For those who want to know what the game is like, i can summarise it as below:
U have absolutely no control in the game. as a ruler u can only assign 2 tasks and afterwhich all tasks are to be automated/recommended by your military/interior advisers and chief general. So if u want to concentrate on upgrading the quality of spear infantry in your city, u can't becuz ur general thinks that going for horsemen is better.
u do not recruit or hire troops in the game. instead, it is dependent on your population of the city. movement of troops is removed in the game. if ur troops are from a certain city, they will go back to that certain city.
combat is similar to 12 with a few changes. units can scale wall with the ladder upgrade or convert to a ram when near the city gate. abilities are tagged to characters just like sangotaisen in the arcades.
something new is the interpersonal relationships in the game. with better relationships u can activate certain traits in combat or improved efficiency in upgrading your cities when a friendly officer assists u.
overall, the game is quite brain dead. just think of it as FF13 whereby u keep pressing autocombat.