VN Ren'Py Imperial Chronicles [v0.9.1] [Lazy Monkey]

[Gicoo]

Well, that still doesn't qualify him as a weak ruler. He's gotten old, and maybe even paranoid. He failed as a father, but not necessarily as king.

He is reclusive, the council either disregards him or plans to plot against him. It's spelled out that he can't handle the current politics and became desperate and demented, he rules by resorting to seek seers for signs.

Don't get this debate. He is obviously set up as the current frail old, failing order that inevitable will be replaced (Cass merely sped it up), conveniently by the MC, who just happened to return at the capital at the start of the game. Its a classic setup used in tons of media.

If he was still competent, he would've survived Cass clumsy plot or at the very least it the game would make an effort to tell us how tragic his demise is and how it brings the kingdom to his ruins. Instead, his removal is portrayed as step forward and enables MC to advance.

 

[Filipis]

He is reclusive, the council either disregards him or plans to plot against him. It's spelled out that he can't handle the current politics and became desperate and demented, he rules by resorting to seek seers for signs.

Don't get this debate. He is obviously set up as the current frail old, failing order that inevitable will be replaced (Cass merely sped it up), conveniently by the MC, who just happened to return at the capital at the start of the game. Its a classic setup used in tons of media.

If he was still competent, he would've survived Cass clumsy plot or at the very least it the game would make an effort to tell us how tragic his demise is and how it brings the kingdom to his ruins. Instead, his removal is portrayed as step forward and enables MC to advance.

Yes, Regis' final years were controversial, and he was a terrible king during those times.

But it doesn't mean his overall rule was weak. The man managed to keep the Empire from tearing itself apart - that's pretty damn impressive, considering his predecessor.

MC is considered a hope for this kingdom, but keep in mind those calling him the hope are also the ones whispering in his ear and seek to manipulate him while on the throne; they want to entrench themselves deeper into his circle than any seer ever did with Regis (who was discarding them one after another).

MC is in a far worse position than his father, as he is naive and inexperienced at being a ruler; Regis was an experienced diplomat at the very least.

 

[Gicoo]

But it doesn't mean his overall rule was weak.

That's irrelevant. I specified that I was refering to the current time at the start of the game, since that is the only time MC and we the player directly know and in which we interact. Old king doesn't need to be likeable and its very classic writing to make him failable, because we selfinsert as MC and strive to replace him quite quickly. So it would be against the games interest if the old king was overly likeable and competent (at the current time of the game, I seemingly have to specify).

 

[Mattew66]

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