Commander in Chief (video game)

Commander in Chief
PAL boxart
Developer(s)	Eversim
Publisher(s)	Interactive Gaming Software (IGS)
Version	~2.3
Platform(s)	PC
Release date(s)	July 25, 2008
Genre(s)	Government simulation game Real Time Strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	Version 1 ESRB: T (Teen) PGI: 12+ Version 2 ESRB: M (Mature) PEGI: 16+
Media/distribution	Download, CD (retail or mail-order)
System requirements 768 Mb A 3D graphic card running under Directx9 with 128 Mb of RAM 1 Ghz processor

Commander in Chief, also known as Geo-Political-Simulator is a government simulation game that places you as the head of state of virtually any nation that existed on January 1, 2009. Players have a large amount of control over their nation, although this varies based on the form of government the player's nation has. This game has been released in French, German, Spanish and Russian. The English version was released on July 25, 2008. The French version has been named Mission-Président.

Gameplay

When starting a new game, players may choose between various scenarios, some of which have set objectives while others are more akin to a "sandbox" mode.

Similarly to other government simulation games like Democracy, the player assumes the role of the chief executive of their chosen nation such as the President of the United States of America or the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Unlike in the Democracy series the player may amend the constitution of their chosen state and run it as a dictatorship.

Inaccuracies

The game refers to the position of chief executive as "Head of State" which is not true for all states—for example, the American President is the Head of State, but the British Prime Minister or German Chancellor are not—and in the game, the player plays as the chief executive. In many states there is a distinction between the Head of Government and the Head of State, with the Head of State often being a ceremonial president or monarch. There is also no distinction in the game between any upper and lower houses of the legislature.

There are also inaccuracies relating to nations in the game, as many nations are misrepresented. For example, the Finnish are inaccurately portrayed as being culturally Nordic, all Finnish have Swedish names when Swedish speakers only constitute 5.5% of the population. Other inaccuracies relate to the religion. Certain minority religions, such as the Baha'i faith in India, are not represented in the game, nor are pagans of any kind. There are also mistakes relating to ethnicity. For example, all the people of Kyrgyzstan, as opposed to a sizable minority, are represented as being Caucasian rather than east Asian and also all have Russian names.

2009 Version

The 2009 version was released on January 20, 2009 Same day Barrack Obama was inagurated; in the U.K, the game was released for the first time in April as "Commander in Chief."

External links

• Official Game Site
• Commander in Chief Game Site
• Commander in Chief Game Site for UK