judging kingmaker is so terribly difficult for me. i can see the charm and earnestness through the bars of the jank jail it's thrown me in. but i utterly despise its structure and what an awful blow its pacing takes from that. the amount of time i spent just hitting "skip day" was frankly ridiculous. i wish it didn't impact my enjoyment of the game as much as it did, but god, there were moments i hated the game.

i definitely don't hate it! but its particular flaws are ones i really struggle with. this is an insanely scrappy first attempt at a crpg this huge, and nothing in me could ever hate that.

the ways wrath of the righteous improved on the structure and storytelling is really impressive to me now that i've played both. no regrets in playing kingmaker, but hooo boy, if i replay, i'll be much less reluctant to use various mod features.