After playing through the tutorial and the first of six campaigns, I'll admit that I may have been wrong about Genesis. Don't get me wrong, it's still pretty bad, but it's still kinda playable. The way a match plays out is nice, if not deeply flawed in parts. A game is basically split into two distinct parts: peacetime and war. During peace, armies are largely useless and it focuses on the politics of the game, with alliances and backstabbing being the name of the game.
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| At least the throne looks good |
However, this is where problems occur: if war breaks out at the wrong time (sometimes due to no fault of your own), you can royally screwed for the rest of the game, and in a position that is near impossible to come back from. And the game isn't clear on what can start a war either. It states that any seen hostility between two houses triggers a war, but I can still walk up with a visible assassin and slit the throat of a Stark noble lady and walk away with no repercussions...way to go game!
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| These textures on the other hand, do not |
Thankfully, the first campaign is quite a guided affair, with no real skirmishes taking place, so these rules don't play too big a factor. Missions usually involve making as many allies as possible, or waging war on a much smaller scale, or escorting your Ruler from town to town making allies. These smaller sections seem much more enjoyable than playing a full match, and make me hope that the last five campaigns follow suit.
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