Alex Connolly
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Platform: PC / Mac / Linux
Available: Gamersgate / Steam / GoG / Desura / Greenman Gaming
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Expeditions: Conquistador is a tactical roleplaying game with a touch of strategic resource management and a pinch of choose-your-own-adventure. Conquistador is set in a rarely visited part of history which is rife with mystery, political intrigue, and good old-fashioned violence.
You will take on the role of a Spanish Conquistador in South America around 1520. Select the members of your expedition and explore campaign maps based on the actual topological maps of Hispaniola and Mexico. Through intricately branching dialogue, you will engage with the characters and situations that you encounter across these uncharted areas, and when its time to spill blood, a tactical combat system of great depth and brutality will let you control your individual troops in battle.
Combat is intimate and detailed, and failure has great consequences. Every expedition member has a face, a past, a set of personality traits, and of course a combat role their morale will change depending on your decisions, they will chime in when youre weighing your options, and if they fall in battle, their injuries will carry over to the world map, where they must be treated by your doctors until theyre back on their feet. Should you fail to treat your expedition members, they will die and be gone for good.
Choice and consequence is central to the play experience of Conquistador. As the leader of the expedition, you will face difficult decisions about the use of your troops and your resources, as well as how to engage with the factions of the savage New World. Will you defy history and be a diplomatic envoy of peace? Or will you be a ruthless conqueror determined to lay all of the Aztec Empire at your feet?
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Thought this would be a good time to throw down a thread on a recent Danish indie effort. Really liking this one. It's a great character-centric historical SRPG with great writing, deep mechanics and one of the best soundtracks I've heard in ages. This game really does encapsulate the incredible risk of venturing into the unknown, with your party at the whim of not only physical hardships, but the psychological ramifications of morale and the hierarchy of command and choice.
It won't blow the world away with graphics, but it has production and gameplay values punching well about its weight. Highly recommended.