Crusader Kings II
I have been destroyed by intrigues from within my own house. My own brother, after the capitulation of my French possessions, sensed an opportunity to seize the throne and raised an open rebellion that destroyed the kingdom. Even the Isle of Mann took the opportunity to carve out the remnants of my realm. I have captured the South of Spain off the infidel invasion, only to have the Kingdom of Leon succeed my Northern duchy. I have married off my children to the great houses, and been informed of their deaths. I have married countless women; Grunhilde of England, Princess Isabella of Castille and I have loved them all. I have raised levies for countless armies that I have watched slain on the battlefield.
I have grown tired of the intrigues within my court, I am weary of my traits. Callousness, Piety, Honesty all gained and lost. I have raised taxes and held on for years. I have spent my time watching the days as they pass by, waiting for my savings to save me when the inevitable rebellion sparks up. I have imprisoned Earls, Dukes and Mayors. I have ruled in the High Middle Ages and in the Low. My name has never gained renown.
Mostly I have found Crusader Kings II to be too much. In its verisimilitude, the game designers have created the perfect simulation of being a Medieval Ruler. But it is not enjoyable, it is painful. You feel like Richard II all the time. When I play a game, I play it to win. Not to have my dynasty wiped out by matrilineal succession, not to see my entire life's work destroyed by a feckless and weak son whose ill chosen Regent usurped the throne and whose closest allies abandoned him to his fate. Wanting to feel powerless and swept up by events outside your control. Play Crusader Kings II. I will stick to playing Age of Empire III on Hard.
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This actually sounds like a short story that I worked on with dad a long time ago in a different world where earthquakes had not ripped apart the very ground under which we lived, and replaced it with the odd weed infested wasteland that now stands where home once did. But probably should get this game. Seriously though the Game of Thrones telltale thing is truly wonderful.
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