Okay, hands up who
wants to be President? No-one! Come on now - all that
power, all that money! Hah, I
thought you'd change your
mind. Well, now's your chance
in this new Addictive game.
You have twenty-four months
until the next election. In that
time you have to feed the
populace, stop any epidemics,
fight the neighbouring
countries and drill for oil (I bet
he drinks Carling Black Label).
The game's mostly text, but
there are some graphics
sections that show your crops,
oil and the current battle
situation. It's best to build up
your army at the beginning of
your term of office, then use
the vote catching tactics, such
as planting crops for food, at
the end. Other things you can
do include selling oil to other
countries to build up your
Swiss Bank accou... oops! I
mean, build up your country's
wealth. At the end of every
month your neighbours send in
their assessments of you, and
there's an opinion poll among
your own people, so that you
can see how you're doing in the
popularity stakes. That won't
be too well if you're anything
like me - I was starving the
people by destroying their
crops, and all so that I could
build lots of lovely tanks. Tee
hee!
I thought
President was a
great game. Definitely an ego-trip, as you decide whether to
be a kind President with a heart
of gold, or a tyrannical sadistic
psychopath that eats little
children for breakfast. Me, I
prefer the latter - much more
fun than three Shredded
Wheat!
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