Exploration comes in two flavors: ThereвЂ™s exploration in the main locations, cities for example, where you start at the border of a map that is hidden beneath fog until you explore it. Other than drama and politics, Expeditions: Viking also offers some exploring and lots of fighting, with both of these parts being well done as well. And not for the absence of loot hoarding or min-max potential, what kept me totally hooked for the first half of the game was my motivation to find out more about me and the game world, which is all a RPG can hope for. For me, the game world really came to life, and I wasnвЂ™t feeling like I was playing a computer game (or running errands) for the entirety of the first chapter. If you are interested in history, the Danish conquest of England, or in Nordic myths and culture, youвЂ™ll be delighted, because this game does a very good job of re-enacting all this. The writing and the setting are the strongest area of this game, and whether or not you will love this game, depends a lot on your personal interests. And the setting couldnвЂ™t be better: Secure your position as the rightful heir, strengthen your clan, defeat your political enemies, and in order to achieve all of this, set sail for England to raid or to trade вЂ“ вЂњAdventure!вЂќ, I thought, and I was right. The portraits are detailed and expressive, the dialog and my dialog choices were interesting and varied. Among your guests are your mother, your friends, the jarl of Denmark, a power-mongering rival of your father, a distant cousin disputing your right to inherit, and some uninvited guests who are ready to lay claim on your longhouse right away.ДЄfter talking to everyone in that longhouse the game had already piqued my interest. Expeditions: Viking is a turn-based RPG that takes many of the best features of RPGs since BaldurвЂ™s Gate/ Pillars of Eternity and turn-based games since Jagged Alliance 2/ X-COM, and combines them into an overall convincing package, inventing a new world and rule set in the process.Дenmark, AD 789, a thegnвЂ™s longhouse: Your father has not returned from his last voyage to greener pastures, and you are hosting a feast to honor him.

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