Democracy 3 Africa, a political simulation game by Positech Games was released on April 12 and can be purchased via Positech, GoG, Steam and Humble Store. This is the latest expansion to Democracy 3, following Social Engineering and Extremism two years ago.
In this expansion, the rules, processes and winning conditions will be very similar to previous games. At the start of the game, the player will select the country and representing party they want to play with. Different political parties offer bonuses to different demographics. The player will be elected as president and be forced to deal with issues which can include corruption, brain drain, debt, or the unhappiness of a particular demographic. They must try to use their political power to solve these problems and improve the country with their cabinet's officials. Later, the player will run for reelection. If they are reelected, the game will continue. On the other hand, if player becomes unpopular within the term of office, they will not be reelected. If their policies were too extreme, player can be assassinated. The winning condition of this game would be for the player to be reelected until it is no longer possible. Of course, players will higher goals can raise the difficulty level and attempt to eliminate all domestic problems.
There are some slight differences between the Africa expansion and previously released games. In previous games, playable nations consist of Western democratic nations such as the US, Canada, France, Australia and Great Britain. In the Africa expansion , the player can choose between ten democratic nations, inlcuding: Tunisia, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya. Although all the countries are located in Africa, they all have different demographics, resources and problems. African nations are known for having more problems and less resources than Western nations. For some countries, even having clean water can be an issue. Therefore playing as African nations will be more challenging.
Spillbare afrikanske nasjoner i demokrati 3: Afrika og noen av deres statistikker
situasjon av den nigerianske presidenten står overfor som første dag på kontoret. Presidenten står overfor enorme sosiale problemer med svært lav popularitet
Merk: Røde ikoner som problemer, blå ikoner som aktive retningslinjer, hvite ikoner står poeng som kan justeres som skattesats og alkoholalder, og grønne ikoner er fordeler.
Samlet sett er demokrati et spill om å følge hva folk vil istedenfor å skape og avskaffe politikk som spilleren mener vil være gunstig for deres nasjon. Å finne en balanse mellom politikk som er populær og gunstig er nøkkelen til å "gjøre landet bra igjen".