To be totally frank, before I get into how it plays, all the plundering involved left me feeling quite uncomfortable. Yes, for a start, there's potentially a lot in that premise yikes-wise. All the explorers’ societies are clamouring to exhibit the shiniest, rarest treasures, and they’re funding folks like you to head to distant islands and acquire them. It's 1889 (in the game), and the Paris World's Fair is about to begin. If I’m honest, I wish it was a little more forgiving. But it’s also a roguelike, and it really makes you bleed for them. It creates some fun narratives, like the one above. The Curious Expedition 2 is, at its heart, a machine for making rip-roaring adventure stories about heroic exploration and/or colonial plundering, depending on how generous you want to be to developers Maschinen-Mensch. Another slips on a rock and cracks their head, losing the knowledge of vital skills.

Let's, um, march on, shall we? A few days later, an ally morphs into a flesh-eating ghoul. The next morning I awake to find one of the arguers rocking back and forth in a stupor, having just cannibalised the other. Not to worry, I think, as I ignore them and close my eyes. Just as I'm about to nod off, a heated argument erupts around the campfire. Software description provided by the publisher.I wish I could strip the roguelike out of Curious Expedition 2 and just go on a curious expedition. Raise your reputation and win the ultimate recognition through donations to the museum, or line your pockets with your looted riches.

Race to the halfway around the world and beyond in an often cut-throat competition for fame or infamy with your colleagues and rivals at the Explorers Club. Take part in the glory and wonder, but also the horror and peril that is the constant companion of the explorer. Take the role of famous historical personalities and venture forth on expeditions to unexplored regions on a quest for fame, science and, of course, fortune!ĭon your pith helmet and khakis and make your way through a lush, procedurally generated world full of wonder and mystery.Ĭurious Expedition draws inspiration from the enthusiastic curiosity that for centuries have driven the human species to the far corners of the earth. Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century.

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