In my opinion, the best game on NG
Lol, I've spent about 15 hours in the course of a week playing this game. It's very addicting to a person like me, at least until the last mission. The gameplay is like a cross between Tradewinds and Merc of Dobsar, both of which I used to play every single day.
This game, while still being very fun, has potential to be in the top 50s. If a caravaneer 2 is ever made, these are some things you can improve.
The combat system, while fun in the beginning, becomes very repetitive after bands of robbers more than 10 start to appear. Also, after recruiting more than 13 people, some of the ones that go first get stuck between cars and people. You should be able to place them by yourself, in a limited area, to avoid this. There should also be a autofight button, which gives your forces the same AI as the robbers. This will make it so big bands of katana robbers can be taken care of faster.
The shop system is not as remarkable as the market system, which I can't offer any criticism on. In terms of bullets, it is quite helpful to have every shop restock on supplies every day. But, after a few months, every shop in the game won't buy anything, except some type of bullets. like someone said before me, a shop can act similar to the market and buy weapons, containers, ect for less the more they have. Also, I'm surprised no one but you buys from the store- make it so that according to the population, some supplies will disappear periodically.
Last, but not at all least, give intelligence more of a use. Unless it makes secondary skills train faster, it is relatively useless compared to the other three main stats.