The game has an interesting concept. Unique and something that would be fun to play except for the capricious mechanics
If it wasn't for the capricious mechanics of everything you do, that is. There is no part of the game that doesn't have the potential to be frustrating, and many parts, like the tournaments, only serve to piss you off. Unit AI is very poor, such that it is easy to game enemies by confusing them into breaking formation, and the developers clearly overcompensated for this by adding cheesy mechanics so that you had a harder time at it. The controls are finicky, whether you aim in the direction you're looking at is a matter of chance. The physics seem random: at times you will plow through an enemy formation on your horse, knocking them down and doing charge damage, while other times your horse will stop dead, without doing any damage, leaving you at the mercy of the enemy who now surrounds you.
The only way to avoid the random nature of these poorly programed "features" is to save, often. Before you do anything. And then load and retry it. That's not a fun way to play a game.