Are you one of those people who judge games solely on their graphics?Darth_Dude said:
Cool story, bro.
Experience the Founding of Westeros in Game of Thrones: Genesis
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Cool story, bro.
No, no of course not! What I am saying is, the animation standard in the trailer is terrible! And from what I'm getting from the screenshots, the gameplay is gonna be pretty shallow.TheBelgianGuy said:
Curious if its going to be like Total war, with a not to scale overworld. Because the whole world looks so small in them screenshots 
Mainly because any game centered on battles (and the newer TW games have essentially made their campaigns only a way to tie the battle-centrepieces together) won't do ASoIaF justice, at all. I remember people complaining about the battles not being shown in the TV series, which I found to be exactly in the spirit of the books. These are not about huge armies duking it out on the battlefield, but about the personal decisions and consequences that result in and out of these battles and other events surrounding them.Boba Frag said:
Crusader Kings 2, now that's an engine made for a Westeros-Scenario.
As for the Cyanide-game. I still don't like the title. "Genesis" is one of those generic titles you use when you can't think of anything else (it works with pretty much anything: Thing "Mass Effect: Genesis", "Star Wars: Genesis", "Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genesis" Uh.. well. Almost everything). Even I can make up something better on the fly: "Rise of Kings", "A Burden of Honor", "A Battle of Wits", "A Game of Computers".
I'm sorry my post sounded more aggressive than I meant it to be, btwDarth_Dude said:
Cyanide isn't exactly a large or wealthy company, and frankly, I couldn't care less about that kind of trailers that really say nothing about the game (Starcraft 2 did that too, it's just that Blizzard can spend millions on that crap).
The screenshots remind me of Hegemony war of ancient greece, which was anything but shallow I think.
I agree on that Total War is a bad way to represent Westeros - it's not about huge battles at all, for me! (And neither is it for HBO, it seems)Monsterfurby said:
However, the use of "Genesis", which means nothing more than "Origins" or "Beginning", is correct if this game is about how the world of Westeros came to be - which if I understand correctly, it is.
Westeros total war was a very good rts mod for med II, set in this setting. I think it won't be so great, but I will still check it out.
That is right, but its connotations are very Christian or Greek, depending on where you stand. It just doesn't "fit" the setting specifically, at least for me. As I said, it's just a very generic title.TheBelgianGuy said:
As for Westeros Total War: I really like that mod, even though the TW engine does not really represent the setting very well. However, some people put a lot of hard work into that mod and are still doing so to revive it, which I, as an avid modder, can appreciate. I didn't mean my comments to extend to WTW, as modders have to kind of work with the engine they are given. My favourite Westeros mods are still the CK and Mount&Blade ones, though.
This is very true, I'm a fan of the books (five years waiting for A Dance with Dragons, I'd want to be!) so the appeal was never the prospect of battles; it's story and character driven so much it'd be impossible to do a proper game about it.Monsterfurby said:
Still, the game would give you the opportunity to experience what it's like to deploy the Stark banners, to unleash Targaryen armies, to in effect re-enact a Storm of Swords most dramatic moments.
Never played that game, must check it out.
I'll stay neutral towards this game in the meantime.
I'm going to love leading Theon (I got over his betrayal) and the Wolves down on the Bolton citadel and tear their standard bearers limb from limb. Although I've a sneaking suspicion that it will be a slightly above average siege-based RTS and not unlike the Stronghold franchise. But at Steam price of $40, I think I can deal with it... and as long as I can send a personalized message to Mr. Martin to hurry the fuck up.Boba Frag said:
Huh I didn't really feel like game of thrones was about war, I mean sure there is a bunch of little wars going on (the wall against the wild lings, the king on the iron throne vs the king in the north, the king on the iron throne vs the Stannis, the king on the iron throne vs Danny (I assume I haven't read past her mustering her armies yet)) but really the true heart of the story that makes it so interesting to me is the characters on a bit of a smaller scale then war... And in a RTS? really, I mean nothing's special in an rts, one dragon = 10 archers which is = 800 gold takes all the special feeling out of it, all the mystique...
The characters can't be truly developed either in the rts format, I mean worse case scenario they just introduce and give you the feel of characters by making them jump out and say little quotes in game but even the best is if they give lengthy cut scenes to portray the story and that's not really all that good IMO either. The world isn't all that special and that's all they can really bring with them to an rts properly...
The characters can't be truly developed either in the rts format, I mean worse case scenario they just introduce and give you the feel of characters by making them jump out and say little quotes in game but even the best is if they give lengthy cut scenes to portray the story and that's not really all that good IMO either. The world isn't all that special and that's all they can really bring with them to an rts properly...