Hey I made a video about your Mod I hope this is ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAax9uQodJw

I love the storyline of this, and I'm not even that annoyed about the extremely limited locations to place buildings, but I really struggled with extending my mandate in this. For example, they ask for a wharf and then for me to export fish: literally nowhere for me to place a wharf where I can connect it to the road system. The gambling of "will the Vanilla Missions give me a mission I can accomplish" was just too random and frustrating, which is sad because I really liked the writing.

Agree with the comments about the landscape. It's too hard to place structures and roads. I'm all for encouraging the player to be smarter with their building choices, but when you limit the space to the point where it takes like five minutes to connect one building to a nearby road, the challenge becomes annoying.

Gave up after trying to place the gold mine near the start. A shame, because the story was interesting.

best map I have seen so far. Finally challenging, since Tropico 5 official campaigns/missions are so easy...

However I failed in 2 things: 1st time it came up to votes, I wasn´t prepared and couldn´t win the election, this could be solved with more focus on the second try.

2nd: I just wasn´t able to connect the road to the upper gold mine. Or I just lost my temper. :)

Spooky

I agree with the field marshall. While the terrain seems realistic from an aesthetic point of view for a small island, the gameplay aspect is a freaking nightmare. I spend most of my time trying to place buildings and roads. While i think placement should be challenging, I don't think this is merely challenging but moderately broken. It is to be expected as this is an early release. Yet I hope the author takes our point into consideration. As it is this mod is too frustrating for me to play, even though i love the story.

While this certainly seems like a labour of love, and one that has produced wonderfully detailed dialogue with a likewis detailed map, it is bloody frustrating to play. When it comes to building a fort, for example, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect to be able to build it on the site of the old one, - but nope; "Uneven terrain" has halted the vast majority of my construction ideas.

Ah, well I got a double whammy of building a gold mine and researching the trigger for the rebel support, both of which are blocked out when you refuse Rotshchild's help. Just figured you may have wanted to know about it is all,

If you get the right vanilla missions and use every opportunity to extend the colonial period, build the newspaper building, etc, you should be able to just get past the revolutionary support threshold. You won't be able to fight the crown, so you'll have to buy your way out of servitude.

Not sure how you can buy your way past a block on your ability to learn a needed skill but I started over and took the industrial route and am impressed at the amount of research and time went into this scenario. I kind of wish it was more spaced out but it was well worth playing till the end. Ya got my thumbs up!

@Dazs: sorta, yes. Amish make terrible revolutionaries, and the game didn't allow me to model horse-drawn buggies to replace the lorries of the post-revolutionary period. It is feasible to buy yourself into the modern age (and the mission does provide a scenario should you succeed), but your player skills need to be nothing short of those of a true messiah. Fitting, no?
Will it be worth the effort? Let's say: Amish go to heaven, they'll never go to space.

Question: Is it a "feature" that if you decline help from Rothschild and go the "amish route" that you are essentially set up to fail since you cannot learn mining or the trigger and both of those are needed for rebel support to get past the colonial era.

@Stuffedbluedog: the storylines are meant to give Marquis Island a rich history, and explain how you (and/or your dynasty) came to be El Presidente. What your dynasty does with that kind of legacy in modern times is left open, and for you to determine: around the time of the World Wars, it becomes a pure sandbox play (no more scripted missions). At that point there should still be a lot of developing, and maybe even some exploring left to do, so the younger generation of your dynasty may decide to take the Island into a whole new direction altogether. Only you will know.

Ive only come unto the world war era so far, but I must say I really enjoy both the story and the difficulty of the map. For once a Tropico game is a challenge! Awesome!

Another bug: well i am not certian, but after a certian someone was shot then someone disappears, No more missions appear. I have researched everything, and have done everything I can in the coldwar era, bit nothing is happening. Is this intended?

@Murasaki, @Stuffedbluedog - thanks for the bug reports

bug: this is minor but the 2nd bar mission will not compleate dispite having built at least 10 since the mission started

After having played this I can say it's definetely a very fun scenario that provides a constant challenge especially after a certain person seems to vanish. The lack of build space was a bit frustrating though as it made placing some roads in particular roads to mission requiring mines. Still found it fun overall though so kudos and keep up the good work, I eagerly await your next creation.

very good like it

hey,hey,hey nice one!

I really enjoyed this map, though a bit more room to build would be nice ;)

Bug: Froze/crashed about 5 mins in, while attempting to place road between palace/dock, after Penultimo's first plot message.

Wow, this looks amazing....

Shall play, not an expert player but more of a casual one though I find I have very good methods for creating strong colonial economies though after that things are a rollercoaster ride of randomness. The reading won't be a problem since I love reading and backstory, that's the problem with games these days, never enough backstory in the manuals or games themselves. Next comment from me will be a review. :tropicanstar:

The amount of custom dialogue is so massive it becomes oppressive to game play. what I mean is the map forces you to spend 90% of your time reading dialogue and making de scions about said dialogue; only allowing 10% of the time building the island. In my mind these ratios should be completely reversed. Building the island is the fun part.

For more Portraits of Marquis Island, search the ARTWORK section of the workshop for "MARQUIS ISLAND".

Mystery of Marquis Island has been extensively playtested. However, just because of the sheer amount of custom code, there may still be some (hopefully minor) bugs. Should you run across one, please report it here.