Yes, Your Grace

The game was a great idea and if the developers delivered on what they promised then this game could of been great. 1) Game is over priced. Two slow runs of the game only took me 12 hours max and I had to force myself to do the second play through just to confirm my next point. This game is worth $8 at best and small team indie developers milking people is a be disgusting. Some indie games are worth the $18 I paid for this game because they provide massive hours of game play and not a half baked game. Example would be Stardew Valley ,Rimworld & FTL. 2) This game claims to offer choices and these choices will change the game. The developers on forums used this to justify their high price because replay ability. This is just a garbage lie there are very few true choices & the game forces you into some very big plot directions with no choice whatsoever. The second half do the game seems devoid of plot and most days you do nothing. The developers should be shamed by this game and spend the next six months adding content and produce a true game with choices. hopefully you did not buy already and waste your money.

The game wants you to make tough choices, prioritize, but you never seem to have enough to do anything except one or two things. I was constantly asking loans to the ingame bankers, the only way I managed to reach the end, each week sent half of my petitioners away, because I had nothing to give them. You can use an agent that will solve tasks, but I was stuck the entire time with only one of each. Your advisor tells you he will “put out the word you’re hiring” if you need more, but I didn’t find any specific way to do so. Maybe I was missing a huge “hire” button somewhere, or I was just playing the game poorly, but if that explains gameplay, the plot is another matter entirely, and the plot in this case is very, very important, for this is a heavily story-driven game. Light Spoilers: I reached an ending that I’m sure can be considered positive (characters survived, villain defeated), yet I felt a profound sense of defeat once done, like I got there by sheer luck/accident rather me playing the game well. I’ve found the story morbid and unpleasant. Tone is all over the place. The look of the game, from the gorgeous pixel art, to the lovely cartoon-like artworks of the characters, makes you think you’ll live through an overall light-hearted tale, but the story alternates poorly between attempts at comedy and rather bleak twists. I’m not asking for everything to be sugar and cotton candy, but in a game where the marketing made a big deal about the fact that you can pet all the animals you encounter, I’d rather not see said animals grizzly murdered and skinned alive at every other turn. The heart-breaking fate of one specific character was made all the more irritating by the fact I seemingly couldn’t do anything to change it. In a game all about choices, the ones that really matter to the plot are out of your reach. Things could go differently on another playthrough, but I don’t have an especially strong desire to find out

At first I thought "wow, the graphics make me feel like I'm playing with the royal family from Battle Chess! This is hilarious!" and picked this up. Then *everyone* started complaining and crying about things that if I complained to my boss, let alone my mayor or even prime minister, I would get laughed at while getting thrown out, with all the ridicule and shame that comes with. If this was about a young baron who inherited his father's lands and has to get to grips with the local issues I'd be fine with it but as a king, you really shouldn't be forced to deal with peasants who can't find their sons or your own daughters who smear feces on each others' pillows. So I ducked out before I wasted any more time on fixing King Pushover's dumb life.

Hello, It breaks my heart to report this isn't a good game. It really tried hard. But here are some criticisms... Spoiler ahead - Interesting characters...bad story. The game starts out with your kingdom in a bad way and makes a bunch of dumb decisions. Why do you not have any resources? What happened? How does this other dude have a huge army and you have like 22 guys? - Bleak as hell. I didn't play games to have my daughter get killed by virua- Joffrey. Or do have a cat get skinned. Screw that. The tone is way off compared to the advertising. Life is hard enough. -. Finally, there is little grasp as to the consequences of my decisions. What am I building to? What are some benchmark numbers? You are sort blindly choosing priorities hoping it pays off. No real strategic satisfaction. - Did I mention you are forced to sell your 13 year old daughter and they skin her cat? That's fun. Love that guys! At least the music was good. Save you money. Pet a real cat. Play better games.