A suggestion for the team

[gapper4]

I might get some flames about this but what the heck. First, I'd like to say that I own every TW game and every expansion, have tried many of the better mods, and I'm overall a huge fan of CA and its products. I'm very excited by this mod, being a huge fan of the books and all. Reading the forum, however, and looking at all the points raised by other posters, I'd like to suggest to the team to have a look at a new game, just published. It's "King Arthur, the Role-Playing Wargame", by Neocore games. I'm not sure how moddable it is although I understand from some posts in their forums that there is, at the very least, some potential for moddability. The game, having a very strong RPG element, as well are recruitable characters, a morality system, and the possibility for quests, seems a very good fit for the books. The battles are very similar to the TW ones and include some mechanics (such as hero leaders with special abilities, and the use of magic) that seem better developed than the TW games. Oh, and there's a huge wall in the game (Hadrian's, in this case, but it might well be moddable to portray Westeros' northern ice wall).

I'm sure this would be an immense amount of work and certainly don't mean to sneer at current efforts (hell, I'll be sure to download this mod when it's finished). Just wanted to open up another possibility for fans of Martin's works.

[.Doge.]

Thank you for this suggestion. This game sounds really good, but i'm sure there are reasons, why i've never heard of it before. Games are always worse than the previews say. I'll have a look at it, anyway.

[gapper4]

Thank you for this suggestion. This game sounds really good, but i'm sure there are reasons, why i've never heard of it before. Games are always worse than the previews say. I'll have a look at it, anyway.

Well, there was hardly any publicity as the developers are not a well-known brand (yet) and probably have very limited resources. I bought the game on release [only available through Steam at the moment but a boxed version is supposed to come in the New Year] and believe it's worth every penny. They've already issued two patches. Nevertheless, overall, I'd say that KA is at least as polished as any TW game was at release, and its production values would do credit to any developer.

There's a review on Gamespot, which gives it a 7 [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/kingarthur/review.html], mainly due to the game's beastly difficulty in the later stages and some quirks in the campaign. I'd wager, however, that anyone who is a fan of the TW franchise will like it a lot. Sorry if I sound a bit like a fanboi but, heck, I'm quite impressed with it.

[stormbringer951]

I've heard of it, but I'm still waiting on the final word. It does have a TW-like feel, but I think that at the moment we've got enough work on our plates without half of us rushing off to start a new mod. Maybe they can take it up there (or we could co-ordinate with the Mount&Blade team as well, to have a Westeros Dev Team for all three, just a pipe dream...).

[Elmo Kill]

sounds like a good game, but ill wait a few months for the major patches to be released

@stormbringer951 There's a Mount&Blade mod? Where? I just looked for it in the Kingdom Hosted mods section, but couldn't find it.

[daddytorgo]

hey Gapper - thanks for the review of KA. I saw it on Steam and was thinking about buying it but really was hoping for a demo or some more people's impressions of it before I plunked down my cash. I'll add your impression to my mental-databank though and probably pick it up one of these days.