Clout is a game like no other. This is to say that darkly satirical political simulators aren't exactly a genre in it's own right, or even something anyone has thought to look up. However, that isn't to say the game isn't fun!
When I started the game I was a rather confused socialist, passing SNAP and education spending bills to rake in that clout, which happens to be a currency in the game along with the game's name. Unfortunately this helped wreck the debt that was already in the trillions (60 trillion at the time), but once I got a hang of the game and learned which bills needed passing to help out our fiction Not-So-United States of America my dirty little commie politician started to become quite proficient at pushing the socialist agenda.
The gameplay consists mostly of the aforementioned bills, which players can introduce with clout gained from their political endeavors, in the hopes of improving the country in some way, or more likely increasing their clout and getting that "Campaign Contribution" from the corporation who had you introduce the bill. You can coordinate with other players to help you pass your bills, and play on the bills of others to help pass them, along with try to make your political opposition's bills fail. Drugs can, of course, help you out
After reaching the next tier of political influence you can also do some more underhand things, such as hiring thugs or assassins to take out rivals or hiring a think tank to falsify information in favor of you bill. You also gain access to more lucrative "Campaign Contributions", offers to speak at events for cash, and the ability to cover up scandals caused by the more underhand things you do, along with all those drugs you just took.
The game is based around an energy system which limits how much you can do every day. It's meant to be played over a long period of time, so it might not be your cup of tea. Your choice though.
Videogame A View Into American Politics, with extra money on the side.
Clout is a game like no other. This is to say that darkly satirical political simulators aren't exactly a genre in it's own right, or even something anyone has thought to look up. However, that isn't to say the game isn't fun!
When I started the game I was a rather confused socialist, passing SNAP and education spending bills to rake in that clout, which happens to be a currency in the game along with the game's name. Unfortunately this helped wreck the debt that was already in the trillions (60 trillion at the time), but once I got a hang of the game and learned which bills needed passing to help out our fiction Not-So-United States of America my dirty little commie politician started to become quite proficient at pushing the socialist agenda.
The gameplay consists mostly of the aforementioned bills, which players can introduce with clout gained from their political endeavors, in the hopes of improving the country in some way, or more likely increasing their clout and getting that "Campaign Contribution" from the corporation who had you introduce the bill. You can coordinate with other players to help you pass your bills, and play on the bills of others to help pass them, along with try to make your political opposition's bills fail. Drugs can, of course, help you out
After reaching the next tier of political influence you can also do some more underhand things, such as hiring thugs or assassins to take out rivals or hiring a think tank to falsify information in favor of you bill. You also gain access to more lucrative "Campaign Contributions", offers to speak at events for cash, and the ability to cover up scandals caused by the more underhand things you do, along with all those drugs you just took.
The game is based around an energy system which limits how much you can do every day. It's meant to be played over a long period of time, so it might not be your cup of tea. Your choice though.