Tropico 5 - The Supercomputer

Building is useless since it doesn't do more research than a well placed observatory and the mission is another reference to hitchiker's guide to the galaxy... which they already did with another DLC. Nothing useful, new or interesting here.

We’ll get the usual out of the way: $4 DLC, one mission, one building. Sounds like a presidential punchline by Penultimo. It’s no secret that the community has not been fond of the DLC model and its value for cost, and reviews of DLCs have been overwhelmingly negative because of this. While I will still criticise the DLC model, for once I think this DLC is actually a good one. The new building, the Supercomputer, is arguably a useful addition. A Cold War building, the Supercomputer is a research building. There aren’t too many in the game, and while another one may seem redundant compared to the Science Labs and Observatories you can spam, the Supercomputer stands out in that it requires no workers, operating only on power. This makes it a useful alternative to research if you have a shortage of workers, but plenty of power. Cheap upgrades to the Supercomputer provide a small number of votes during elections and increases relations with Russia. The mission is the most challenging in any DLC yet. The back-story is the usual Tropican humour – the goal is to win an international supercomputer bet by finding the meaning of life, the universe and everything. To do this, you must build a supercomputer and advance to the modern era. The challenge in this is that you have a raw start with basic buildings and only 15 years to achieve this goal. While this may seem like a lot of time, getting your island economy running from scratch, getting research points to get the modern era techs and building the necessary tech building to progress is likely going to run really close to the time limit. There’s a second timed objective after this too, but it’s a huge relief once you get past the first one. As a long-time Tropico player, this is a rare moment where the missions really pushed my knowledge of how to create an economically sustainable city, and completing the mission felt genuinely satisfying. This may be one of the last DLCs released, and while it still lacks the value as all the DLCs have, this one was more enjoyable than the others. The building is okay at best, but the mission was well worth it this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-9hOflK9x0

Lazy building; pay $12,000 and 100 power for a building that just floods research points. Useful for rushing technology, but hardly worth the cost, especially when there are plenty of other buildings that can boost research while providing jobs or other services. The mission is boring.

I got this when it was $2 on sale. Honestly this was about the most boring DLC out of the bunch. It was not bad, it was not good, it was just plain blah. Although it was the first DLC mission that progressed through two eras which was different. Sadly the two era thing was the most ineresting thing about the mission. The super computer building is not a good addition to your building library like other DLC buildings. Very doubtful you would ever build it in a sandbox game except if you were going for the research achivement. If you are not a fan of DLC for Tropico then you should stay away form this one as far as possible. If you liek the DLC stuff, you are going to buy it anyways, lol.

I have every dlc for tropico 5 and this is probaly the hardest and most boring one. The supercomputer is a cool addition if you are going for the tech achievement but other then that there is no need for it. I really wish they would release a new dlc that actually affects the game or creates a whole new feel. I love the tropico experience, but the dlc are all pretty much the same..they offer a new tech or factory and then you have to use this to win the scenario. Waterbourne was the last good dlc. The supercomputer dlc is boring as hell. I would rather eat a poop sandwich then play this dlc again. It was also glitchy as hell at first, but I think that got solved. The map is a good map, but the dlc is boring..I cant stress this enough that the dlc is boring and how I would rather eat a poop sandwich on a hot summer day then play this dlc again! God please help tropico developers to create a better more worthy dlc that does not involve the same game play and scenario. Once again, dont play this boring dlc...You might as well get stoned first so that you go into it with some happiness cause this dlc is boring. One time I saw a cat get ran over and playing this dlc was the same experience. That poor cat. I didnt know his name, so I instead named him reggie ray. Poor reggie ray..that cat lived a short life and you will too if you play this DLC. This dlc makes me want to watch his untimely death over and over instead of playing this dlc..I would rather eat that hot poop sandwich on a muggy hot disgusting day while watching this cat die then play this dlc. good bless you all.

This review is in English and Slovak language: Táto recenzia je v Anglickom a Slovenskom jazyku: This game has so much DLC for several times the price of the base game that I don't recommend this DLC because of developer greed, regardless of its content. Táto hra obsahuje toľko veľa DLC za sumu niekoľko násobne vyššiu ako je cena základnej hry, že toto DLC neodporúčam z dôvodu chamtivosti vývojára, bez ohľadu na jeho obsah.

They rape you with all these dlcs. but i ended up getting them all they should have been a buck each so keep that in mind when reading these reviews ill still give it a good review just because i liked the game regardless.

The supercomputer building isn't better than an observatory, so the only novel bit about this mission compared to a sandbox game is the time limit

The new building, the Supercomputer adds a nice feel to the game. It helps boost your research albeit not too much. Finally, I find the standalone scenario that comes with the DLC enjoyable to play.

Ressourceless island, almost no mines, no oil, no good farming conditions. The supercomputer doesn't bring that much research point in the end. You'll just have to spam observatories and win. Alternatively, i completed the mission in a few dozen minutes by stealing Peace Atoms to jump in Modern Time, then shortly again won Future Materials which... succeded the mission. Doenst worth it.

The most challenging mission I played so far, at high-high difficulty it took me few replays to finish it. I don't think buildings are the reason you should buy dlcs yet this supercomputer building is actually quite good. Research without manpower is cool since all other research buildings require college educated workers and both upgrade of the building are useful.

i cant remember buying this one either

Not bad, buy it with the bundle.

Great DLC

tech i love tecg

Not worth it!