Tfw I tried Suzerain again after years. Several hours in I think I've done things right because all the characters tell me I got the votes I got the support, then it turns out (after reading up on it) its basically like a VN with a single correct path you gotta follow or else you're fucked. So you basically have to spend your time reading a walkthrough the entire time you play it or else you will fail

I have never felt so rewarded and stressed as I slowly make decisions. A really rewarding narrative/ political simulator

After 50 hours, my third playthrough as Rayne still fucked up. The story is truly brilliant, and I enjoyed it—even when my first Rayne was eventually overthrown in a coup. But the enjoyment faded afterward because the second attempt became long and dull. Most choices lack direct feedback, so when reforms, the economy, or anything goes wrong, you never really know what you did incorrectly. That means you have to reload again and again, and the dialogues that immersed you the first time around become more and more unbearable. Important options are buried among less meaningful ones, forcing you to constantly click the first option just to skip through them. All of this combines into a torturous cycle of failure. I really do like the story, but the game ends up being boring and offers very little positive feedback to encourage continued attempts. BTW, the DLC surprised me—the first time I played it, I actually managed to push through democratic reforms and succeed somehow. Maybe I’...

Absolutly recommended! Well written with a strong emphasis on cold war time politics but also timeless. A very strong game about making (sometimes hard) decisions and finding a way in a young and delicate democracy. Should be used in education!

It's a visual novel that commits the crime most of them do; it's boring. Your choices have an impact on the story, but while similar games keep you invested with deep characters and active gameplay, this game throws walls of poorly written script at you and expects you not to hang yourself, with little actual gameplay to speak of. If I'm gonna read a boring wikipedia article it's gonna be one about stuff that exists.

I love reading Wikipedia pages about countries and organisations that don't exist

Smolak is a funny guy

>buy suzerain >support agnolia for better trade and a close alliance >fix the economy by taking a moderate free market approach >try to ally with the reformists to pass the constitution >fail to win over judges (this is the point where everything goes downhill) >abolish the special zone >join ATO >pay reparations for the 15 day war, making peace forever between rumburg and sordland >petr resigns which others suspect as pressuring from our administration >decide to have tory as vice president instead of lucian (grave mistake) >decide to run for reelection >all old guards and sollists turn on you - members of your own cabinet leave >try to get your own party members to reconcile, but inevitably lileas has a better speech, so she's USP's presidential candidate >stay in the party >advocate for lileas >witness them attempting to rewrite the constitution again >proceed to disagree with Lileas at the end >be forced out of USP hey, atleast we didn't have any war, or economi...

One of the best Story games I've ever played! Vast amound of characters, choices and paths to go down. Works perfectly together with its dlc too. Don't sleep on this!!!

Monica pushing her feminist agenda(s) at the most inconvenient of times Vina running off with some guy instead of my arranged marriage 10/10 (These women piss me off)