Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows
released on Aug 07, 2020
Guide the decisions of Lord Commanders through the seasons and mount expeditions beyond the Wall. As ravens travel to and from your expeditions in real time, their messages are delivered to you throughout your day. Respond with your command right away, or whenever you see fit. Long is the history of the Night’s Watch, and many are its stories forgotten. It’s time the realm remembers them.
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This is the most meaningless idle game of all time—you just select random text every couple hours with no measurable consequences until you’ve sort of heard the story of the Night’s Watch (but you’ve forgotten it all because it was told at a rate of one sentence every few hours). I finished it to pad out my 2020 games beaten list. I do not advise you do the same.
I like visual novels, but this one didn't hit for me. The premise is that you're the leader of the crows, sending out rangers on missions. There are a few really engaging narrative points that feel meaningful, but more often than not instead of making you feel like you're in charge of an organization, you feel like you're just answering e-mails. A big part of this is due to the fact that there are a lot of repeated events with the same outcomes unless you're getting lucky and finding rangers with unique attributes that are relevant to the mission. Perhaps this game would have been shorter if it had focused on unique missions, but in choosing to create "replayability," the game suffers for it.
It comes with Apple Arcade and thus easy to try out if you already have that service, but it's not worth getting just for this. If you're looking specifically for a GoT choice game, Reigns has a themed version that might be better. If you're just looking for a choice-based narrative game like this, 80 Days might hit the spot better.
It comes with Apple Arcade and thus easy to try out if you already have that service, but it's not worth getting just for this. If you're looking specifically for a GoT choice game, Reigns has a themed version that might be better. If you're just looking for a choice-based narrative game like this, 80 Days might hit the spot better.
The concept and design is fantastic- but very repetitive if you want multiple playthroughs
Pretty rad visual novel/idle game hybrid.