There are plenty of Serfs, Varlots, Vassels, Oafs, and Esnes of the Caucasian Persuasion who would beg to differ! LOL!
Way before there were any video games there was a board game that you played as one of the sides in ‘The War of the Roses’, House of Plantagenet or House of Lancaster/ House of York. It was fun, and was called Kingmaker..................
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingmaker_%28board_game%29