Corporate/Cyberespionage, Buy off public officials, Lawsuits

[Cyklonix]

Who would like to see some of these added to the game? Add your thoughts so we can get a better poll going. I think it would be fun to have the dark side in the game. There is a game I can think of that had something similar, it was called "Ruthless".http://www.gamespot.com/tom-clancys-ruthless-com/

Add Industrial, Cyber, and Corporate espionage should be added into the game. Or take a risk of cooking the books like Enron. Buy off public officials to help improve your products on the selling floor. Get special deals on things. Bid on contracts for governments for certain products, housing, and office buildings. I would like to see both the good and the bad side, plus it would add more realism to the game.

[azuzelych]

Who would like to see some of these added to the game? Add your thoughts so we can get a better poll going. I think it would be fun to have the dark side in the game. There is a game I can think of that had something similar, it was called "Ruthless".http://www.gamespot.com/tom-clancys-ruthless-com/

Add Industrial, Cyber, and Corporate espionage should be added into the game. Or take a risk of cooking the books like Enron. Buy off public officials to help improve your products on the selling floor. Get special deals on things. Bid on contracts for governments for certain products, housing, and office buildings. I would like to see both the good and the bad side, plus it would add more realism to the game.

Totally agree.
The truth is, there is no way of doing truly big business without corruption. Enron, BP, Siemens - you name them.
Without such a feature the realism part would stay crippled.

[Cyklonix]

So are they looking at adding some features related to this to the game? I hope so, it would enhance the overall realism and experience of the game. For people that don't want it then there could be an option to disable it. Win win for everybody.

[Kristo]

I like the idea.

But i prefer to be optional too. See, some player may wanna compete fairly, some wanna use every tool avaliable to them.
I think the game should balance this idea with "good/bad corporate public image"-something. So it'll give you bonuses, if you play nice, if you choose to.

What's the risk if you play dirty?
- workers' strikes
- ban from given industry
- fines
- so on...

[azuzelych]

I like the idea.

But i prefer to be optional too. See, some player may wanna compete fairly, some wanna use every tool avaliable to them.
I think the game should balance this idea with "good/bad corporate public image"-something. So it'll give you bonuses, if you play nice, if you choose to.

What's the risk if you play dirty?
- workers' strikes
- ban from given industry
- fines
- so on...

I guess we won't see it in the game anyway - too much for the devs to do. However, in case it ever shows up, perhaps the on/off switch could be added to a game start screen (sandbox/realistic mode).

[Cyklonix]

I hope it makes its way in eventually