Embark on a thrilling story as President Anton Rayne, steering Sordland through a pivotal time. Confront potential border conflicts, deep-seated corruption, and economic turmoil while navigating complex political dynamics in Anton's first term. As the leader, your choices will shape Sordland...
Embark on a thrilling story as President Anton Rayne, steering Sordland through a pivotal time. Confront potential border conflicts, deep-seated corruption, and economic turmoil while navigating complex political dynamics in Anton's first term. As the leader, your choices will shape Sordland's destiny.
Gripping Story: Traverse a 500K-word branching political saga packed with deep and layered conversations.
Choices with Impact: Make critical decisions on security, economy, welfare, and diplomacy. Your values will be tested beyond the confines of your office.
Your Legacy: Drive Sordland towards one of 9 unique major endings and more than 25 sub-endings. What will your legacy be?
Grand Cast: Engage with a diverse cast of more than 50 characters, each with unique personalities and ideologies.
Duty vs. Personal Values: Witness how your presidential decisions influence the country but also your family and relationships.
Stay Informed: Keep tabs on the state of affairs through country or interactable city tokens, policies, situations, news and reports. See the impact and result of your actions.
Discover the Suzerain Universe: Read about newly introduced nations, codex articles about history, and feel the pulse of the world events.
Emerging from the vestiges of a traditionalist regime and wrestling with a challenging transition to economic liberalization amidst a recession, the populace of Sordland craves democratic reform. Economic uncertainty casts a long shadow as the political landscape transmutes, with rival superpowers casting keen, watchful eyes on the unfolding scene.
Stepping into this maelstrom, you, as President Rayne, must forge effective policies alongside your Cabinet and influential figures. Balance the precarious scales of politics by retaining loyal allies, gauging your values against political necessities, and steeling yourself against potential adversaries. Remember, each character in this narrative carries unique ambitions, fueling the complexity of the political landscape.
As the drama unfolds, the delicate equilibrium between your duty to the nation and commitments to your family will be put to the test - a balancing act that challenges the essence of leadership. Can you hold the reins of presidency successfully while being a good parent?
Best of luck, President Rayne - Sordland awaits your leadership.
This is a very good game, but this is not the best version to get. The steam version is significantly less crash prone than the GOG version. I don't know why. There were multiple issues I had with the game locking up and crashing. and the same save files worked flawlessly in the steam version. I don't know why. It speaks to how compelling the game is that I bought it twice to finish playing it but I did so with great frustration and again, this is not the best version to get.
Disclaimer: This review is about the current Mac version 2.06.
Short version:
"Suzerain" is a very enjoyable game - as long as it works.
Unfortunately, I've encountered a game-breaking bug which renders the game unplayable.
Long version:
I rarely play new games and usually stick to the classics, the good old games.
However, when I heard about "Suzerain", I was immediately excited and - after some deliberation - couldn't resist buying it (I even created a new GOG account for it, although I've been very critical of GOG since the "Devotion" debacle).
I then played "Suzerain" extensively in version 1.x - at that point I would've probably given the game at least 4 stars.
Then I put it aside for the time being.
Last year I heard there were some new features, so I completely reinstalled Suzerain in version 2.06.
Again, the game was a lot of fun (easily a 4+ stars experience) - until the moment a fatal bug made it impossible to continue playing.
The bug occurs relatively late in the game: As soon as I sign the "Minority Rights Act", the map freezes - I can still interact with the interface, but it's no longer possible to continue playing.
And no, I have not made any changes to the game files (i.e. the save files).
I immediately reported the bug to Torpor Games - the answer was: nothing.
I then waited in the hope that the bug was known and being worked on.
But even after months of waiting, there was no new patch (and of course no response from Torpor Games).
So I contacted them again - and this time I even got an answer, albeit not a satisfactory one.
Unfortunately, I can't recommend buying "Suzerain" at this point, at least not the current Mac version 2.06 (maybe the Windows version is not affected by the bug).
I originally wanted to buy the DLC "Kingdom of Rizia" as well, but after experiencing first-hand how poor Torpor's customer service is - both in terms of communication and bug fixing - I'm going to steer clear of their products for now.
Text-heavy and very slow to feel as though you are even part of this world, never mind having an effect on it. Although I really liked the opening moments and sense of possibilities at the start these quickly faded into distant choices that never resonated in to the main game.
Not for me.
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