the population's opinions of your actions. When you reach this stage, its easy to start pointing fingers. At this point, the game fizzles out there are no new decisions for you to make and you hit the term limit as a hero. This was true in Democracy 2, as well, but there are ways to game its algorithm, exploit its odd balance, and "win". I built a space station.ĭemocracy 3 is not about challenge, then. It's even relatively straightforward to do so while living by (most of) your principles by the time I was in my fourth term, I could do whatever I wanted, because I was so popular that there was little risk of me being deposed. ![]() With a little patience, it's not hard to become beloved (and in the game), and to lead your nation as a single party state. I had a 91% approval rating, and eventually won a third term with 74% of the vote against an opponent who managed just 8%. ![]() Within eight, illness fell to insignificant levels, our country was given the Kyoto award, and the science funding had given us a technological advantage that helped to eradicate poverty. Within four years of being in power, crime was eradicated and Britain was an environmental paradise. Each of these stimulated the economy and, in turn, earned me more money. Then, I poured the extra money I was gathering into science funding, laptops for every school student, food stamps, free school meals, subsidised buses and trains, grants to help new businesses, state housing, child benefit, rent controls and unemployment benefits. I ended the sales tax, increased income tax to 50%, and set corporation tax to around 25%. Then I put the maximum amount of money possible into the intelligence services, and installed CCTV cameras on every street corner. I put alcohol tax to 50% and changed the drinking age to 21. The seductive power of that promise makes it easy to overlook the ways in which the game is limited.Īs linked above, both Adam and Alec had different experiences, but my very first rule as leader of Britain ended in unchallenged triumph. The game's surface level allure lies in the way it promises to let you live out your political ideals, to see them either turn you into a beloved leader or a pariah, and see the UK, France, Germany, USA, Canada or Australia, flourish or crumble under your decision making. You use that big menu to shape your chosen country, selecting whether you want to rule as the Socialist party be a lilly-livered, sweater-wearing, egghead liberal, or whether to get into bed with big business and let their oil-slick fingers frack your precious lands. Democracy 3 is a game about a big menu that's an undercover flowchart. ![]() There was a flowchart under here the whole time. Watch what happens when I mouse over something. I've played a lot of games with cluttered interfaces, but this whole game is nothing but obscure iconography. Now Graham has been elected to tell you Wot He Thinks about Positech's political policy simulator.ĭemocracy 3 is a game about a user interface. Democracy 3 made Alec into Nick Clegg and Adam into an Orwellian nightmare, but their terms are over. ![]()
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