Rogue State

Hours are misleading, I played this many hours and enjoyed more than any other political sim. It has A LOT of interesting events, a casual gameplay, simple mechanisms, but big variety of things to do. It is funny, realistic and definitely has a charm. If you’ve ever wanted to be a great leader in the middle east, this is your game!

Rogue State is the college dropout bastard child of Democracy 3 and Tropico. It’s got the interlocking politics and policies of Democracy 3 and the sharper focus and tongue in cheek of Tropico, all of which are presented with relatively simplified gameplay compared to its inspirations. The result is a competent, but not brilliant political simulator that’s only good for a few playthroughs. While the core gameplay is decent there are relatively few levers available for accomplishing any particular goal, and yet despite this it’s really not that hard to achieve a utopian equilibrium where everybody loves you, society is a paradise, your neighbors all respect and admire you and your treasury is full…and yet still have problems keeping separatists from trying to break free or prevent coups because you have almost no options that allow you to directly influence those problems. Further, once you’ve figured out how the game works and is designed there’s basically one dominant strategy that can be followed to lead you more or less unfailingly to the promised land. Still, it’s an entertaining trip figuring out that strategy and watching what goes on, just don’t expect too much for what it is and what it’s priced at.

This is a neat game. It is really fun trying to balance out the factions and stay popular. You will like this game if you like, Hearts of Iron 4, Supreme Ruler Ultimate and the Superpower series of games. This game has a neat and basic strategy, political and economy system in which you have to balance out to make the ends of your country meet, all the while keeping your neighbors and other foreign powers happy….all the while adding a little comedy into it. Great game. Was worth the money.

I very much like this game. It’s a good mix between Sim Junta, Democracy 3 and Rulers of Nations. The simplicity and short gameplay like Sim Junta, the various policy selection and experimentation of Democracy 3 and the background complexity of Ruler of Nations. The concept is simple, it is a turn-based geopolitical simulation game where you are the ruler of a newly established country called the People’s Republic of Basenji and you must strive against unhappy citizens, a power-hungry brother, an imperialistic UN/USA and the desires of your neighbors. You will have events that pop up where you must make hard choices that will determine the fate of Basenji and affect your popularity with the 5 groups of citizens (Capitalists, Patriots, Fundamentalists, Liberals and Qariffi (I think that’s spelled right). You also need to keep the loyalty of your own military or else your brother Farouk will swiftly eject you from power. You adjust policies that range from minimum wage requirements to your country’s alcohol tolerance laws which will affect your standing amongst the various groups and will change from turn to turn. You also have the ability to maintain a military and invade your neighbors or garner the affections and attentions of the UN and US, either to your benefit or detriment. From the time I’ve spent with the game so far, I don’t think you can win… you just do a little better each time and (like Plague Inc.) every time you complete a game, you’re able to unlock more special modifiers to change up the experience. Artistically and musically, this game really excels. While neither are perfect, they really set the mood and help to immerse you in your new role as president of Basenji. I just love that everyone is voiced as well… it shows there is a lot of love and labor that has been put into the game. All in all, I love this game. Simple yet addictive with a wealth of content for only 12.99, this is arguably one of the better low budget Geosims I’ve played in a long time. Highly recommended. Gameplay Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOuB2VdRX2E Have only played several hours so far. But very much enjoying the game. It’s quite political, and really makes you feel like the leader of a middle eastern country. I love the voice overs, for the most part, and the music of the game. The graphics are nice (not beautiful but decent enough in my opinion) and animations are slow (in a good way) but solid. It’s not perfect, and has some typo’s and minor bugs here and there, but nearly as fast as they are being reported, they are being fixed by the Devs. Not sure what it is but the aesthetic and theme of the game just ‘grabs’ me. I do like political stuff though, games like Democracy, but this being a little like Democracy but with ‘graphics’ and a colorful theme, is quite nice. Sorry for the lax review, but really I just wanted to bump up the rating of this game, even if slightly, cause I feel it deserves it.

I very much like this game. It’s a good mix between Sim Junta, Democracy 3 and Rulers of Nations. The simplicity and short gameplay like Sim Junta, the various policy selection and experimentation of Democracy 3 and the background complexity of Ruler of Nations. The concept is simple, it is a turn-based geopolitical simulation game where you are the ruler of a newly established country called the People’s Republic of Basenji and you must strive against unhappy citizens, a power-hungry brother, an imperialistic UN/USA and the desires of your neighbors. You will have events that pop up where you must make hard choices that will determine the fate of Basenji and affect your popularity with the 5 groups of citizens (Capitalists, Patriots, Fundamentalists, Liberals and Qariffi (I think that’s spelled right). You also need to keep the loyalty of your own military or else your brother Farouk will swiftly eject you from power. You adjust policies that range from minimum wage requirements to your country’s alcohol tolerance laws which will affect your standing amongst the various groups and will change from turn to turn. You also have the ability to maintain a military and invade your neighbors or garner the affections and attentions of the UN and US, either to your benefit or detriment. From the time I’ve spent with the game so far, I don’t think you can win… you just do a little better each time and (like Plague Inc.) every time you complete a game, you’re able to unlock more special modifiers to change up the experience. Artistically and musically, this game really excels. While neither are perfect, they really set the mood and help to immerse you in your new role as president of Basenji. I just love that everyone is voiced as well… it shows there is a lot of love and labor that has been put into the game. All in all, I love this game. Simple yet addictive with a wealth of content for only 12.99, this is arguably one of the better low budget Geosims I’ve played in a long time. Highly recommended. Gameplay Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOuB2VdRX2E

First time playing, everyone loved me but the libruls. The the UN got pissy with me over some environemental ****. Made the huge mistake of letting in refugees and ask UN for moneybecause EVERYONE hated that, I was hoping to get friendly with the nation of the refugees as well as scoring free cash from UN. After this everything went downhill, everyone hates me, tax was raised to 55% from 13% to cover expenses. Ive lost all popular support and im just sitting in my office waiting to get assassinated.