Trying out Tropico 6. Chiefly because I got bored with T4, did all the campaign and missions and whatever.
I did not like T5 much.
T6 definitely lacks in humour department and the characters are unoriginal. No slutty Ms Pineapple either.
As for the gameplay I'm not sure, T4 had a bit more variety. Could just ignore everything and start a tourism based economy right from the start in that (even with importing food it was possible to ignore the most basic production) but in T6 have to wait for the 3rd eras to unlock tourism. Importing raw resources also a pain in the ass. The Pirate "loot" mission at least gives some tactical elbow-room.
The multi-island approach gives more interesting maps perhaps.
I thikn it's a step up from T5.