Uncharted Waters: New Horizons

In the first Uncharted Waters game, it was the 15th century and the New World had been discovered. In New Horizons, it is the early 16th century and the age of exploration and sea trade has begun. Players choose one of six adventurers (scenarios), each with their own but interwoven story, and embark on a journey into the world of seafaring, seamanship and exploration. The six characters are:Joao Franco is the son of Duke Leon Franco, the hero of the first Uncharted Waters game and an influential man in Portugal. His father wants to make a strong man out of him and decides to send him to sea. Young Joao is to learn the skills of a sailor (he is the only character who starts at level one) and set off on a voyage of discovery; he is to reach the Far East and eventually search for the secret of Atlantis. Catalina Erantzo is a Spanish naval officer who believes that her lover and brother were both murdered by the Portuguese Armada. To get revenge, she turns to piracy and soon becomes the red-haired scourge of the seas. Pietro Conti is a man in debt who has inherited the Conti family's financial misery. When Duchess Franco hires him to spy on her son, he accepts the job and gets himself a ship. Pietro hopes to use these means to find a valuable treasure and pay off his family's debts. Ernst von Bohr is a geographer who teaches in Holland. But he longs to leave the classroom and sail the high seas to live a life of adventure that he has only read about in books. When his friend Mercator offers to finance his first voyage in return for mapping information about the world, Ernst is given the opportunity to realize his dream. Ali Vezas is a poor orphan who lives in Istanbul and serves others. He dreams of becoming his own master and making his own fortune in foreign lands. A twist of fate helps him to obtain a small loan with which he can afford his first ship and set sail with a hold full of goods... Otto Baynes is appointed Royal Knight of the British Empire and places himself in the service of His Majesty the King. When he is promoted to admiral of the British fleet, the kingdom is concerned about the growing naval power of the Spanish fleets. Otto receives a letter of marque from the king and the order to terrorize the Spanish fleet. At first, Otto simply equips himself and strives to become a great privateer in the name of king and country.Regardless of the character chosen, Uncharted Waters: New Horizons is a top-down sailing simulation. At sea, players control the direction of their ship, with speed influenced by the number/health of the crew, the wind and the currents. Players can sail wherever there is water (although some ships are not seaworthy) and discover interesting landmarks and new harbors. When you arrive at a port, you have an overhead view and can enter different buildings, each offering unique services and goods. These include: The Inn, the Item Shop, the Shipyard, the Tavern, the Castle, the Guild Hall, the Church, the Merchant and the Harbor. It is up to the player to earn enough gold to feed and finance the crew and repair the fleet. The main methods of earning money are sea trade, accepting orders from the guild, gambling and battles with other ships. During sea battles, the game becomes a turn-based top-down strategy game where the player moves their ships to get the trajectories they need to fire cannons at enemy ships or sail past enemy ships to board them. If the player's flagship attacks the flagship of the opposing fleet, he can challenge the opponent to a duel. If he accepts the challenge, the game switches to a side view of the two captains engaged in a battle. During this sequence, the player can only choose which combat maneuver (strike, thrust, parry, whip) he wants to perform.