Conquest of the New World

K. Fields
2017-04-22T13:44:45-04:00
Video Games

The latest game I’ve been playing is Conquest of the New World. It was a very good strategy offering from Interplay Entertainment released in 1996. It certainly has some similarities with Sid Meier’s Civilization series. From the little I played, it seemed like you build fewer cities overall than a typical Civ game. However, the cities contain more buildings. The game definitely offers a lot of replay value. You may play as Native Americans or one of five European nations: Britain, France, Holland, Portugal, or Spain. For my first game, I played as the British. There are numerous game modes and scenarios. I chose the Conquistador scenario, which included all nations. Unfortunately, I didn’t do so well. Despite some early success, it did not last. I didn’t choose wisely for the location of my first settlement and that decision cost me in the long run.

This is a quality game and I’m tempted to keep playing it. For now, however, I plan to move on to Fantasy General.