Starting The Game

I can only be a republican???

I don't want to pick a republican candidate. Do I have to  click on a certain place in the game to change this when I first start? I'm playing on the PC version I got today at GameStop.

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Reply #1 Top

An answer please!! I'm getting frustrated over here. I don't want to create my own character and I DON'T want to play as a REPUBLICAN!!!

*taps foot impatiently* Answer....

Reply #2 Top

Lolwut.

 

Just go press "Quick Play" then select a Democrat candidate like Obama or Kerry.

 

On Candidate Creator, there should be a drop down list with the party choices.

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Posted November 15, 2008 15:24:49 ...
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Posted November 15, 2008 15:35:01 ...
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Hey NikkieFairchild,

Welcome to the forums.  Although we do have many active users, and Stardock employees that check the forums, it will often take more than 10 minutes for a response.  Especially when you post on the weekends.  The forums are not live support.

I'm playing on the PC version I got today at GameStop.
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Before we try to fix any problems, let's first make sure that you are playing the latest version of the game. 

We have a free program called Impulse that is used to register and then update your game(s).  You said you got your game from GameStop.  When you installed the game, it should have also installed Impulse for you.  Whether you have XP or Vista, it will have been installed to Start->All Programs->Stardock->Impulse.  If you don't have Impulse for some reason, you can go to this website to get it: http://www.impulsedriven.com/impulse_setup_full.exe

Once you have found, or went and downloaded Impulse, run it and be sure to register your copy of Political Machine 2008.  To do that, click the blue Stardock orb in the upper left-hand corner and go to "Register a product".  After registration of the game, it will show up in the My Games tab, as well as the Updates tab, if there are updates.

Running the latest version of the game can solve many issues that have been discovered since the launch of the game back in June.  So definitely make sure you get the latest updates.

If JakeGarcia's post doesn't help you, and you have the latest build, repost here and we can further try to figure out how to help you.