Adelantado 4 Aztec Skulls

The first three Adelantado sit somewhere between time management and casual city-building sim, with long, sprawling levels with lots of freedom in placing buildings and a focus on exploration. I have quibbles with some of their design and story choices, but their unusualness made them interesting and memorable. Adelantado 4, on the other hand, is basically a reskinned Roads of Rome: New Generation, with short levels and very little freedom, and missing the exploration aspect that I liked so much about the earlier games in the series. It's fine for what it is, but if I wanted Roads of Rome: New Generation, I would've just bought that instead.

Gameplay is nothing like the Adelantado Trilogy, but it looks the same. Don't be fooled - unless you just love to look at it and not actually play it.

Does not work in wide/triple screen. if you have that then save your money. The others did, kind of strange?

Really disappointed. I loved the other series. This is monotonous. Had such high hopes and only bought based on Books 1 - 3. Didn't read reviews because of those 3 thinking the same type of game play. Loved the others.

Game mechanics have changed from previous three Adelantado games. No longer have the ability to construct buildings where ever you might want. Instead, you're given a layout of established buildings and are capped in the total number of workers you have available (starts with one for the initial levels). Also, it doesn't allow you to stack up assignments to be completed...instead, you have to wait until a worker is available (i.e., not busy or returning with supplies) before you can task them. Its a bit irritating, actually. But, each level is more tight...set number of tasks to accomplish and a clock, so still engaging.

Nice games. Good artwork. You can see them improving each time. Finished all 5 of them in a few days.

hard but good