Buy Expeditions: Conquistador

All in all quite a dull tactical/adventure game.
Also the RPG elements I bought it for are severely flawed.
Just distributing " a generic resource" to boost characters stats just kills my feel of development and Individualisation of your Party (and thus diversification of tactical options) is nigh possible. Loot is also just another stat so progression in the game loses the feel of being meaningful.
Storytelling is also not strong enough to cope for lacking gaming content.

The game strongly feels like a casual one.

I bought it also for a lot of strong reviews, but I cannot really see why they happened other for cash/free keys.

This game has a very interesting story and the fun of exploring an unknown world, looking for secrets with your crew. The combat is good as well. Not the best or the selling point, but strong enough that it doesn't get stale bad. The game is a tad on the shorter side, especially if you rush through, and the replayablity is limited due to 2 different stances. Kill the natives, or befriend them. For $20 I think it is well worth the price.

Actually I came by this game while skimming through products on steam sale; I purchased it based on the positive reviews. To be honest I was expecting nothing fancy but this game surprised me.
It is a well-blended mixture of exploration adventure, strategy, RPG, tactical combat. It has well implemented ideas and mechanics to make you enjoy this mixture while throwing in some fresh ideas as well.
The story is captivating enough to make you wonder what is coming next, the travelling mechanics, class based party setup, resource management were all adequately well done. But the combat (I believe which was not enough) is the part where this game shines; you just can’t get enough of it.
A single play through takes between 20-30 hours but other reviews say that there is a lot for replayability for experiencing the alternative branching storylines. In my opinion a single play through was enough fun but pacing through the same map again just to make a few different choices seems a little bit farfetched and may spoil the fun of the game cause some aspects of the game gets repetitive after a while.
At the end of the day it is a good game. 8.5 / 10

I have over 700 games in my Steam account, and the vast majority of them are still unplayed. So now I'm dedicating an hour to each of these games and writing a series of One Hour Reviews. An hour isn't very long to judge a game on, so think of this as more of a first impression, and take this review in the spirit in which it's given. Be sure to read other reviews from players who have spent more time in the game.

One Hour Reviews #59 - Expeditions: Conquistador

I was intrigued by Expeditions: Conquistador, as there aren't many games with a 16th Centry New World setting. But I was happy to find a few more reasons beyond just the setting to enjoy myself.

First, I'll say I was surprised by the emphasis on the story. I guess I am used to playing turn-based games which are pretty light on the story and more about getting you to wander the map and fight things. Instead I discovered there is as much emphasis on the RPG as there is strategy. One warning, other than a little voice acting at the beginning, it's going to be a lot of reading, so depending on how you like your RPGs presented, this may be a turn off.

I imagined as I set out that I'd be doing my share of exploring and fighting, and I wasn't entirely wrong, but it didn't play out the way I expected. Instead of being in charge, I found myself having to work for the local governor, and starting out as an errand boy of sorts. I enjoyed the fact that the story was twisting my expectations here.

The game does provide a tutorial of sorts. Before you can go exploring you have to go through a friendly battle in the town, and this gives you a chance to pick up some of the basics of combat. What I liked here is that the basics were pretty easy to pickup, but there is definitely a deeper strategy at play. The characters you command will have different classes, and each class will have a specialty. So for instance, you'll have characters that focus on melee attacks, or ranged attacks. Each class also has a special ability, such as the doctor who can heal an ally.

So the combat starts out pretty straightfoward in regards to moving around and attacking things from either up close or at range. But then the tutorial starts to layer on some of the other aspects of strategy like taking cover, flanking your opponent, and attacks of opportunity.

Once you finish the first fight, you are able to leave the starter town and explore the area. Although before you actually leave town you'll visit a few places of interest around town, and pick up a few quests along the way. You can also stock up on additional supplies (like food) before leaving town to go explore.

Exploring felt a little different from other games I have played. You still have the concept of turns and only being able to travel so far in a single turn. But once your day is up, instead of just advancing to the next day, you make camp for night. Camping actually involves a few different activities that you assign to your crew. You'll have someone guarding the camp. You can also go out and hunt for food to add to the food stocks you already have. Also, if you have people who have been injured, you can treat them with your doctors. You can specify all of this manually, but the game also has an auto-assign to help speed this process up.

My first fight outside of the town did not go well. The quest I got from the governor directed me to this temple where I proceeded to get into a fight with it's inhabitants. I ended up retreating from the fight after most of my crew got injured, and limped my way back to town. What I found interesting was, I ended up failing the quest. I'm used to either having to reload or do the quest over, but in this case, the story simply went on in spite of my failure. This also made me realize that this is not an easy game, even on the easy difficulty.

And that's where I ended my first hour of play. It was enough to get a good sense of what the game was about, but otherwise barely scratching the surface of it, and definitely leaving a lot left to learn. I can see where the early game may be frustrating while trying to learn everything and figure out the right strategy. But even so I certainly enjoyed my first hour of playing, and have no problems recommending this to others.

Expeditions: Conquistador is a strategy RPG set in an colonisation era, where player takes over a crew of Spanish conquistadors for an adventure in 16 century Latin America. In world map player has to make most of the decision like customising troops, managing resources, trading and others affairs. In battles, it plays similar to most hex-based TBS.

Pros:

• Battle system system is similar to King’s Bounty and Heroes, but with some significant improvements like ability to choose between long range weapons and melee anytime.
  
• Great writing and a lot meaningful choices leading to different endings. For example, will you let Aztecs to rule or raze and steal everything for your King?
  
• A lot of references to Spanish, Aztecs culture. All that are presented with a high level of detail and accuracy.
  
• Amazing soundtrack during the whole game.
  
• Graphically it’s a good looking game. Nice animations and detailed characters.
  
• Challenging enough to make players improve their strategy both in battles and world map.
  
• It took me more than 30 hours to beat the game on normal difficulty and there were still plenty of stuff to find and do. After that, there are 4 difficulty levels.

Cons:

• The game gets a bit repetitive in the middle of the campaign. Especially due to the lack of the new gameplay mechanics in the second half ot the campaign.
  
• Lack of customisation. Of course, there are military rank based system granting some various skills to choose from and ability to allocate equipment. But it still feels a bit simplistic and restricted compared to the best games from this genre like Final Fantasy Tactics and others.
  
• Maybe it’s just me, but there are a bit too much reading and not enough fighting in this game.
  
• No voice acting, which is understable for a low budget game. Personally, I would really like Spanish voice overs to make atmosphere more authentic.

Overall, this is a lenghty, challenging and very enjoyable adventure, in a exotic setting, which should appeal to not only SRPG veterans. Just be prepared to learn quite a lot at the beggining.

9/10

A really emotional game that will challenge you at every turn while you try to keep your companions alive during your expedition in the new world!

An innovating game, the first of its kind.

Support developers like these, who dare to create something new.

It's a bit difficult and has some particulars but once learned the game is a lot of fun (:

game exceeded my laptops memory----------when i finally received a flash drive ( i am diaabled and in a resthome ) game did not meet expedations. please reconsider my purchase as i would continue to be able to use steam for my game center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i just received word nthat my refund request was being denied---------------------------------------plese reconsider as i am not asking for full refund but a transaction to my steam wallet

-Arrive on island ready for adventure, riches, and glory
-Lose my ship right off the bat after the governor freaks out
-Lead my men straight into the jungle completely unaware of what to do
-Lose most of my supplies
-Forced to loot and pillage locals who won't trade with me (because they don't trust us for some reason...) to survice
-Delivered Bibles to try and make amends with my sins
-Attempt to put down coup to appease the gov and get my ship
-Watch as gov, innocent girl, kind old man, and numerous people under my command die because of my poor decisions and management
-Watch as rebels occupy territory and spread lies to the king to become incredibly powerful leaders of the New World
-Realize all that bloodshed and turmoil was essentially meaningless as nothing changes in the long run
-Get my ship back
-Sail out ready for adventure, riches, and glory

10/10 Best tutorial ever