Over the last few years, it feels like the amount of console and PC games seeing mobile ports has definitely gone up. While some publishers still feel like dumping out a free to play spinoff for getting more fans into their brands, there is a small group of publishers and developers who want mobile gamers to get the same experience as console and PC gamers for various games. When Aspyr brought Civilization VI to iPad, I was pretty blown away. That was the first time in a while I was blown away by a port after FTL. When Feral Interactive announced Tropico ($11.99) was coming to iPad, I had a similar feeling.

Tropico released on iPad a little while ago and it was updated to include an iPhone version this week with a few nifty new features and I’ve been playing it on both iPad (first generation Pro) and iPhone (7 and 7 Plus) over the last few weeks and am still impressed not only by the quality of the game but also this port. If you’ve never played a Tropico game before, this franchise from Haemimont Games and Kalypso media has seen quite a bit of success on PC and recently consoles. Feral Interactive has adapted Tropico 3 that is availabe on PC platforms for iPad and iPhone with this port and called it simply Tropico. This series of games is known for being great construction and management simulation experiences with a nice dollop of politics thrown in.

Feral doesn’t really do direct ports without tweaking and I’m glad that they actually un...