Kingdom of Rizia is great, but...

[Alf]

I absolutely love the writing in Suzerain, and having just finished the DLC I can confirm Kingdom of Rizia is top notch as well.

I appreciate how hard it must be to create a cohesive narrative is a game that gives you so much agency despite the heavy story focus.

That said, there are still a few small omissions and in some cases bugs that need to be addressed. [potential spoilers ahead]

During the aligning of the stars event, a discussion with Rizia's religious head there was a bug where the conversation looped back onto itself.

Something else that was weird: people were rioting in the streets with increased escalation but for some reason, I don't have the option to discuss any of this with my council? I mean I can understand that perhaps the nobles want to turn a blind eye to it, but if I'm getting constant escalating reports about this, surely I, as king, can initiate a discussion on it?

Also, certain conversations seem completely random given everything else that has happened in the game. For example, I started my own coalition of nations, which for some random reason unexpectedly alienated the Queen of Rumburg despite us having a close relationship and alliance for the entire game up to that point. The game gave me no indication that this would be the case.

It is entirely possible in real life to be part of multiple international pacts at the same time, it seems odd that I couldn't just include Rumburg as part of our new initiative or at least discuss it with the Queen of Rumburg to hear her thoughts on it. I mean she was literally at my daughter's wedding when I announced the intention, and somehow the discussion doesn't come up?

Overall, it's a great game and amazing accomplishment by the dev team, but I do think there's some final playtesting needed to ensure that all the potential outcomes are accounted for with the narrative.

[Johnny 5]

Yeah I am having major narrative problems by turn 7....