Brings some interesting ideas, but fails to satisfy in the long run.
This is not so much of a Real Time Strategy game than first glance would have it. A large amount of your time and efforts are actually spent away from the battlefield, which, thankfully, is the game's weakest point. Instead, you find yourself engulfed in a vicious tug of war match with your opponent which can either be exciting or persistently annoying. For fans of the traditional RTS, you'll find combat lacking. Armies just aren't the only way to win the match, and with the wide variety of other abilities and units at your command, you'll find that even being viciously aggressive on a military level can lead to failure in the long run.
The game's real action takes place inside the towns and territories you or your opponent control. Your spies work to uncover hidden agreements or work to infiltrate enemy towns, while your assassins work to murder key figures of your enemy's. This is an intriguing idea, as the game is won by what is called "Prestige," in which the player with the most of these points wins, regardless of strength. As a result, traditional RTS gamers who build up and upgrade their armies, send them forth to war, and expect a massive conflict to ensue, will be left disappointed and likely confused for the longest time as to what these underhand tactics can really do. The game does have a steep learning curve.
The campaign is a collection of objectives with no real sense of story behind them. It fails to put many of the tactics you'll see in multiplayer to use, so, even a victor of the campaign on its highest difficulty can be horrendous in multiplayer. Multiplayer matches are difficult to find, but in the House vs. House scenerio, you can choose your house and square off on a map that can range to be as large as Westeros.
All in all, it is in fact an innovative game. They took a gamble on new ideas, but unfortunately, they did so without polishing the final game. I'd love for them to take a second shot at it, improve combat and campaign, and go even further with their ideas. I'd check the bargain bin for this one people, as if you are a fan of Game of Thrones or RTS, or even both (as I am), it is worth having, however disappointing.