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• gamedeal user

  Oct 11, 2021

  I come at this from a different point of view than most of the reviews. I am not major Game of Thrones fan and I knew what this game was when I came into it. I would neither call this a cheap grab, nor fault it for not being Total War: Westeros. It's far from perfect, but it fills a void that no other game attempted. If the concept appeals to you, it's worth playing. GoT: Genesis is an RTS that focuses heavily on diplomats and hidden information. The best way to get a feel for the game is to literally walk you through example gameplay: = = = I start the mission by sending out envoys out to create allies and get an early economic lead. But for some reason, it doesn't seem to be adding up. So I send out a spy to determine the loyalty of towns and find that half of the villages weren't actually loyal and eventually realize that one of my envoys was a traitor and faking the alliances. I arrest the envoy to ransom him off. While I train a new Envoy I send my spy to make secret deals to steal money from enemy towns and send an assassin to eliminate their blood alliances so that I'll be able to steal the towns long term. But in my haste, I neglected to scout the towns and my assassin was caught by the ladies bodyguards. Maybe I should risk a war by sending mercenaries to kill their envoys and rob their tax collectors? = = = On the bright side, this style gameplay can be dynamic and exciting. It does lead to a relatively steep learning curve, but the campaign does a good job of introducing one mechanic at a time. It's heavily scripted and tightly focused so that each scenario requires you to master a handful of skills. It offers a wide variety of mission types though it does sometimes feel "On-Rails". It's feels good when you've mastered the skills and are given the freedom to use them. The weakest point is the War part of the game. It's a glorified and over-complicated game of Rock Paper scissors. You have about 14 units (Half Armies and half Mercenary) that each have advantage and weakness vs. other unit types. The vast freedom you have during peace time just seems to vanish at the outbreak of war. It's not nearly as enjoyable. The game tends to feel alot more complex and deep than it actually is because the UI offers you very little in terms of help in learning the game or making decisions. - There is a level of tedium that goes into testing the loyalties of every town and every character manually - I'm constantly pausing the game to look up which armies are strong/weak vs. each other. - There's little to no "details information" screens. I'd kill for an easy way to check my overall economy or military strength. - I need to look in the encyclopedia on the title screen to find out why I can't use certain items/skills rather than having good tool tips and intuitive controls. Between the War systems and the UI it's easy to see why other people don't enjoy the game. It can definitely use some streamlining and a lot of polish. This could have been a great game with minor changes to the way things work and how the information is displayed... but it's just decent. (At best) But, weighing the good and the bad, I really do enjoy the game that's here and I can recommend to people interesting in shady plots and stealth.
• 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

  Aug 28, 2014

  [i]At the time of writing this review, I've yet to read the books or watch the t.v. series. But this hasn't affected what I'm about to write about this game.[/i] It's defiantly an interesting take on the RTS genre, trying to implement the world of Game of Thrones as well. So I will give it that. To start with, I did the tutorial missions to help to get the grips of how the game flows and performs. But when I actually started to play the campaign, it still felt like it was in tutorial mode. Telling me what to do next, and not letting me do anything else. This was the case for the majority of the first chapter, when you're playing as the initial kingdom in the desert. And that's about a good 3 or 4 hours into playing, if you're slow player like my self ;D. I did continue playing into the second chapter, and it did feel like it was picking up with giving you the freedom to actually play. Rather than heavily suggesting what your next move should be. I imagine that this game would be more fun and intriguing to play in a multilayer session with friends, or even against random people. The game is heavily focused around it being a political and backstabbing game, rather than a game based on declaring war on the other kingdoms. So in that respect, it does utilise that well with all the non-combat units it offers and the different buildings on each section of the map. If you don't actually want to go down the political route and such, you can quite effectively go down the war path to win the game. You just need to make sure you have enough influence across the kingdom to fund your army. You'll just need to constantly watch over your spies, rogues, envoys and buildings etc. If not, you can easily be deceived by the A.I. and be quite gimped in your influence and resource gain. You'll also loose units by assassination attempts. The concept [b]is[/b] good, it just felt like it was not properly executed with this style of game. It would of performed better if it was like a turn based 4X game, similar to the Civilization series. I will probably come back to this game one day and give it another bash, once I've read the books or seen the t.v. series. Come into it with a new perspective. But it's defiantly a game which isn't for every one, so be warned when purchasing. But if you're committed to playing a game which focuses on tactics other than declaring war and fighting it out, then go for it! It isn't all that bad. In conclusion: [list] [*] A unique and interesting concept, but not executed well enough to work effectively. [*] Very hand holding heavy to start with, takes a few hours before it feels like you can play freely. [*] Very overwhelming with the need to micro manage each individual unit and building. Too much can go on at once. [*] Would of been better off as a turn based 4X game. [*] Takes a while to fully grasp on how to effectively play, without the A.I. wiping you out. [*] Games can take a good while to finish, which is good if you like your RTS games to last. [*] Pick it up in a sale if you want to try it out, it will keep you entertained for a little while at least. [/list] 5 / 10, tried to ride the Game of Thrones hype train and got stuck in the homeless cart as a result.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 4, 2014

  A fun little juant through the broad strokes of pre-book era Westerosi history. A fun little game, but certainly not a deep and strategic RTS, more of a set-piece manager- moving specially skilled units around to build and maintain alliances is the heart of it, with actual declared war working in a very similar mechanic. Still, depsite the simplistic and somewhat sophmoric gameplay, the game shines with great lore and setting, and should reward loyal fans of the Books and Show. Make sure you get this on sale, it is certainly not worth a full retail price, offering low replay and a 12 hour or so campaign. Someone looking for a more deep and strategic RTS experince in the GoT world would want to check out the great mods for Civ5 and CKII. The former is a world class standard and far better for war and battle while the latter offers an immersive strategic experience in the delicacies of politics, marriage, and subterfuge. Game of Thrones: Genesis attempts both but really only succeeds in atmosphere. Remember that Halo RTS? Like that, except Game of Thrones and far less exciting. In summary: - good graphics and polish - rewards fans of the lore - simplistic & arcadey RTS gameplay - no real depth to game beyond faction "unique" units - campaign is fun and short - low replayability - not a serious RTS - still a fun little game for fans, if bought for a low sale price
• gamedeal user

  Jul 9, 2015

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

  Jan 8, 2016

  Not a fun game. Managed to play for like 54 mins before calling it quits. Wish i could remove it from my Steam Library.
• 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

  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

  Jun 15, 2017

  While some of the mechanics appealed to me when I read the description, the entire games feels like a paper rock scissors type gameplay, but with more opposing elements. Instead I rather saw less of these mechanics, but more and deeper gameplay. Graphics wise this game feels very dated, with unfluent animations for all the units. Despite Game of Thrones being such a great intellectual property, this game doesn't do it justice in any form.
• 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.