Head of State

This game is really fun. It seems easy at first, but on "Tough Cookie" setting you quickly realize that seizing a county for yourself is quite the balancing act. Hard, but not frighteningly so, it is a strategy game that can be played for hours. I just got the new update and I have to say I like the freaky cat cultists/backroom rulers a lot. They're so intimidating and give backhanded compliments! ^^

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I played this game all of about 30 minutes until I became beyond frustrated. As others have mentioned, the gameplay is not balanced in any way; the game forces you to, in order to win, only invest in a select group of core mechanics which alienates 80% of the game. There is no strategy involved whatsoever, and each of the different game modes are poorly explained and won following the same exact strategies. Don’t even bother with the increased difficulty settings; easy mode difficulty is already barely beatable and the difficulty settings are pretty much impossible. The menus/descriptions while playing are pretty user unfriendly and the touch calibration for different regions are poorly implemented and will leave you pressing your screen multiple times before you get it to register your press due to poor game optimization. Luckily I only paid .99¢ for the game but it’s legitimately a dollar I wish I could have back just based on principle Don’t be like me and actually listen to all the low star reviews; I was really hoping for the best and left incredibly disappointed

This is an interesting game. The only way I can reliably win is by being oppressive, intimidate the enemy or outright eliminate them. Unfortunately, there is a bias towards liberal or socialist policies, as the weighting for support and approval is based upon that. I suggesting making the weighting different based upon the composition of the population. The population and base of support is always an unknown. That should be included if there is a decision to start a revolution in the game. Many actions are generic, and the player has insurmountable odds to gain control, apart from becoming a communist state or Clintonesque era politics. If one wants to be conservative or attempt the things that Trump wants to accomplish, you’re bound to lose in the game. I have played over 25 times, winning at multiple levels and combinations. There is too much bias built into the game, and it needs to be changed.

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Here's the gist: -Choose liberal policies no matter what -Boosting 'Influence' does nothing. I thought I would get more 'Influence' bubbles to pop or they would be worth more, forget it. Don't waste you're points trying to boost or increase. -'Favourite Policies' don't matter either. Even if a region prefers a policy, you can choose none of them and still win. -Comes down to 'Support' and 'Control'. But in the end, if you let the entire election go through and not utilize the on fire button when you're ahead, you'll always lose in the 4th quarter. I wanted to like this game, but there is no strategy. I would say there is no randomness at all. You can't completely pick conservative policies even if some regions prefer or if it will build you enough support and influence. I'm sorry I wasted $2.99 on this. I wish I could get my money back.

I’ve won a few games playing a “conservative” and as a “liberal”. Just gotta know how to pull the people’s strings. Excellent game that shows that no matter what, there is evil in every action when it comes to politics. (Kind of scary if you think about it.)