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.
Speelbare Afrikaanse landen in Democratie 3: Afrika en enkele van hun statistieken
Situatie van Nigeriaanse president wordt geconfronteerd als eerste dag in functie. De president wordt geconfronteerd met enorme sociale problemen met een zeer lage populariteit
Opmerking: rode pictogrammen als problemen, blauwe pictogrammen als actief beleid, witte pictogrammen staan op een punt dat kan worden aangepast zoals belastingtarief en alcoholleeftijd, en groene pictogrammen zijn voordelen.
Over het geheel genomen is democratie van belang voor het volgen van wat mensen willen, in plaats daarvan het maken en afschaffen van beleid waarvan de speler denkt dat het heilzaam is voor hun land. Het vinden van een balans tussen beleid dat populair en nuttig is, is de sleutel om 'het land weer geweldig te maken'.