About Trade Tower:
So far I have played about 100 hours of this excellent game, and thought I’d give it a thumbs up with a quick reveiw because there are not many reveiws yet, and many of them refer to earlier versions. If you’ve ever played a Port Royale or Patrician game, you’ll get the hang of it pretty quickly, but there are differences, such as the fluctuating market prices, which vary much more realistically. Also, there is a stock exchange, and your decisions regarding buying and selling goods in the various ports will have a direct effect on share prices. You can make big money investing in a company, supplying it with raw materials and selling their products. The map size can not be changed, which is something quite some people asked about. This might get addressed, but the devs stated they chose this size to balance world size with keeping it small enough so you can know and remember all the cities in the world. In my game so far (4-5 hours of gameplay) I have Trade Offices in 9 cities across two countries, and I don’t find myself wishing for more cities yet. Easier management of trade routes and a better insight into trade opportunities between cities is something I find myself thinking about more… because larger cities tend to both produce and consume a lot of different goods and thus you find yourself studying the cities and making notes about what each city needs and what they produce in excess.
