What we mean by that is simple - the player is the one who decides the important conditions for play in Sandbox Mode.If your only motivation in playing Sandbox is to use that mode for unlocking we have good news for you - almost all of the game-play-based Achievements CAN be unlocked via Sandbox Play. While that is an exciting new development for the series, considering the arms-length distance that most gamers still treat online play, the Campaign Mode (which we have fully covered) and the Sandbox Mode are still perhaps the most significant for most players.In T5 Sandbox Play can be easily considered the Scenario Mode for the game - though it should be well understood that this is player-directed scenario play, and not an officially structured one. With Tropico 5 a new Mode was added - Online.
The Tropico Game Series has always included two modes for play - the Story (or Campaign) Mode, and Sandbox Mode.