First off this game is great! Its like Oregon Trail meets the Aztecs, lol There is some Political Correctness with half the follower choices being women, and some obvious Natives good Spanish always bad. But aside from that its one of the funnest games to play for the time period. I really recommend this game! I did make a realism Mod for this game. Its made all the native battles use Men instead of women and men which wasn't realistic. I changed a couple of the supernatural quests to be more down to earth, and increased the rewards for finding the temples. I also added Juan and Umberto to the game and added 4 to Mexico, Isabela, Laszlo, Juan and Umberto. This allows the player to find these companions if they just start with Mexico. I also allowed village to give gifts, but once they do you cannot trade, also prices are better at the fort but worse for the villages. The mod is called "Expeditions Conquistador Realism" over at Moddb site. There are many more improvements and changes, and this is the only mod made as far as I know.
I wasn't sure about this game since it didn't officially support Windows XP. But the developers site said it would work if your specs match. So I GAVE it a try and at first impressions its a fun game, not overly complicated and while similar to Sids Gettysburg, it is not a detailed on micromanagement. Its a game you can start right away, but as I noticed you will LOSE if you don't plan and take your time, use artillery first to soften a unit, I found the tutorial well done. The version available right now is 1.08 and the last patch is 1.09 which they should upload for us as it fixes some AI balancing issues. The battles will devolve into a melee if you charge but you shouldn't really do that unless your sure as you usually get slaughtered if you do it too soon. I know the developer from Total war series and I never cared for his mod or theories, but I like the game he developed here, its simple, but that allows you to focus on what to do instead of all the buttons etc other games have. Also Micromanagement is NOT realistic, even Napoleon delegated orders to his Generals, I think that is what is nice about this game, it gives you a SIMPLISTIC version of ordering Brigades instead of micromanaging Battalions. Hist War Napoleon has the most realistic view of commanding with hundred of thousands of men, but again, unless your that type of player with tons of time, you wont like it. This game is fun, and though it would be nicer to have a larger map it plays well, could things be better yes, But overall its fun and for the novice it will play nice.
THIS GAME IS ONLY FOR WINDOWS 7,8,10 IT WILL NOT WORK ON WINXP. With a game with such Dated graphics, they should have programed it to work with Windows XP. Its a shame really.
