Reviews by Vlvgmr

A good mod-like expansion for the M&B masterpiece. I still prefer Pendor overall, but Viking Conquest's story mode is definitely worth playing through. The game itself is more hardcore and realistic than vanilla, so expect more challenge, which is good, but not recommended for newbies to M&B.

Also good in the immersion department. And has naval combat (a tad janky, but it's there and the it's the only implementation in M&B that I know of).

This expansion was released in a pathetic state. Of note, the AI became even worse than it was before, and, for example, to this day (2021) there is still no AI implementation for the ecumenopolis. Modders have done it, but PDX can't afford the days work required to implement AI for a key feature in this DLC.
Released just in time for Christmas, its rather clear where PDX's priorities laid.

The patch released alongside it was extremelly buggy at launch and, though the economic rework was quite good, its horrid performance made mid-late game pretty much unplayable at the time.