コーエーの「大航海時代」と、Sid Meierの「Colonization」を足して割ったようなゲーム。
基本的には、「仕入れて売る」だけのゲームだが、しばらくやってると必ず経済崩壊するので、「のんびり植民地経営」をやっていると詰む。
艦隊を指揮して海戦をするのも醍醐味だが、テンポが悪いというか…、実に「帆船スケール」の速度で事が進む。そして、AIに指揮をさせると大抵決着がつかない（弾切れ）
とにかく、ゲームバランスのディティールが悪いので、あんまり掘り下げると粗ばかり目立つが、ゲームデザインとしては悪くないし、値段も安いので、「暇つぶし」として割り切ればそれなりに遊べる。

The ships handle terribly. The combat AI is stupid (The enemy surrendered to me when they outnumbered me 2:1 and they hardly bothered fighting), the campaign is so difficult and annoying, I couldn't even get 1/3 of the way through it and your opponents seem to generate infinate amounts of wealth while you have bugger all for the majority of the time and the interface is extremely unresponsive, the only saving grace this game has is the graphics which do look quite good. Use your money to buy a total war game.

南北アメリカ大陸植民＆交易ゲーム。
ゲーム的にはKOEI『大航海時代』に植民要素を付け加えた感じ。
プレイヤーは当時の西欧列強から選んだ一国のアメリカ副王(Viceroy)として植民地帝国を拡大するのが目的。
資源が豊富で植民に適した土地を探し、はじめは何もない土地に植民し、植民都市として育てていき、採れた資源を売買したり加工して貿易し、その金でまた植民地を拡大していくという作業の繰り返し。単純ではあるが自分の帝国が育っていくのを見るのは楽しい。

欠点はといえばチュートリアルがYouTubeの解説動画のリンクだったことには欠点というかなんというか噴いた。しかもポップアップ画面が小さくてろくに見れやしない。まあこれはゲーム内のヘルプやマウスオーバーのTipなどが非常に親切なのであまり問題にならない。
他にもいろいろあるが主に史実との兼ね合いについての話なので、気にしない人なら問題ないと思われるので適当に読み飛ばしてください。

例えば Americas と複数形を謳っておきながら北アメリカばかりで南米のインカ・ブラジル方面が弱いのは大きな減点。スペイン・ポルトガルの中南米植民は北米より1世紀も早いというのに。南米は既に西・葡に独占されている前提で北米植民競争をゲームにしたのかもしれないが、その西・葡もプレイアブル国だし、このゲームではフリーな中米・カリブ諸島の大半も史実では西領だったわけで、何がやりたいのかいまいちよくわからない。何より自分がインカ征服したかったので残念。
調べたところ開発はフィンランドの会社ということだが、まあ北米・英仏独市場向けのマーケティングならこうなるのも仕方ないか。
付け加えると北欧繋がりの地域枠ということかもしれないが、デンマークがプレイ国として選べるのは歴オタ的に加点要素（史実でも西インド諸島の植民にこっそり参加している）。

他にも、植民には付き物の原住民に対する暴虐描写がすっぱり省かれているのもなんだか腑に落ちない。こちらから原住民を虐殺することはできない代わりに向こうから植民地を襲ってきた原住民を返り討ちにすることはできる（しなければこっちが虐殺される）というのはどっちが悪者なんだかわからない。離島の小さな原住民コミュニティの扱いを簡素にしてゲーム的にわかりやすくするだけならまだいいが、中米のアステカや北米のネイティヴ・アメリカン諸部族なども完全にオミットされているので、植民地侵略戦争というイメージがいまいち湧かない。KOEIのゲームじゃないんだからこういうところはしっかり描くべきだと思った。

欠点ばかり書き連ねてしまったが、全体的には間違いなく面白い。
さりげなく海戦がリアルに作られていて面白いのもポイント。
当時の時代が好きかつ『大航海時代』的な作業ゲーが好きならおすすめ。

RTS部門キングオブクソゲー認定

I liked this game quite a bit. It does the whole trade thing pretty well. It's definitely one of the better economy games released recently. It not only allows you to build ships and set up trade routes but also allows you to build colonize and maybe be a pirate if you want. I'll go into some pros and cons:

Pros:
-You aren't stuck playing the economy game. You can play a military game by being a pirate or fighting with other countries.
-The game does the trading really well. The amount of resources aren't overwhelming (although the amount also isn't very impressive either). It's easy to just jump into the game.
-There is a good amount of ships and you can customize each one you build by spending a little extra money.

Cons:
-The colony management is a little too simplistic. It does add to the game but it is only picking a building you want to build from a list.
-There are only limited colony spots that you can build colonies on. I would've liked to just see where the resources were and build a colony accordingly.
-You have to buy the resources from your colonies to sell them in the Home Country (Europe) and, as far as I can tell, you can't trade with other colonies. Instead you trade resources via diplomacy but those resources can only be traded via diplomacy and you cannot sell them in Europe. Because of this it is very possible to go negative and you can't do anything about it.

All in all it's a fun game and I would recommend it. Especially now (11/27) with a sale going on. Certainly worth the $4 for the base and $6 for the complete.

I'm very grateful that I got this when it was on sale.

The combat is awful since ships don't respond to controls, and the economy gets extremely repetitive. Automatic trade routes don't really work either since the commodities are constantly shifting in availability, and the computer creates complex alliances which defy all notions of imperialism. It gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ too where the computer will deliberately ally, then raid your smaller colonies to take them over without making a declaration of war. If you take them back, then you implicitly declare war on the whole alliance.

It's a great concept, but extremely poorly executed.

This is an amusing game that makes me think of what you would get if you simplified Empire: Total War. Basically you set up cities in the new world, and trade with the home port to grow your economy, eventually waging war (either actual or economic) with the other colonial powers to conquer the americas. the mechanics are straightforward, every building and ship costs maintenance, and all the raw materials and finished good provide income. setup stable trade routes, bring colonists and soliders from the home port and you are set. the graphics are low, but its fun if you like this sort of gameplay.

the controls are simple, and the menus make sense, once you get the hang of it its fun to repeat play because there are different ways to win.

it is a cheap game though, so there are strange shortcuts that are missing, there are a lack of notifications about current events each turn, although there are popups they are usually reminders about failing a mission or a new missoin

that can get annoying for some because well into the game there are a lot of things to keep track of, basically you can set up a trade route bringing ppl and goods in different directions (growing and defending settlements, satisfying needs) but the route you take and the time matter (especially once a good runs out) if you dont mind having to check every turn every single part of your empire because nothing lasts that long then this game is great

i actually didnt care that i kept running things into the ground, i never won, but it was interesting to set up trade routes that eventually failed only to have someone declare war on you

Many of the achievements seem to be broken and will not trigger. In addition, the naval combat is also extremely broken and buggy. The voice work is terrible. The visuals are average for 2010. The music is bland and repetitive. I think there might only be three tracks in the entire game, at most. Though probably only two. Set on an endless loop, good god. Finally, the commercial and administrative mechanics of the game are extremely primitive and superficial-- this game is, in essence, a poor man's Port Royale or Patrician, as regards the trade sims of this model.

I don't know if I've missed anything, but this game is so uninspiring it's hardly a surprise that I don't especially care. Do not pay any more than $2.50 USD for this title.

Despite being a bit enjoyable at its best, this maritime strategy game is scuttled by a very slow start and a lack of depth. Peculiar challenges and a good managerial dimension have to compare with a poorly detailed graphics and an excessive selling price.Strong naval combat is marred by shallow trade and town management.Instead of wrestling with rival nations, you'll tussle with unruly advisors in this naval trading sim.The lack of a tutorial is also not a great selling point.The Age of Discovery has enough excitement and intrigue to fill a hundred video games, just not this timid and repetitive strategy game.Overall, I'd give it a 4/10.A waste of money if you ask me.

This game is fun but feels not finished Personally I feel they should make a second game would be alot better but there is no sandbox witch I do not like but the game is still fun and long if you want it to be. Over all this games ok but need some fixes 7/10

This is an interesting game. I think it probably can meet the needs of some players for a new world colonization simulator, but the setup is not really my preference, so I doubt it will get a whole bunch of playtime from me.

Reminds me Sid Meier's Pirates :) .

EN: Cheap, boring, but most important: very very VERY, did I say very? dumb mechanics... Not any space for creativity. Do not waste any bandwith or money to download it unless you are a plant with an IQ of 12 or less. I consider a fair price for this product would be around 1 or 2..... cents, not dollars. Sorry guys, but this game is as interactive as a screenshot!

*** BTW, I really gave it a chance, but most of my playing time is due to the fact that I left it running alone on my desktop...

FR: Pour les compatriotes de la francophonie. Afin qu'ils n'encouragent pas ce genre de produit. De très mauvaise qualité, ennuyant, mais avant tout d'un fonctionnement très, très, très, ai-je dit très? stupide et irréaliste. Ne perdez pas un centime ou un électron à télécharger ce truc à moins d'être une plante qui a un quotien intellectuel de 12 ou moins pour le fait de respirer et se nourrir. Je considère qu'un prix acceptable pour ce produit serait plus aux alentours de 1 ou 2... cents, pas dollars. Désolé pour les concepteurs, ce "jeux" est aussi interactif qu'une saisie d'écran.

This game has SOOOOO much potential!
It's a shame the game doesn't use any of it.

Very dissapointing game, I thought it would be a smaller civilization game. If you put the time in to learn the game (which could take awhile as the tutorials are in video form with the least interesting narrarator of all time)...MAYBE it could be enjoyable. In other words, I bought this game for sale and I still feel ripped off.

Declared war on Spain after conquering their colonies even though I had no chance of winning. Then, became a corrupt French general and wasted all my colonies' budgets on booze and ships. Spain and their ally Portugal came back and killed me along with my colonies. 10/10 would piss off Spain again. But honestly it's a good game but it might not be the game for everyone. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

A beautiful game, but depressingly boring. Guess that isn't really a recommendation.

Whilst assigning keys on the options menu I screwed up bad. There was no option to revert back to the original settings and so in actual fact I have player no long than 10 minutes of the game. From what I played I would give the game a "meh". Not the game for me.

80% off, definitely worth the current price of two dollars.

A surprisingly good little trading sim, you could say it aims low and hits its mark. Not a lot of replay value here but fun if you can get it for under $15 or so.

A good game but too many bugs.