Need For Conquest

TL;DR: The visuals may be basic, but the AI is very well done, which creates tension-filled moments as you try to decide where to allocate your limited troops. You need patience and attention to accomplish anything, which makes things rewarding and addictive (serious case of "one more turn" syndrome for me). Full review I'm a veteran strategy game player (my favorites include Civilization, Total War, Company of...

12 found this helpful, 2021-06-07

A stock basic RISK like game, whose strength, I imagine, is in the variety of the maps. I played one game, and while the AI was pretty weak, everything worked. The controls were pretty solid, and the music and sound effects were fine. There was no animation. Obviously it cannot be a total RISK clone. This game does not have cards to collect, or turn ins, and there is no plus to taking out a fellow player. The game...

0 found this helpful, 2021-07-08

Took me a while to figure out how to play but once I did it was quite fun. Couple of things I wish were in the game: - skipping opponent moves (the animations), just let it happen instantly - more intuitive controls: sometimes clicking the arrows is difficult and clicking the buttons when drafting armies becomes tedious quickly when one has a lot of territories - achievements

0 found this helpful, 2022-04-08