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Ubi Soft's Dawn of Discovery takes place in the year 1404, when King George's land is suffering from droughts and famine. The king calls on his two sons, William and Edward, to acquire new territories in order to produce enough goods to satisfy the needs of his empire's inhabitants. Whereas Edward suggests aggressive means to collect the badly needed resources, while his William suggests a peaceful solution, to explore new and unsettled lands in the south of the kingdom. With the blessing of his father, William heads south to the Orient and returns with valuable new technologies such as the water pump that allows dry lands to be cultivated in order to produce food for the people. Although there are still unsettled needs within the kingdom, and you are given the task fulfilling those needs while expanding and sustaining the vast society. Accessible for everyone from beginners to pros Intelligent help system offers contextual hints for any situation In-game encyclopedia includes illustrated tutorial filled with tips and strategies for building your civilization
Explore the beautifully detailed world and discover new places to create your civilization
Set up trade posts in the spice mines of the Orient and explore new trade routes to keep your nation growing
Learn from other nearby cultures to expand your horizons and master the challenges of establishing a society
Seamless user interface delivers multiple game play modes and faster player rewards for both long or short play sessions
Exclusive multiplayer modes across platforms
The time period for this game is sometime around 15th century. The `discovery' in the title pertains to I-have-no-idea-what since there are no discoveries in the game itself. Maybe it is just a fancy phrase for describing that time period since it precedes Renaissance(?) in Europe. Anyway, historical background is as necessary to play this game as a plow is necessary to play cricket. The fun is with observing little figurines going about their business, some even kneeling before the gates of a church that you built for them. Wherein a priestly character is waving his hands like a madman.It must be noted here that I played only the `continuous game' on easy difficulty... the campaign seemed a bit too rushed for my tastes. The map is a bunch of islands of different sizes surrounded by seas and it's way too small!Keeping a delicate balance between consumption, production, upkeep and income can be challenging especially if you want your city (or should I rather say `island') to grow, but money is too easy to come by anyway so don't worry. I found myself continuously checking the levels of goods in my warehouses and my trading routes to see if I got to start producing more of this of that. As your population grows they acquire new demands. For example when you got just a few hundred people (Peasants and Citizens) all they drink is cider; to make cider you need just one type of building, which does both: grow apples and produce cider from them. Then, when you got Patricians in your town they start demanding beer, which needs 3 different types of buildings (or plants) to make it. Then the wine (for Noblemen) needs six or seven different types of plants... and that's just to make something for them to drink!The game has many quests, which can be anything from transporting supplies for a stranded ship to destroying a fleet of many ships. Apart from gold you gain honor pts, which can be spent on upgrades of various kinds or to `buy' prestige with the Orient. There is a whole aspect of diplomacy. I didn't go into that because on `easy' apparently money is plentiful without getting tributes from AI players.Despite being too simplistic in many places DoD is entertaining, with many hours of gameplay. Soundtrack is great. Animations are cool. Four stars.
