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Tropico 2: Pirate Cove

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Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
75
8.0 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 23 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Take 2 Interactive / Gathering of Developers

Developer: Frog City Software

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy, City-Building, Simulation

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: April 8, 2003

Summary

The sequel to the award-winning Fun in the Sun Caribbean simulation, Tropico. As a Pirate King, rule a secret pirate island full of despicable 17th century Sea Dogs. Fuel your economy by plundering wealthy merchants and taking prisoners back to the island as captive workers. Keep your scurvy buccaneers satisfied with rowdy gambling, jolly feasting, and barrels of rum! World powers fear you, brigands respect you, captives obey your every command, and don't forget about the wenching! Argh, thar ain't nuttin like bein' a Pirate King! [Gathering of Developers]

What The Critics Said

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95

Game Chronicles

It's like the developers read my review and fixed everything I complained about in the first game.

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90

Eurogamer

Graphics whores will inevitably be put off by the old school look and feel of the title, but if you can get past that, this is one of the best god games the PC has seen in quite a while.

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88

GameSpy

The kind of great sequel that should be encouraged - it builds on the solid base of the original, cleans up most of the problems and manages to stake out its own territory in the process.

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87

Armchair Empire

Tropico 2 is a wonderful game worth its weight in buried golden treasure.

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86

PC Gameworld

Despite its flaws, Pirate Cove is a very engaging game, made all the better by being the first title that doesn’t just make gambling, drinking, wenching and plundering in the Caribbean a recommendation, but a requirement.

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84

IGN

It also possesses those characteristics you'd want from just about any game, including a strong interface, good game balance, a bit of whimsy, attractively animated graphics and pleasantly anachronistic, modern Caribbean music.

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83

Game Over Online

It looks good and sounds good and is fun and breezy to play, but it also gets repetitive after several missions, and it doesn’t offer the kind of variety other tycoon games do.

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82

Gamers' Temple

Argh, it's good to be the pirate king! But it'd be even better if you could do some of the plundering yourself.

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80

GameZone

The gameplay will keep everyone busy for awhile, but after some time spent building the pirate island, things become more of a waiting game than anything else.

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80

Adrenaline Vault

As an intellectual toy, Tropico 2 is fascinating and detailed; as a game, it's enormously addictive.

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80

Game Informer

The first Tropico offering was a bit wittier, and a touch more engrossing, but the Pirate theme is done as well as possible in this title. [June 2003, p.116]

80

Cheat Code Central

More user-friendly than the original. It's much more free despite what appears to be an overwhelming amount of decisions and option. This is a good thing however and thanks to the handy interface it couldn't be made easier.

80

Yahoo! Games

There's plenty of depth to the gameplay, and there's tons of scenarios to play, plus the sandbox mode, so it ought to keep you going for ages.

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78

PC Format

Surprisingly, there is no option for random generation of islands, nor is there any scope for multiplayer frolics, making it feel rather limited.

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76

ActionTrip

At some point, the game is bound to become tedious and there's not much in it that would increase its replayability... The game lacks the hugeness of "Sim City" and the exciting twists of, say, "Caesar 3."

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74

GameSpot

Fans of "Tropico" may wish that Frog City had developed a more direct descendant of the original--the mechanics are basically the same, but Tropico 2 is a very different game.

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70

All Game Guide

In spite of its new content and subtle tweaks, Pirate Cove will not feel like a new game to anyone who played the original. It will feel like a mod. A clever, polished mod -- a mod that would have made a fine retail expansion pack -- but a mod nonetheless, and not worthy of its status as a full-fledged sequel.

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67

Game Revolution

I have played many city-building games over the years, but this one almost suffers because of its pirate theme, showing you by glaring contrast all the raucous fun that you're missing.

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62

PC Gamer

The pirate decor is barely a skin-deep covering on a sim that could just as easily have been made about the ACME Widget Factory. [July 2003, p.68]

60

Computer Gaming World

A competently done city building game with nothing to set it apart from the crowd. [July 2003, p.80]

60

Computer Games Magazine

Doesn't come through with enough swashbuckling, ship-boarding flair. For all the many improvements in this sequel, it still has many of the same fundamental problems of the first game. [July 2003, p.74]

60

G4 TV

Aside from the new gameplay direction and interface tweaks, Tropico 2 is functionally the same game as the original. It's visually pleasing, but lacks ambient animations that would really help bring your island to life.

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50

GMR Magazine

An otherwise pedestrian city-building game, only Tropico 2's setting salvages it from being a complete shipwreck. [July 2003, p.79]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Gert K. gave it a9:
One of the best games I've ever played. Much better than Tropico 1. Lost quite a few days in finishing this one.

Alex C. gave it an 8:
I like the pirate ability, but it is hard to get, and keep, happiness up.

Sebastian gave it an 8:
I like the classic wood-n-brass look and other affectations (like ol timey words like 'middlin' and 'preenin'). Its harder than the original to win the sandlot games, but the increased speed of construction alone makes it superior to Tropico I, not to mention many more varieties of whore houses to choose from!

Jok`R de Mo gave it a 7:
This is better than Tropico 1, but the music is not so good howit was. Still, the game is not so dificult like first one. Good game to play it some times.

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