Election Manager 2016 Reviews – Page 4

Great, but some room for improvement

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Overall a great game, though I have a few suggestions. 1) Primaries One way that this game could be infinitely better is with primaries. As a history buff myself, I’ve always wanted to see the process of a candidate getting the delegates he or she needed to get so they could receive their parties nomination. You could even do what President Infinity does and have three different screens for each party primary and the general election that can be toggled on and off. 2) Early Vote and Realistic vote tallying Another thing, the election apparatus is a little below par. Don’t get me wrong, it is the best on IOS, however, there are some improvements to be made. Have the results of an election come in slowly, a little bit at a time. It makes election night more intriguing, whereas right now, the experience gets a little bland after the first few games. 3) Debates Even if it’s just opposition research and issue research, it would be an improvement. The debates right now are ok, however, they don’t really penalize a candidate for not being prepared that much. Have the option for debate practice each week and issue research, and have there be real consequences for doing poorly in a debate. 4) Endorsements Maybe the largest part of a real election that is missing here is endorsements. While the invocation of this game may be overused now, you could do something like what President Infinity does and have there be points allotted weekly that could be used toward endorsements. This kinda goes hand-in-hand, be surrogates would be another good addition. Having the candidates spouse or friend go out and campaign would help when a candidate is behind and needs to make up ground Right now, I think that these additions would be perfect to keep the community surrounding this game enthusiastic. It certainly would for me, a member of the community for a few years now.

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