That's really the jist of it. This is not a game for people looking for any one exact genre, because it's a well made mix of some many. RPG (you make choices ala Mass Effect and the like that have some effects on various stats, though not so much on the story really), Risk type strategy (moving unit pieces all around a combat map), traditional RTS format, and a little bit of I guess the proper type would be 3rd person flight shooter, as you are able to become a dragon during battles which you directly control like a plane (though just to be clear, you hover when not moving while in dragon form), yet are still able to give orders to your units! This let's you fight along side your armies in ways never imagined, and you can go in and out of it more or less at will, which lets you do some damage, go out of it, build some units or give more precise commands, then go back in an lead the charge yourself. That's not counting dragon skills that help your units, or hurt the enemy. It's a great game so long as you don't mind the mix of styles. However, they tried too hard to incorporate too many modern topics into the choices you have to make as emperor. Government health care, Gay Marriage, embryonic testing, too many topics that are too polarized, not to mention too much in my face in the real world as it is, are there. I love the basis, and I hope to see more games like it in the future. Just please, cut down on the controversial topics next time.
