Tropico 4 DLC Modern Times costs 1200 Microsoft Points

By Tom Phillips Published 13 January, 2012

A space-age add-on.

Dictator simulator Tropico 4 receives pricey space age DLC Modern Times in March, developer Kalypso has announced.

This add-on brings the Cold War setting of Tropico 4 into the present day.

On Xbox 360, Tropico 4: Modern Times costs 1200 Microsoft Points, making it one of the more expensive pieces of DLC on Xbox Live.

On PC, the add-on costs even more - £19.99/€24.99!

Modern Times features an "extensive" new single-player campaign spread over 12 new missions.

Content includes a timeline stretching from the modern day into the future, and 30 new buildings including skyscrapers, organic ranches and biofarms.

Aging older buildings can be updated to modern designs, and players' dictatorial powers can be expanded - you can block citizen's internet use, for example.

Tropico 4: Modern Times.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 4 months ago

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  • arcam #1 4 months ago

    It was only a few years a go that a full PC game cost £19.99...

  • geoneo123 #2 4 months ago

    Well 12 missions is a decent expansion!

    But its more expensive then the game. Loved the tropico 3 and should pick up 4 once complete.
    Edited by geoneo123 at 13/01/12 @ 16:48

  • Whizzo #3 4 months ago

    Having bought Tropico 4 for a tenner in the Steam sale I really can't see myself paying double for an expansion pack, maybe when it's a few quid at the Easter Steam sale I'll pick it up.

  • darkmorgado #4 4 months ago

    So it's not so much an add-on as a full expansion then. 30 new buildings, a new era, new powers, and a full-size single-player campaign.

    That's actually not a bad price for that much content, when you consider that other games (*cough* COD *cough*) charge more than that for a measly selection of half-arsed remade maps.

  • FanBoysSuck #5 4 months ago

    Sounds like a proper expansion. I wouldn't mind grabbing it if it was stand alone. I skipped 4 because of all the reviews saying it was pretty much identical to 3, which I still play quite a bit.

  • evild_edd #6 4 months ago

    Haven't played any of this series. Imagine it's more suited to the PC than console, although (as a console gamer who loves strategy titles), I've been known to muddle through on console versions of such titles.

    Anyone have any personal, hands-on experience of the 360 version? Might consider a purchase at some point down the line....

  • TURBOKILLFACE53 #7 4 months ago

    Driving that close to a launch pad is asking for trouble

  • bikmate #8 4 months ago

    This is what Tropico 4 should have been from the start. What we have now is basically Tropico 3 with downgraded graphics.

  • cyacomini #9 4 months ago

    @evild_edd

    Fantastic, loving it. The controls are pretty sweet.considering the amount of data available to you in game. You can easily loose 3-4 hours of your day with it, incredibly addictive.

    I was playing through Skyrim but have stopped and Arkham is still in its wrapper - tropico to blame.

  • Leecpfc #10 4 months ago

    This is by FAR my favourite game on 360 at the moment - literally can't stop playing it!

  • Ironic_War_Criminal #11 4 months ago

    you can block citizen's internet use, for example.

    Hell yes. My modern America simulator will now be complete.

  • Casserole #12 4 months ago

    Maybe this should have been Tropico 5 i.e. a "Cuba" in modern times.

  • dingo75 #13 4 months ago

    After Tropico 3 and then the addon and finally the "Gold" version with both games I put them on my list of "Wait for "Gold Edition", "GOTY" etc. joining Bethesda, Paradox and Bioware.
    Especially since there aren't that many differences between Tropico 3 and 4.


    Patience is a virtue.
    Edited by dingo75 at 14/01/12 @ 09:32

  • Stratix #14 4 months ago

    Ooh perfect, I can build my own North Korea...

    I wouldn't say this was DLC as we imagine it, this is more of a classic expansion as I used to know the term.