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.
