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29 July

Crash bug fix (we think...)

Ok...after a lot of hunting around we finally found a PC we could reproduce the seemingly random crash bug on...and twenty minutes later we think we have fixed it. Please tell us we are right :D
Sorry for the hassle, fixing a bug you cannot reproduce is hell!

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13 July

Updated to support Electioneering

We are patching Democracy 3 Africa today to ensure compatibility with our latest DLC for Democracy 3: Democracy 3:Electioneering.

store.steampowered.com/app/483450/

This DLC is only available for the base game (D3), but if you happen to have both that, and D3:Africa installed it will work with both games without any additional installing or purchasing.
Hope you enjoy the new features of that DLC, which you can read about here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=716523608

And there is also a trailer for the new DLC here:
https://youtu.be/4SrLebLpzKk

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About This Game

Welcome to Africa

Have you ever wanted to be president or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

Take Control of African Politics

This turn-based political strategy game uses a unique icon-driven interface to help you navigate the most complex political and economic simulation ever seen in a computer game, custom-built on its own proprietary neural network. Democracy 3: Africa simulates the myriad interactions between voters, policies, economic and political variables, political parties and the various situations that develop over time.

Democracy 3: Africa uses the base design and gameplay from the original game but the diversity of social and economic situations in Africa presents you with new challenges and opportunities. Foreign aid and investment takes on a new meaning and often comes with strings attached. Serious issues like malnutrition and access to clean water could be a matter of life and death for the poorest. This new game will let you try your hand at governing the diverse democracies of Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Tunisia, Botswana and Mauritius.When you step down, will your country be in a better state than when you took up office?

Although it builds on the existing game, Democracy 3: Africa has completely new artwork, music and a series of new events and dilemmas tuned to the issues and situations that are relevant in contemporary Africa.

Can you turn your country into an economic powerhouse that competes with the strongest world economies? Is this the vision you have for your country, or are you aiming for a socialist haven? Can you improve health and education for all your people? Does a little corruption help oil the wheels of power? And can you do this whilst keeping the competing demands of the people under control?

System Requirements

Windows

Mac OS X

Minimum:

OS: Windows XP,7, 8, 10
Processor: 2 gig
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: any

Recommended:

OS: Windows XP,7, 8, 10
Processor: 2 gig
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: any

Minimum:

Processor: 2 gig
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: any

Recommended:

Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB
Storage: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: any

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Posted: 8 August

Game crashes when I click new game.

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Posted: 7 August

Basically a good game, great idea to develop such a game, but:

it definitely IS unbalanced. Either you get murdered before you can change anything to make things look better or, by investing heavily in the police force, jails, drones etc. you eradicate all threat of getting killed and you get 100% of the vote cause people love you. At least if you know something about real politics...

I've as yet only played Zambia but obviously the only bad thing is that you cannot adjust difficulty, but still worth the few bucks.

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Posted: 6 August

I paid a auction site 3 canadian dollars for this game that seams about right price

This is a fun game still.
Windows 10, get a few crashes it hates to be tabbed down thats a near certain crash
Its a graphics mod for previous title
if you are buy this game think about buying the original version instead as you dont need to of this game.
still worth a punt if you want to play at politics ♥♥♥♥
love santa

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Posted: 4 August

Worth every penny. This is like Democracy 3 but harder. If you enjoy a challenge, this is it.

Some criticisms I have, as petty as they seem, have to do with the actual effects of the described policies. The idea that gender inequality hurts the educational system doesn't make sense. Plenty of patriarchal societies have been passionate in their pursuit of knowledge and had a level of education that reflected that. This is simply one example.

Another qualm I have with this game is the Nigeria level, which is downright impossible. You will die regardless. Being assasinated in this game is not hard. At times, this takes away from the enjoyment of the game.

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Posted: 2 August

I did what a fellow gamer said after it would not load and it did load but when I press play it said .exe stopped working and it crashed shamefull now I know why on sale

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Posted: 2 August

The people who made this game read an economics textbook, and went, "Nah, this doesn't line up with our version of things" and threw it out the window. If you want to support a free market, prepare to be villainised by the majoroty of people, and don't expect realistic effects on the economy.

Don't get me wrong, this is a really fun game. I'm just a little dissapointed that something I bought thinking would be more of an economic simulator, is actually just a vague sandbox for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ people off.

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Posted: 1 August

This is of course very much like Democracy 3 but with new aspects. In a way if kind of feels like a DLC. Saying that I very much enjoyed the new challenges, though I've had no crashes of the game. Also I do not feel it warrents its full price. Unless of course you don't own Democracy 3. But certainly worth buying whilst on sale.

If you haven't played Democracy 3. This game is simply put; About making a choice or several depending on political power etc you have for that turn. Then ending the turn and doing it again. Sounds simple and maybe boring. But those choices have an effect. Some choices take longer than others for those effects to come about. This is a game of cause & effect. Can you rescue the country, run it better, get rid of its problems etc. If you like that sort of thing then it's a decent version of that type of game play. If it's not your type of game then you will find it boring and why did you read to the end of this review :)

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Posted: 1 August

It is essentially an expansion pack for Democracy 3. New flags new problems, New Solutions, New Governments.
Although, I would recommend to wait for it on steam sale before picking it up.

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Posted: 1 August

Since the recent fix I will give this game a

8/10

more content would be nice but I like the game in the state is in now.

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Posted: 26 July

New review-The update has made the game playable and enjoyable. The change from standard Democracy 3 is good being able to lead a dictotoral nation into a liberal society like the west is enjoyable, as is making a theocratic authoritarian state. It is a very welcomed change to the standard game and in my mind worth the cost.

Old review-Game crashes after ending the turn, unplayable.

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BenRaS

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Posted: 13 July

A few new flags, a new set of problems, that's it. Not enough to justify the price.

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EricMcki

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Posted: 17 July

to everyone getting crashes do this. right click on the game in the libary, click on properties, click on the local files, then press verify integrity of game cach. that fixed the crashing for me. hope you all enjoy the game

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Posted: 1 August

It is essentially an expansion pack for Democracy 3. New flags new problems, New Solutions, New Governments.
Although, I would recommend to wait for it on steam sale before picking it up.

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Posted: 2 August

I did what a fellow gamer said after it would not load and it did load but when I press play it said .exe stopped working and it crashed shamefull now I know why on sale

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NuclearDystopia

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Posted: 12 April

I really love these games, but I was very upset to see this game is VERY similar to vanilla Democracy 3. Just a few new policies and new countries. Not enough to warrant calling it a new game.
It really sucks for me to say this, I don't want to, but I feel like I have to warn people that this game is extremely similiar.

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SirLagsalott

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Posted: 12 April

There's plenty of things to say about this game. Most of the reviews that have come out today, or will come out in the future, mostly say the same thing: "This game should have been a DLC." I agree, but since that will be the narrative of the other reviews I'd like to talk about everything else.

First: the content from the original.
Most of the original policies are duplicated here, with only minor changes. But the qualms I had with the old policies are the same - for example, why do technology grants reduce religious membership? No one's going to look at a computer and say "there's electricity, therefore God does not exist". Same thing with space exploration and other policies. I haven't heard a valid explanation for that.
Additionally, few things have been changed. Everything that isn't involved with the changed voting groups has been left untouched, and some changed systems don't justify the price tag.

Now, the new content.
The in-game descriptions do not say why Conservatives are opposed to female mutilation bans. It's one thing to say that they oppose sex education, but to say that they support the mutilation of genitals is bizarre and a strange message to send to game players. The description of that policy is only about a sentence long, and the other descriptions give similarly vague (or nonexistant) explanations to why certain groups dislike them.

I also wish there would be something to make the game *feel* different. The background is tinted sepia, there's some new music but everything else is the same. The animations are the same, the mechanics are the same, and there's still the menu bug where placing your cursor between two menu buttons would highlight both items which makes clicking do odd things. There's no Steam Workshop (as of 4/12/16, first day of release), so once you've played all the nations you've just about seen everything there is to see.

In closing, there's really nothing to recommend here. It shares all the same good points and bad points as the original, but bundled into an extra $15 package that just doesn't feel worth it. In response to fears that the game is just overpriced DLC, the creator went on forums and told people that the game had enough content to stand on its own. I'm afraid not.

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