Matisse Castor was never a fan of video games that had multiple endings, or those open world ones where decisions mattered, or when characters ‘will remember that’.

It was too difficult, it was too much like the consequences in real life. However, fate was cruel to Matisse, thrusting him into a world where his decisions, and his alone, could tip the balance of a continent.

Make no mistake, the ever changing landscape of politics and the bickering of ageing men and women are entertaining; so are tales of magic and beasts of yore, with kingdoms ruled by noble lineages.

They’re fun when you’re watching it on a 70-inch TV screen, with a plate of food and a sparkling soft drink on your side.

Living it? That’s something else entirely. But the power struggle between seven nations leaves him no choice, or does it?