Such a shame, then, that the game then restricts their usage with an overly-realistic and ultimately very boring set of true-to-life consequences for your actions. Yep, Tropico 3 is crammed to bursting point with hilariously cruel and comical things to do. Or lower everyone's wages to nothing and prevent them from leaving the island no matter how upset they are about it all. On top of all that, let's not forget, you're a dictator: when election time comes round, you're well within your rights to rig it entirely.

Your underlings and citizens are affiliated with various factions, be that the communists or charmingly-bonkers religious zealots, and you need to juggle their wants in order to keep everyone as happy as possible.

Then there's an interesting mix of political dabbling thrown in to add to the guts of what is a well-crafted economy simulator.

Construct farms and houses for your little chaps to live, connect them all with a network of roads, export some pineapples and then wait for the next boatload of cash to come in so you can build yet more stuff. It's a deep sim game with enough graphical oomph and mix of strategies to make for a thoroughly satisfying build-'em-up. Unfortunately, like the luxurious tropical island holidays we've all been on, a chunk of Tropico 3 is spent sheltering from perpetual drizzle, clutching a soggy pina colada and instead dreaming of what might have been.ĭespite all the sweet spots Tropico 3 tragically misses, what it does, it does rather well. Select 'Yes' to display the cheat menu.Thrust into the squeaking, tropical shoes of a cruel and vitriolic dictator, you're going to get to lord it up over your very own island paradise, raking in oodles of cash and setting up the sort of brutal military regime that'd make Darth Vader blush. Open the in-game menu, then click and hold Left Analog-stick + Right Analog-stick until an option appears asking if you want to cheat or not.

Type the following codes exactly into the keyboard then press the 'Enter' key, for the desired effect. For articles of the same name in other Tropico games, see Cheats.Įnabling a cheat will prevent achievements from being earned.

Tropico 3 cheats more people