Mr. President

Bereits jetzt schon sehr gute Umsetzung des Original Brettspiels von GMT Games. Momentan liegt der Schwierigkeitsgrad noch etwas höher, da noch nicht alle Funktionen implementiert sind. Es macht jedoch bereits jetzt Spaß sich mit dem Spiel zu beschäftigen. Hier gilt das Motto des Schöpfers "Es gibt viele Wege zu verlieren und nur einen zu gewinnen". Meine ersten Durchlauf habe ich bereits nach 2 Jahren (Runden) verloren. Die Herausforderungen die einem das Spiel vor die Füße schmeißt machen jedoch Spaß und jeder Durchlauf spielt sich anders.

I am really enjoying this game. I always wanted to play the board game but was intimidated by the play-time and the complexity. This port to steam is awesome. I love that it does a lot of the moving around for you; I understand that as the player only pressing space can be boring or annoying but for me this works well. The game itself is honestly very difficult. I somehow had a miraculous first attempt and made it to year 4 but lost to China declaring war on Japan. Otherwise I was on track to a great term. Other play attempts have been BRUTAL! Lost a game in my second year due to unpopularity. The rolls were not in my favor. And that one aspect of the game is my only true GRIPE. The rolls are NOT random, they are scripted for a turn. I've experimented with reloading saves, autosaves and tried the same action over ten times and the roll result is the same. I experimented with other actions and when I did those again and again, same results occurred. The dice rolls have to be randomized otherwise the game is scripted against you. I have no problem with difficulty but when the game is scripted to hurt you on purpose annoys me. Otherwise, I find the mechanics of the game amazing. As a high school history teacher this game really hits that experience that I've wanted in a game. I like that it's tough, it is complicated, and it's fun trying to organize so many avenues domestically, diplomatically, and militarily. If you want an in-depth game about the politics of running a nation and competing against international rivals, I highly recommend this.

Fun, early release. Lot's of upside. The scripted die rolls feel plastic. and puts on tall guardrails preventing huge victories or catastrophic losses. Would like to see an option for instantaneous die rolls, and pass on die seeds.

the game is far from bad, however lacks key and important features. the games interface is complicated by design, its part of the challenge of being "president". Because of that it could really benefit from a well structured and well oriented voiced tutorial, which the game lacks. i would recommend a voiced tutorial that guides the player through a scripted crisis or high stakes like scenario would really help orientate new players and introduce mechanics that are both crucial but also very complicated. it shouldn't take players hours to understand the game they're playing and a voiced tutorial would really help. by both guiding players through a scripted event and by adding to the immersion of the game by having it voiced. something like an ai voiced assistant to the president who guides players through a scenario where public opinion against vaccines causes a negative affect on the state of the nations economy, so you as the president need to launch a new public outreach campaign or hold a press event advising the public. this option is not only cost effective but easy to script and test through a series of updates. the dice rolling mechanic caught me by surprise. while i can understand that somethings like public opinion are subject to random chance, within a game engine. finding out that my plans and administrative agenda are ultimately subject to a D10 was immersion breaking, including a UI that shows how players choices influence the dice roll could help. showing a +2 from public opinion of your administration for your public health initiative, or even, hiding the dice roll in the bottom right could help to obfuscate the fact that your playing a game and not immersed in a "POTUS command screen" can help to maintain the sense of immersion and keep players actively immersed and thus engaged in the game. ultimately a fun and challenging game if your interested in a fun brain teaser and a political simulator. I cant wait to see where this project leads and what the finished product will look like.

Ein exzellentes Spiel, auch wenn noch nicht jede Funktionalität implementiert wurde. Der ständige Mangel an Ressourcen ist eine Herausforderung und an jeder Ecke warten neue Konflikte oder Probleme. Das berühmte "Kopfkino" läuft bei dieser Brettspielumsetzung durchgehend. Klare Empfehlung für alle Hobbystrategen, die auch komplexe Spiele nicht fürchten.

This has been one of the more professionally run Early Access games I've been a part of. There is a clear timeline, regular updates, and the game is very quickly converging on the full experience that the board game is. The developers have been very responsive to bug reports, and have made multiple quality of life improvements to the game as well. The game is quite good now, and I have no doubt that we'll see the full game by the 31 July target date.

Great implementation of the board game and looking forward to full launch!

I have the board game and I know its a monster of a game .But a very much an amazing game .There is a lot of book flipping and chart checking and dice rolling and I am ok with that .But I just have to say that they have taken a monster by the tail here and streamlined the game so much that they have taken out all the book flipping and dice modifying so now the computer does all of that and allows you to make all the important decisions .I also know that this is still early access and the deves are very involved. There is still a lot to this game even at this stage .I would holy recommend it to anyone who likes this type of game

Deep and narrative game, hard choices, never enough actions, great implementation of the board game. Fingers crossed for a full release.

still early but fascinating