Ancient Conquest: The Golden Fleece Demo

The sea is quite the dangerous place to be roaming about, especially during storms and other kinds of bad weather. On the other hand, it isn't nearly as dangerous as it was back in Ancient Greece, taking into consideration the fact that anything from sirens to hydras were a threat out on the ocean, not to mention Poseidon himself, who had complete control over the water and its creatures.

Ancient Conquest: The Golden Fleece is a strategy game in which you get to be a part of the famous legend concerning Jason and his argonauts, who go on a journey to find and recover the mystical golden fleece. Along the way, you have to face many of the same dangers, as well as keep on recruiting more heroes, in order to gradually turn Argo into a proper war ship and be able to take on anything that stands in your way.

To start off with, you begin with a rather weak and fragile ship, as well as only you and a few other crew members on board. Since the mission is bound to run into trouble sooner or later, your purpose throughout the first part of the game is to assemble a team of legendary heroes, including Hercules himself, Perseus and even Odysseus. The actual ship can also be upgraded with better weaponry, in order to handle the enemies that attack you out on the sea.

Among these, you can stumble upon anything from medusas, dragons, sharks, or even sea serpents, depending on how lady luck treats you while your sails are up. Humans are part of the equation and they play they role as well when it comes to ruining your adventure, since evil wizard and barbarians are constantly trying to set your boat on fire using magic, or become the new owners of the ship using throwing axes as currency.

Visually, you should definitely not expect too much from the game, especially when you consider the fact that it came out quite a long time ago and it features a basic isometric point of view. A lot of detail went into the actual objects, though, despite the lack of 3D environments. Moreover, you can even have fun with it in multiplayer, because the game supports both LAN and Internet play right off the bat.

Ancient Conquest: The Golden Fleece is definitely a fun game to toy around with for a few hours, especially of you are fan of the Greek mythology and you enjoy a bit of strategy as well. You are free to choose your own path when it comes to exploring the world map, which is definitely an attractive mechanic.