Judgement: Recommended

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Easy and short gameplay (11.3 hrs) to get 100% achievements.

Game mechanics:
Caravan is a trading game where you buy low (very cheap, cheap) in one city and sell high (very expensive, invaluable) in another city. The money you earned can also be used to level up the heroes in the team to gain better stats, which means slight grinding is required to level up your hero(es) to beat the last a few missions (I am glad there is NOT an achievement that requires you lv up all different class to lv 12)

Trading mechanics is nothing creative. Additional to the buy-low-sell-high, item price is related to the area it is produced. If you want to maximize the profit, you need to pay attention to the region and hold the items in your inventory as necessary.

Battle and haggle are a bit confusing at the beginning, but it becomes easy after a few tries. Get a mercenary or scout for fighting, and merchant for haggling as early as possible will help a lot.

Game saves itself whenever you enter a city. So if you fail the haggling with the merchant in the city, reload the save to try again.

Storyline:
“Save your nation by becoming rich through trading and fighting”. I stick with kind and generous type when making choices (help them, leave them, rob them). Since I only played through once, I am not sure who the choice I made affect the ending (probably not affected at all)

Soundtrack:
Scores are relaxing but short. After 2 hrs, it is better to switch to your own music (you do not want to hear the same battle/haggle music again and again)

Overall, Caravan is an easy and relaxing trading game that fits its price (CDN$10.99). If you love relaxing trading games, Caravan might be for you.

6/10

Review posted on 09/08/2018, 16:48:00.