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Sultan’s Game is a dark, fascinating, and irrepressibly horny oddityThe demo is massive, too
The demo is massive, too
Image credit:2P Games
Image credit:2P Games
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Sultan’s Game | Story Trailer
That the Sultan is a real piece of shit is something I picked up around the time he snapped the neck of the consort with whom he resolved his initial ‘carnality’ card. The next I got was a gold ‘bloodshed’ card, which meant I had to personally murder a gold tier character from my court. As you quickly realise, your courtiers here are resources, There’s an almostFrostpunk-ish efficient tyranny to it all. Many resource management games use some sort of population-as-spendables system, but both the art and the focus in the writing here mean that you do get at least some sense of these characters as people before you ‘spend’ them on whatever sordid goal the card demands.
Somewhat mercifully, you don’t actually play as the Sultan after the tutorial, although he is a constant presence. You make a character with a small entourage and an estate on the embroidered map you’ll use to visit various locations and events, and then you’ll draw your first card. You’ve got seven days to resolve it before the Sultan executes you. Once you’ve resolved that card, you get a fresh seven day grace period re: getting your head cut off.
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