Huh. I was a really big fan of the first game and I always felt it was sort of an under appreciated gem in the sim genre. I'm glad it's going back to the original style (I assume they mean a Caribbean dictatorship) since I really wasn't a huge fan of the pirate thing in the sequel. Granted, pirates are cool and all, but the game just didn't seem to work as well. It'll be interesting to see if they make many changes to the core gameplay. Personally, I hope they don't. Just some control cleanup and streamlining would make me want to play again.
