repeatability

from JoeUser Forums
Brad,
One of the questions I have is whether this game will always feel the same due to preset issues and polls. Can issues and polls be randomised or will the population always start off the same?

What I would love is the historical campaign (2004) and then either new scenarios or a completely random population, with different hopes, dreams, desires, ideals, and issues for you to discover and use in your election.

Paul.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

I know there will be a great deal of randomness to the game. I also know that the game is forward looking with the ability (It's hoped so, anyway) where the user can add to the game's scenarios and also edit key features of the game externally with plug-ins and editors. It will be interesting non-the-less to see the final outcome.

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sounds excellent!!!!!

Paul.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

The only thing that won't be repeating is that the states will be the same from game to game.

But that can work out as a good thing. Remember the game, Defender of the Crown? A big part of the fun was knowing which regions you had to own.  In this game, it's the same thing. The only concnern/tweak we may hae to make is that there just aren't that many toss-up states.  So we're putting in world factors like war, depression, etc. that can mix things up.

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
We need the option to randomize just about everything.

It would be good to see this game extended beyond US politics. Different maps of different countries to play politics in. Perhaps the UK, or Europe or somewhere else. Some countries are more repressive and try to corrupt the voting count so there would have to be a way to try to combat that. Perhaps you could hire armies to help "persuade" voters yourself or create a coup depending on which country you are playing. In fact, every country would have a different way to play, different factors to take into account.

A random map generator would be good too with, therefore, random country traits.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
While I would also love a game that could be easily extended beyond the US, that would require lots more research and work, so I don't expect it. The more randomisation / scenarios the better for me though. I would love to try winning old contests based on the public opinions at the time. Imaging taking a current political figure and seeing if they could have won an election in 1950! Randomisation though is the key. I don't want to start the game every time knowing the arguments that win, knowing the states that matter, knowing the current voting split.

Paul.