CONFESSION:
I loved the idea of playing the Game in the Winter Palace, but I was a bit disappointed by the execution. I expected it to be like the part in Mass Effect in that bar where you have to do things to get the attention of the Asari, or like the Landsmeet in Origins where you have to figure out what each noble wants and values and how to convince them to support you. I wanted to interact and mingle and have people judge my every word and action, but instead it was just “collect this, find that”.