$2.99川建国同志想要连任/Comrade Trump's Re-election A Hymn of Loyalty
You have three days to win the re-election: face the press, tweet for likes and pick which of four endings you earn.
Is 川建国同志想要连任/Comrade Trump's Re-election worth it?
川建国同志想要连任/Comrade Trump's Re-election is worth it if…
- you follow the news and enjoy jokes built out of real headlines and memes
- you like short runs with branching choices and endings worth hunting down
- you want something light and funny to poke at for an evening, not a deep strategy game
- you enjoy parody that does not take itself, its subject or its press conferences seriously
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Three days to save the campaign
The setup is simple and absurd: the election is in three days, and Comrade Trump, secret agent of a certain motherland, still needs to win it. Each day brings a press conference where reporters fire questions at you, drawn from a pool of 96. Answer seriously and watch your approval, campaign funds and chaos level shift, sometimes in ways nobody could predict. Or lose patience, shout "FAKE NEWS!", raise a middle finger and storm out of the room entirely. That option is always on the table, and the game never judges you for taking it.
Tweeting is a governing style
No self-respecting campaign runs without a phone in hand, and this one hands you a Twitter account of your own. Fire off a tweet and see how many likes roll in, with your support rate moving along with them. The results keep their own sense of humour: one run you post something outrageous and watch the numbers climb, the next you wonder what the internet was thinking. Between press conferences, the story unfolds through hand-drawn cartoon art and a cheerful piano soundtrack, and when the votes are counted, four endings wait: winning, losing, going broke, and two hidden ones the game does not advertise.
How long does a playthrough take?
Do your choices actually matter?
Yes, in two ways. Your answers move three meters, approval, funds and chaos, and the combination decides which of the four endings you reach, including two hidden ones. Every question you have answered, and what each answer did, is recorded in a list on the main menu, so you can study which choices raised your support and which quietly sank it.
Is it replayable?
Somewhat, with a catch. The 96 questions are drawn at random each run, so no two playthroughs show you the same press conference, and the four endings give you reasons to return. The flip side is that getting the specific questions you still need is largely down to luck, which matters if you aim to see everything.
Is the game political? Which side is it on?
It is a parody, not a platform. The game states plainly that it is for entertainment only, represents no group or individual and endorses no political views, and its story is openly fictional, with renamed characters and a deliberately ridiculous premise. It exists to be funny about politics, not to argue for a position.
