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Bison! Fingers crossed there are no corrupted saves this time.
I agree. I actually really like the way the game plays and the historical period. One of the benefits of not visiting the super fan boy forums is I miss out on 99% of all the negative vibes. So honestly, I have no idea why people dislike it.
The new (at the time) unit recruitment system and lack of agents were extremely controversial. I can sort of understand why that might be the case, but I also feel the game gained a worse reputation than it deserved because of it. I've personally always felt the recruitment system was brilliant, and while I know Gus misses having agents in Thrones, that was one of its biggest selling points for me.
There were also fans who felt (and still feel) that the game was nothing more than a reskin of Attila, that it was CA attempting to make an easy cash grab, etc. I'll admit I was baffled by that one: Thrones was clearly a passion project for Jack Lusted (who would later be placed in charge of the much-ballyhooed Three Kingdoms), as well as almost everyone else who worked on it. (The company *is* headquartered in England, after all...)
The one primary critique I agree with is that -- somewhat like Rome II -- the game itself was still rather rough when it was first released. It wasn't until after the 1st major patch dropped that ToB ran relatively smoothly and bug-free, and it wasn't until after the 2nd patch (the Allegiance update) that the game felt like it was genuinely headed in the right direction. The third major patch (the Steel & Statecraft update) was an even bigger improvement, bringing the game to its final form we know today.
With the benefit of hindsight, I don't think I would've recommended Thrones until after the 2nd patch came out. While the game had "good bones", with some interesting/new ideas, it was admittedly not a very enjoyable experience in the beginning.
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