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• gamedeal user

  Aug 5, 2014

  This game is just the name and nothing else. Basically is just a strategy game with no strategy at all, just a bunch of units of deception, politics and intrigue that doesn't feel coherent or well integrated into the game but awkward and forced. The game forces you to constantly check the status of your alliances, your secret agreements, the enemy's secret agreements with your allies, the protection of your units (you even have to assign bodyguards to farmers because they're a yummy target for assassins), the vulnerable strategic units of your enemies like envoys, spies, brides, rebels and other assassins to send even more assassins after them. And all of that with one single purpose: making and keeping as many alliances as possible while trying to destroy as many as possible alliances of your enemies while producing enough food and gold to bring armies to the table. And for a military based game battles are very simple: just send as many soldiers as you can, no others plan needed. The mechanics of the game are just too complicated to be a game that worths paying for it.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 16, 2013

  A Game of Thrones - Genesis is a "boardgame" style strategy game with real-time-strategy elements. It's a simple concept: you begin with a "home base" and slowly expand your empire. But that is where simplicity ends: expanding your empire is accomplished principally by winning the loyalty of neighboring towns and castles with diplomatic envoys. The more towns that are loyal to you, the more income you have, and income will help you produce more units. Then, you will need to create some spy rings in enemy cities, subdue spies in your own cities, assassinate nobles, and other nefarious acts in order to succeed. You can even have the enemy create and command units that he thinks are working for him, but are actually working for you. It is the most layered, deep espionage system I have ever seen in a game (think Civ4 times 15). That being said, I also feel that the game is too deep for an RTS, playing strategically requires a bit of deep thought and I felt intimidated about having to think faster than my opponent, rather than being able to take my time and press "end turn" like in Civilization or Master of Orion. Here is most of the game's complexity in a nutshell: envoys create alliances, spies ruin alliances, nobles create blood alliances, assassins ruin blood alliances, guards block towns from assassins, spies and assassins working together can circumvent guards. Spies can reveal hidden enemy units, because about 90% of the units in the game are visible only to the player who controls them. They are on a generous "stealth timer" when in enemy territory. [b][u]The Good[/u][/b] * Great interface, smooth controls. * A game so deep that it could never be released on anything but PC. * The game is very well suited for multiplayer matches with a friend. * It is kind of fun to learn, but I assume you cannot truly appreciate it until you have mastered the basics (which I was never able to do.) * Lots of achievements to unlock. * High skill ceiling. [b][u]The Bad[/u][/b] * Long load times * Expensive pricetag, the game would be a fair buy at $10, but not $20. * Very little connection to the A Game of Thrones series that we know and love, except for the Lannisters are all jerks and killed me in my first match. * The game might be too complex for many people. I don't want you to confuse "complex" with "strategic." There are times when things are needlessly complex. * Some small problems with the tutorial. It will direct you to "look at the map in the lower right corner," when the map is actually in the lower left. Also, the "back" button does absolutely nothing in the tutorial's dialogue boxes. * High-learning curve. * The game is not friendly to colorblind players. The fog of war is just a b&w version of the map, but it's very difficult to differentiate between the colored (visible) parts of the map and the b&w (fog of war) parts of the map, especially in snowy areas. If you are colorblind, you will go mad if you try to play as the Starks. * The battle animations are, well, terrible - but I'd rather have bad animations than bugs. Additionally, although war is a large aspect of the game, 90% of the game is the espionage that happens before the war. [b][u]The Ugly[/u][/b] * Uses TAGES DRM. (5 machine installation limit). [b][u]The Verdict[/u][/b] If you are looking for an ultra-deep strategy game, pick this up. If you are new to 4X games, I would suggest waiting for it to go on sale for >49%, as the game is really hard to appreciate if you aren't already intimately familiar with its genre. I'd be happy to answer any other questions that you may have, just message me.
• gamedeal user

  May 19, 2017

  Hands down the worst game I have ever purchased. They created some sort of 1990 (age of empires) like game, then took anything of value out...Then tried to sell it as "strategy" and under the pretense of being AGOT. There are no similarities to agot. Not even remotely. The combat system is atrocious. Graphics. Map. Gameplay. Everything. Bad. Dont buy this game, ever. For any reason. However!!!! If you are a GOT junkie and absolutely need a fix... may I suggest mount and blade warbands? Download the mod by cozar called ACOK. It is absolutely fantastic. They recreate ESSOS and WESTEROS perfectly. The characters are all there. The quest lines are all relevant.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 27, 2013

  7/10 A great game if you read the books. NOT for the casual fan. I'm sorry if that sounds a little snobbish, but this game is deep in the lore of Westeros, your campaign starts before the Iron throne was even an idea. The history which Arya and Danaerys are determined to honour is right here, and what a tangled web it is. This is a great game, but demanding, with spies and agents under every rock, castle and farm creating the atmosphere. You need a hell of an attention span, a dozen extra pairs of eyes, and a mind as twisted as the imp or Littlefinger to even attempt this one. An RTS where you don't know which assets you [i]truly [/i]control until it's too late. You will be stabbed in the back repeatedly by lords who swore allegiance to you, but so will your enemies! If you think you have what it takes to bribe, murder and betray your way to the top, bring it on. I warn you though: When you play the Game of Thrones you win or you die!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 20, 2017

  Game of Thrones - Genesis is an interesting game to review. It explores some really neat features that I have not seen before and I wish other games would implement them. It also gets some of the more basic things not as.... right... If you are going into this expecting a typical rts, turn back, the skirmish mode for this (which I'd argue is the best part of this mode) is more like a political simulator that hopefully finishes before being blasted into War (combat in this game isn't really... satisfying). The campaign gives some interesting backstory to the universe and shows you some of the ropes of the features in the game but had a lot of scenarios that fall flat either relying on the worst aspects of this game (combat) or feeling like less well done arcade scenarios from starcraft. So the good, which will specifically focus on skirmish modes: In peace time, it captures the political intrigue of game of thrones to a T, with a system that has a lot of depth, and a lot of counters to strategies. To give a barebones example, to get gold, you need to send emissaries to form an alliance with towns. You'll notice merchants pop up and your gold income per minute SHOULD increase (note this). Here are the options (and some counters) that your enemy has to break the alliance. Your enemy can send his envoy to your town to cause the town to break their alliance, unless you send/have your envoy in the town to kick him out. Your enemy can send an assasin to kill your envoy and send his own to break their alliance. You can counter this by having guards guard the envoy who will then capture and imprison the assasin. Your enemy can send a spy to establish a secret alliance, which gives you 0 income and them half the income, you can counter this by inspecting the town to make sure no secret alliance was had, or having a noble marry into the town to form a blood alliance which is immune to this tactic. Your enemy can send a rogue who can start a rebellion in the town, (which also spreads) making the income of the town to 0. This can be countered with guards guarding the town. There are ways to counter the above counters as well, forming a myriad of complex and satisfyingly interesting choices. The Bad: Combat is displayed weakly and while there is a rock paper scissor mechanic to it, typically the bigger blob will win. When War begins the above diplomatic and underhanded options are no longer possible so it becomes a, who has the bigger army. Verdict: While I don't think the game is a must buy (and should be avoided by those looking for a typical rts with a GOT skin), it should be a try for those looking for an rts with a lot of diplomacy and intrigue options. Playing with friends can be super fun as they slowly realize you've infiltrated their house and formed many secret alliances. War however again is quite weak, but the game goes off of a prestige point system which can be won wihout the War phase. I don't think this game deserves a Mostly Negative standing. Mixed or Slightly Positive would be more accurate I think.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 9, 2015

  Shame.. Shame.. Shame.. *ding ding*
• gamedeal user

  Apr 2, 2018

  A Game of Thrones - Genesis is quite a different take on strategy, as it plays like a mixture of sector conquest and the Guild 2. While not necessarily being bad in its inherent design, it has fundamentally skewed execution of its mechanics, making it slow and tiresome in the long run. I did have a few interesting moments while playing it, but most of the time it was an insufferable back and forth on most of the maps until I either managed to preemptively cancel out the opponents agents or started drying out their funds and started swarming the sectors faster than them. This would have been fine, if it wasn't for the perceivedly highly slow pace of game. Personally I think the fundamental flaw lies in the lacking speed of units and the way too fast completion of their actions. If it was the other way around, the entire game would be several times more fun. The way it is balanced it makes it nigh impossible to counter the enemy on the fly, because the second one notices an enemy unit on their way to one of one's sectors it is already too late to send any counter unit there. This reduces any amount of tactics drastically, making it a game of "who has the longer breath and runs out of resources or patience first". Probably doesn't deserve the abysmal reviews it has, but it by far isn't a good game either and I would only be able to recommend it to diehard fans of the franchise who also happen to love The Guild 2 at the same time, which probably isn't a lot of people
• gamedeal user

  Sep 26, 2021

  Great concept with terrible execution.. They need to do a Total War: Westeros to get this right..
• gamedeal user

  Aug 12, 2017

  Far to much going on (underhand tactics-wise) to really enjoy the game. To be honest, the only thing I liked about this game was reading the description before buying. Please don't waste your time on this.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 21, 2017

  First off, I am recommending this game only for diehard fans of A Song of Ice and Fire, or anyone that wants an entertaining way of exploring the history of Westeros. Obviously, this isn't the HBO branded Game of Thrones you might be used to so the art or characters may look a little bit different. The way you play this game is a very dumbed down version of any RTS you may think of, build units, take towns and castles, kill your enemy. The way any single player vs AI or multiplayer game works is in two parts: Peace time, where you build alliances and build up your power undertaking various actions either directly or indirectly against the rival houses and the method for taking towns and castles is using non-combat units. Once war breaks out in the seven kingdoms, you must now rely solely on your combat units to take the remaining towns and castles. The first house or houses to reach the required honor score wins. Each house will have their own special ancestral home which cannot be taken. The way you build units is a bit silly, allowing only one to be built at a time but you can queue up to 5, if funds and food allow. Gold and Food are the two forms of commerce, gold to buy mercenary units, non-combat units, and upgrades and food for your professional standing armies. The game uses an upkeep system so you must ensure you have an adequate supply of food to maintain your armies after they are built. Various non-combat units will give you bonuses to gold production and your peasants will level up with experience if you can manage to protect them and keep them alive, thus making them more efficient at harvesting. Each house has a unique unit that provides a special ability or skill but nothing spectacular, like a maester that can heal units for the Tyrells, or a direwolf bodyguard-type unit for the Starks. All houses have the same types of combat units available to them, so don't expect the Targaryens to throw dragons at you. The time period for the House vs House mode of play is right before the events leading up to Robert's rebellion. The campaign, while not too expansive, is a semi-enjoyable experience taking place from the landing of Nymeria in Dorne to the Night's Watch defending the wall from Mance and the united free folk. The variety of missions you will play is obviously limited to the somehwat limited features of the gameplay itself, but it can still offer some fresh experiences other than escort unit A to point C. All said and done, pick up this title at a heavily discounted price and for what it offers if you feel you get your money's worth then you've won.