Simulate the 2008 U.S. Presidential race

President Bush is suffering from low approval ratings, Senator Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are already in the running to be the Democrats’ presidential candidate. Yup, the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election is just getting warmed up and 80soft.com, a software company whose forte is making political video games just released their latest PC game, President Forever 2008 + Primaries.

The game boasts of using a realistic electorate modeling techniques, but you could still lose even if you got more votes (just like in 2000). Anyhow, if you want to be responsible for electing the first woman US president or the first African-American US president, you better start massive campaigning and fund-raising activities. Here are the game’s features:

• battle across each party’s primaries and then enter the general election!
• criss-cross the country doing barn-storming campaigns
• setup detailed platforms to outmaneuver your opponents
• unleash foot soldiers to stop your opponents, or get campaign crusaders to rally voters to your cause
• run attack ads to steal voters leaning towards your opponents
• give a fiery custom-made speech, but remember to prepare for the debates!
• craft a detailed electoral strategy to give you a landslide on election day
• play vs. computer players or hotseat with other human players!
• play with 18 ready-made candidates in 2008 complete with detailed attributes and skills, or make your own!
• play 2008, or try a Great Campaign of the Past: 2000 (Bush-Gore), 1992 (Bush-Clinton), 1980 (Reagan-Carter), or 1960 (Nixon-Kennedy)!

The game is already available for roughly US$ 20. Or if you have your doubts, you could also try the demo which is around 5MB. The read link below will take you to 80soft’s site.

President Bush is suffering from low approval ratings, Senator Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are already in the running to be the Democrats’ presidential candidate. Yup, the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election is just getting warmed up and 80soft.com, a software company whose forte is making political video games just released their latest PC game, President Forever 2008 + Primaries.

The game boasts of using a realistic electorate modeling techniques, but you could still lose even if you got more votes (just like in 2000). Anyhow, if you want to be responsible for electing the first woman US president or the first African-American US president, you better start massive campaigning and fund-raising activities. Here are the game’s features:

• battle across each party’s primaries and then enter the general election!
• criss-cross the country doing barn-storming campaigns
• setup detailed platforms to outmaneuver your opponents
• unleash foot soldiers to stop your opponents, or get campaign crusaders to rally voters to your cause
• run attack ads to steal voters leaning towards your opponents
• give a fiery custom-made speech, but remember to prepare for the debates!
• craft a detailed electoral strategy to give you a landslide on election day
• play vs. computer players or hotseat with other human players!
• play with 18 ready-made candidates in 2008 complete with detailed attributes and skills, or make your own!
• play 2008, or try a Great Campaign of the Past: 2000 (Bush-Gore), 1992 (Bush-Clinton), 1980 (Reagan-Carter), or 1960 (Nixon-Kennedy)!

The game is already available for roughly US$ 20. Or if you have your doubts, you could also try the demo which is around 5MB. The read link below will take you to 80soft’s site.