Vote El Presidente--or else!
You decide whether you want to use your army to secure your power base in the best traditions of corrupt, unscrupulous tyrants everywhere or lead your people to prosperity in your role as generous elder statesman.
Dawn of Discovery (US) = Anno 1404 (rest of the world)
Anno 1404 is a real-time strategy game with an emphasis on economy and... cuteness. Time to explore the seas and let your colony prosper as the crusade is brewing and mysteries of the Orient await. The new Anno boasts improved graphics, a refined interface and features a "continuous play" (sandbox) mode besides the main campaign. There's also an online leaderboard and custom map sharing system - but there's no multiplayer of any kind.
RollerCoaster Tycoon is a simulation strategy computer game that features theme park management. Developed by MicroProse and Chris Sawyer and published by Hasbro Interactive, the game was released for Microsoft Windows on March 31, 1999 in North America and in Europe on April 12, 1999. Later that year, an expansion pack titled Corkscrew Follies (Added Attractions in Europe) was released. In 2000, a second expansion pack was released titled Loopy Landscapes.
Farmer Simulator 2008 lets you drive tractors, combine harvesters and a host of attachable devices to take good care of your fields, from plowing and fertilizing the soil to reaping and delivering the crops. The game has a dozen of time-based missions focusing on each of these tasks, and culminates in the open-ended Career mode where you can go anywhere and use any tool while keeping an eye on your financial balance. Also known as Farming Simulator 2008, original german title : Landwirdschafts-Simulator 2008. (A 2009 version is appearently in the works.
In TC:NY it's up to you to expand your district by placing and upgrading buildings. Meet your residents' demands, develop your businesses against rival AIs, build famous landmarks of the Big Apple and ultimately take control over the whole of today's Manhattan.
X3: Terran Conflict is the latest appearance in the X-series by Egosoft. This is supposedly the final chapter. It's a space simulator, offering many possibilities to it's players, like fighting, trading, building factories, fleets, etc.
Thrillville: Off the Rails is a Theme Park Sim from LucasArts. It is the 2nd in the Thrillville series, and adds rides that break the boundaries of real-world physics, and adds mini-games.
Viva Pinata was developed by Rare Ltd. and ported to Windows by Climax Group.
This is a simulation-style game where you recruit and breed pinata creatures. As you progress through the game you will be able to discover and recruit more demanding pinatas.
There are several gardens available for you to use in recruiting pinatas that allow you to set up different ecosystems and attract different types of pinatas.
Like my own family, these pinatas fight, romance, and eat each other. Have fun.
The Black & White series was developed by Lionhead Studios. Train your creature. Watch it grow. Watch it develop a neurosis.
Save a drowning person, watch your creature eat them.
Save a starving person, watch your creature set them on fire.
Save an injured person, watch your creature defecate on them.
Ain't AI grand?
SimCity Societies is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts (EA), and is part of the Sim games series. The gameplay is significantly different from previous SimCity titles, with a greater focus on "social engineering".
