However, the whole 'ACoK is more polished view' is massively overrated and outdated.ĪWOIAF is crazy as hell though, and I absolutely love it. It's is really well done, 2.2 is my favorite version. The mod was actually the reason I purchased the game. I played a lot of ACoK when I got Mount and Blade. Overall, I lean towards AWOIAF but ACOK certainly has its advantages and both are worth playing if you have the time.

There is a better variety of weapons, with better balance against armor and the troop trees are superior. Essos is fully formed and war constantly rages over there, providing a place to get your feet under you if you don't want to burn bridges in Westeros. Essos is half-blank slate.ĪCOK on the other hand is more filled out content wise. The mod isn't very lore friendly when it comes to companions, so it is entirely possible to run around with Pod, Brienne and Dacey Mormont while serving under Stannis Baratheon and sacking the hell out of KL. For example, all axes do piercing damage and there are about a million of them, used by all manner of troops, which contributes to the mod - early game especially - being brutally hard. The downsides are some bizarre decisions when it comes to balancing weapons and armor. Any lord you capture you can execute, although the penalty is so high it is basically retarded to do so. If you hold the Iron Throne, you can send lords to the Wall.

There are good sea sieges and naval battles. A lot of people don't like some of them (stamina, stumbling, injuries) but you can turn off stamina and stumbling at least and injuries aren't particularly bad once you are past the early game or have a maester in your party. Version 5.0 for ACOK and 2.5/3.0 for AWOIAF.ĪWOIAF has more and better features since it is built from a Viking Conquest base. I've played both pretty extensively over the past couple of months.

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