![]() ![]() Help comes from your choice of one of three guild-like sponsors that furnish you with cash to fund your expeditions. Or find you don’t have the right tools to do the job you need to do. The next facing off against Jules Verne himself. One minute you are trying to take down a giant bat or tackling a Dune-like sand-worm. And there’s a haphazard dice-based system that determines what attacks you can use. There are RPG style combat encounters with some absolutely wild enemies on display. Elsewhere, there are fantastical and way-out encounters with anthropomorphic moles and dinosaurs. But there’s no question it may not sit well with some. This is very much in keeping with the era and theme of the game. The races and varieties of folk you meet do come with a certain amount of what can only be described as racial stereotyping and cultural appropriation. Choices like this can lead to progress, but also to failure and death. I stumbled upon a group of indigenous folk and was presented a choice of succumbing to them and asking for acceptance, or bamboozling them by pretending I had magical powers. You can speak to them, and a multiple choice mechanic kicks in. Curious Expedition 2: tribes, temples, housingĪs more of the unfamiliar, and often hostile territory opens up, you encounter native tribes living in villages, temples and other forms of housing. Running out of sanity points triggers a game-ending cataclysm, so is best avoided. You can replenish it by consuming things like chocolate and alcohol, which made me chuckle. Sanity is the in-game currency and will deplete with each move. Moving uncovers more of your terrain, but comes at a cost. With a hand drawn art style that evokes Herge’s legendary Tintin series, you explore the hexagonally segmented, fog shrouded islands with an ever-evolving rag-tag party of characters that range from human adventurers to intelligent beasts. ![]() Set in a fictional 1886 and with a World’s Fair set to take place in three years, it is your job to visit a series of procedurally generated islands and procure treasures to serve as your prized exhibits. Curious is an apt prefix for this oddball roguelike adventure, Curious Expedition 2. ![]()
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