A Game of Thrones: Genesis Review

[Greg Tito]

A Game of Thrones: Genesis Review

The strategy game doesn't live up to its name.

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[Kenjitsuka]

Well that's mighty dissapointing!
But not exactly unexpected :'(

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I'll hold out for Westeros: Total War. I know somebody at Total War Center is probably working on that mod.

EDIT.
Yep, found it.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=721

 

[TheBelgianGuy]

I'll hold out for Westeros: Total War. I know somebody at Total War Center is probably working on that mod.

EDIT.
Yep, found it.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=721

Too bad total war and it's mods have the same intrigue as feeding your goldfish.

 

[Giest4life]

Is the video not working for anyone else? It's giving me the illusion of buffering, but I suspect that it's actually not going anywhere.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

Is the video not working for anyone else? It's giving me the illusion of buffering, but I suspect that it's actually not going anywhere.

Worked for me, but it appears to be very, very choppy, or maybe that's the gameplay and the game really looks that bad. I'm not sure.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I'll hold out for Westeros: Total War. I know somebody at Total War Center is probably working on that mod.

EDIT.
Yep, found it.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=721

Too bad total war and it's mods have the same intrigue as feeding your goldfish.

You've obviously never blackmailed the pope, or established an inbred dynasty of tyrant kings then. The campaign map for Total War games lets you get away with some nasty stuff that you can't do in the tactical battles.

 

[darkfire613]

And this is what we get instead of the Bethesda RPG, because Bethesda wanted to make Skyrim instead. Disappointing doesn't even begin to describe it.

 

[random_bars]

If this is 2.5 stars and therefore halfway between really good and really bad, I'd hate to see what kind of game would get a lower score than this...

 

[Monsterfurby]

i tended to find an old game crusader kings from paradox interactive had more intrigue and family drama

There is actually a really, REALLY well-done Westeros mod for that.

When CK2 is out next year, it will be the ultimate platform for a Westeros mod.

___

As for Cyanide's game. Meh, I suspected as much. Maybe it's still a fun game in multiplayer and I might get it when it goes budget price / bargain bin. For now though... meh.

 

[Greg Tito]

If this is 2.5 stars and therefore halfway between really good and really bad, I'd hate to see what kind of game would get a lower score than this...

Good point. For me, the intrigue/diplomacy part of the game was worth at least half a star. Without those units and mechanics this game would have scored much lower.

Greg

 

[Artemis923]

The first rule of videogames is you do NOT buy movie/TV tie-ins. Never worth it. You would think after decades of shit the public at large would learn this yet i still hear peoples suprise because "The movie was good"

[sub]Well unelss its Scott Pilgrim. [/sub]

But...this is a book tie in...

Oh jeah, they made it into a show. THAT's why everyone knows about it now. >.<

Whoever decided to give Cyanide the rights to GRRM's gem should be thrown in the black cells for their crime.

 

[Jon Shannow]

Seems i've just got to go back to the Crusader Kings Mods

 

[Jimmybobjr]

Why on earth do i keep hearing about this Series of books?

I rented Game of thrones from the School Library, only to get no further than about page one hundred.

Mainly due to that point there was a very detailed scene where a man has sex with a 13 Year old girl.

Then i skipped to the last few pages of the book to find that said 13 year old girl... Gave birth to dragons?

Or something?

Yeah.

I really hope that theres context there.

EDIT:

I read a wikipedia article, turns out she didnt give birth to dragons, but some weird shit happened beside that.

And im actiualy wondering if the book im talking about is the same book as what everyone is talking about, and not a entirely different thing.

 

[JSW]

On the plus side, the graphics are really impressive for a Genesis game. I'm looking forward to seeing what the SNES version looks like.

 

[Anodos]

Disappointing game or not, thats REALLY good graphics for the Genesis, im impressed.