Port Royale 3 is one of those games you either hate or love, but it has one of the best economics model I ever seen in a sim, it has an in game economics model that is not random its actually a fully functioning in game trade system that trades and produces goods in real time,so say you attack a frigate with your fleet and sink it, so whatever goods are on that frigate means that a city will not be getting its much needed goods and a city just lost money on goods that never made it to its destinnation.

So this effects the economy and eventually it could lead to economic ruin, the game world is the Caribbean in the16th and 17th century here the naval powers of Spain, England, France and Holland fight for supremacy in the new world, so hundreds of trade convoys transport commodities between the town, alwayssearching for places with surplus commodities and those with high demand.

pirate convoys roam the seas hoping to intercept trade convoysand plunder them, there are 60 towns in Port Royale 3, as was customary at the time the relationship of the four nations was constantly changing, so diplomacy will play a big part in the survival of your fleet.

At any rate this is a cool game, maybe not for everyone, but for thoughs of you who like Tropico 4 Kalypso s game will be right up your alley, yes theres a very steep learning curve and as many tutorials as this game hasits still not enough to help you learn, you will have to read the manual and you will have to watch short ingame vids,but once you figure out how to play, you will respect the accurate economics model and the depth this game provides, but I like it and would recommend it to anyone,well maybe not you hardcore black ops and Modern warfare buffs lol.