Review of Suzerain
| Subject | Suzerain |
| By | Helpfulness: 2 Vote: 8.8skydoodle on 2024-08-03 |
| Review | The most outstanding aspect of this game does not lie in its intricate systems, authentic numerical values, or the freedom of its gameplay—it's all about "simplification." It distills complex political compromises into dialogues with key faction leaders, intricate economic systems into reports from the economy minister within your cabinet, military affairs into war councils and final battle reports, and extensive reforms into the privatization and nationalization of a handful of enterprises. It condenses struggles into assassinations, reforms into budgetary allocations, family dynamics into conversations, and diplomacy into alliances. To ensure you're never at a loss for decisions during critical moments, the game even provides several cabinet members whom you can almost fully trust. By sacrificing numerous details, it compresses the four-year presidential term into a mere ten hours of gameplay. Yet, within those ten hours, trust me, you'll find the most profound details. There's no filler, only pure essence. In this game, you're not an omniscient deity. You are Anton Rayne, the President of Sordland, a bewildered politician in a declining nation, and at the same time, you are yourself. |
| 2 points |