Been playing that Massive Chalice game for the past few days... its not bad, but feel like it could of been so much better. It feels boring in places, the combat is too easy and its quite repetitive.
So I'm just over halfway through the 300-year war.. and OK, I fucked up a bit at the start with breeding my bloodlines - But I still have two of my starting bloodlines going - Entroh and Augen. I love the concept of creating these bloodlines and marrying off regents with other people and creating children - but other than this - there is nothing else that really becomes of this. Okay, yes the heir to the throne is passed down through generation, but by half-way through, I have a ton of Entroh children and adults and basically I'm picking the heir based on how horny (fertile) they are - there is nothing to micro-manage in the "keeps" (palaces) and because of this, the only time I hear from a regent is when I'm appointing them and when they die, you don't really care when your regents pass away - all they are, are baby machines to me.
The fighting (I heard its like XCom - although never played that) also gets a bit stale. You get a battle every 15-20 years I'd say.. all my Entrohs are either Hunters, Enforcers or Trickshots.. the Hunter is the base class for all of these, so they all fight with a crossbow and wear the same armor. Because the Entroh bloodline is so fucking massive, I'm finding myself filling my entire Vanguard with all Entroh's at times - which means going into battle with every soldier as the same base class. I thought this would mean I'd get squashed in certain battles, but actually the battles are piss easy, and I've only lost one person in battle so far (the first battle - where I hadn't a scooby what the fuck was going on). Basically if you go around the battlefield very slowly picking off monsters one by one - it takes a long time, but is so easy to win. That in itself makes the battles a bit boring and they do feel dragged out.
Other than battles and people dying and being born, there are random events that happen frequently where you have to make a choice which could be good or bad. Since these are all multiple choice questions and anything you pick could be bad or good.. I just find these annoying.
For a strategy game, I feel a bit let down, for a tactical turn-based game, I also feel let down.. if there was more micro-management of the kingdom (the good stuff) and less fighting (the boring stuff), this game could be really good... as it is, it just feels like half a game which is disappointing.
