Game of Thrones: Conquest
Game of Thrones: Conquest, développé par Turbine, est un jeu de stratégie massivement multijoueur sorti le 17 octobre 2017 sur Android et iOS. Le joueur y prend la tête de sa propre maison noble dans l’univers de Westeros, avec pour objectif de naviguer le dangereux paysage politique et de s’emparer du Trône de Fer. L’aventure met en scène des personnages emblématiques de la série HBO, parmi lesquels Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister et Jon Snow.
L’accueil critique du titre est contrasté. Si le jeu obtient une note agrégée de 90 sur 100, plusieurs médias et joueurs se montrent sévères. Pocket Gamer UK le décrit comme « Unoriginal and dull, a waste of a perfectly good license ». Gamezebo estime pour sa part que la possibilité de capturer des lieux iconiques n’est qu’une « cynical way of making you feel like you’re truly part of Game of Thrones ». Du côté des joueurs, les critiques portent sur le modèle économique : l’un d’eux affirme qu’il est impossible d’être compétitif sans dépenser plusieurs milliers de dollars chaque mois, tandis qu’un autre partage un avis contenant des spoilers.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Unoriginal and dull, Game of Thrones: Conquest is a waste of a perfectly good license. »
« Sure, you can ‘capture’ iconic locations eventually but it’s all a cynical way of making you feel like you’re truly part of Game of Thrones. Instead, this is a retread of an overly familiar concept. You’ll regularly be asked to spend money on starter packs or other forms of currency, all in a bid to make you more invested in the experience. Anyone who’s been playing mobile games for a while will have already done this elsewhere. Game of Thrones: Conquest doesn’t deserve to be rewarded with your time, money, or loyalty. It’s a poor use of a franchise that’s rich with imagination. »
« Game of Thrones: Conquest is a poor attempt at the casual simulation game genre, despite the official license. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« This is a game for the affluent, there is no way of being competitive without spending $1000's each month, better games and things to spend money on especially when WB cant even manage to get the events right, a recent kingdom v kingdom event resulted in mass faults and chaos, »
« advertised as a FTP game but it definitely isn't if you have any chance of surviving very glitchy app with poor performance and a multitude of issues sometimes these issues cause you to lose items / troops you have spent real money on and the support team do not compensate you for it lots of pressure to spend large amounts of money »
« Could have done so much more with this IP. The game is a decent build-a-village type of game, and quick paced too. You start with a "battle" that you don't command any units, not even put them in battle, and then you get your own castle and that's it of the IP. Serious!!! Almost nothing that comes after uses the IP of GoT instead of simple aesthetics or the map. The lack of the story or anything after the introduction has you taking advices from Tyrion throughout the building of your village which makes the experience so boring. Every building has a predefined spot which is good so you don't put them in stupid positions, but that is negated because attacks on other players are not actually shown, so not being to customize the layout is a big negative. All of those buildings spots that are predetermined are already shown, so you click on a lot of things that you can do nothing with. And that's it... low interaction alliances, boring attacks on PvE, almost no PvP, no heroes, no campaign, nothing... At least if you want it, you can keep playing it for quite a while since they give you SO many starter resources. »
