Game of Thrones: Genesis Trailer Underwhelms

[Jodan]

kinda reminded me of the old panzer dragon games just with better graphics and dragons. i always thought that this series would make a great total war game.

 

[TheEldestScroll]

looks like shit. though i can't say i expected better.

 

[Giest4life]

I just saw brief flashes of...stuff, not nearly enough information for me to judge the game. I really don't give two shits about graphics at this point. It's been far too long that I've played a decent medieval-fantasy RTS. After AoE II, nothing came close, even though LoTR:BFMII put up a good challenge. If this game has solid and deep game mechanics, I'm happy. I'm a fan of a Song of Ice and Fire, but I'm not a fanboy. I don't care if the names and places match up to my imagination.

I just want to sack some castles and route my enemies on the field. That's all I want.

You've played Medieval II then? That was (subjectively) excellent.

OT: Sad. Just kind of sad. And I still don't understand the decision to grant Cyanide, of all developers, the rights to the series, they who are most well known for their sports simulators. Why not Relic? They're RTS gods and do excellent things with licenses. Why not Creative Assembly? Granted, they've basically just done Total War, but isn't that similar to what people would want from this? Gas Powered Games or even (shudder) Ubisoft would probably have been a better choice.

Although while the trailer is uninformative and kind of bleh, it doesn't actually show us any real gameplay, which means it might be great. Maybe. Hopefully there'll be a demo.

I'm buying the game just from your recommendation. Although it helps that the game is 50% off on Steam.

If you care enough, I'll update you on my experience with the game.

À plus tard.

 

[Yokai]

I just saw brief flashes of...stuff, not nearly enough information for me to judge the game. I really don't give two shits about graphics at this point. It's been far too long that I've played a decent medieval-fantasy RTS. After AoE II, nothing came close, even though LoTR:BFMII put up a good challenge. If this game has solid and deep game mechanics, I'm happy. I'm a fan of a Song of Ice and Fire, but I'm not a fanboy. I don't care if the names and places match up to my imagination.

I just want to sack some castles and route my enemies on the field. That's all I want.

You've played Medieval II then? That was (subjectively) excellent.

OT: Sad. Just kind of sad. And I still don't understand the decision to grant Cyanide, of all developers, the rights to the series, they who are most well known for their sports simulators. Why not Relic? They're RTS gods and do excellent things with licenses. Why not Creative Assembly? Granted, they've basically just done Total War, but isn't that similar to what people would want from this? Gas Powered Games or even (shudder) Ubisoft would probably have been a better choice.

Although while the trailer is uninformative and kind of bleh, it doesn't actually show us any real gameplay, which means it might be great. Maybe. Hopefully there'll be a demo.

I'm buying the game just from your recommendation. Although it helps that the game is 50% off on Steam.

If you care enough, I'll update you on my experience with the game.

À plus tard.

Great! Please do. There is excellent castle-storming to be had, and probably the best enemy-routing available in a game. The only thing it's missing is a bit of wizardry, I suppose, but as a historical RTS it cannot be beaten.

 

[The Funslinger]

surprisingly, i prefer this trailer to most i see, why? because it contains ingame footage and not 100% cutscenes like too many trailers do.

Yes, but regardless it's still a theatrical trailer, showing off in game graphics, plus what will likely make up the intro cutscene.

No offense, but I think the guy's getting his knickers in a twist over nothing. It doesn't show anything concrete, and all that "you can destroy your opponents without ever fielding an army" stuff still stands. It's shown in game footage, but not any actual gameplay. As for the map, I'd say you're exaggerating, and people have different mental images so of course it can't perfectly match everyone's.

As for the dragon breathing black fire, it's not like they specifically stated that in the books! /sarcasm