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"From the massively successful series of books, to an equally successful HBO TV series, the rise of Game of Thrones has been a meteoric one.
Now, the obligatory video game has reared its head, but can it keep up with its brothers?
The game is a great example of poor execution of what could surely have been the next big thing."
A Game Of Thrones: The Board Game lets players lead one of the six great houses as they battle and scheme to win the throne.
The award-winning A Game of Thrones Board Game is now on Steam! Forge alliances with your enemies and betray your friends in pursuit of the Iron Throne.
So far, every Game of Thrones game has been far from memorable. None of them stand up to the books or shows. Will there ever be a truly great video game based on the saga?
I wonder what's the deal with this series and is so famous, last time I was watching a small part of the last season episode and most of the time was talk and staring (alot of Dinklage staring lol) , talk more and staring each other again, and again and again and again, and then a Dragon appeared and later Zombie appeared and guess what ?, more stating!, heck I think the Dragon and Zombie stare a bit lol.
Just not by Bethesda
I don't mind them saying something like "Oh we don't have anything to tell you about Elder Scrolls VI because we are working on other new projects" because fair enough...new, exciting projects are always good BUT to have one of these games be Game of Thrones which would basically be a watered down Elder Scrolls would defeat the point. By watered down I mean the fantasy world in GoT is cool and all but ES has a broader range when it comes to the fantasy aspect, hell magic in GoT is tiny compared to the stuff within the ES Universe. I would rather have ESVI if that's the case.
I think the people to make GoT would be CD Projekt Red...but then I'd rather see them focus on Cyberpunk
People don't seem to get the bigger picture, they just see "GoT Game" and their fanboy self looses their shit...I'm looking at this long term, would I want a capable developer wasting time on one when I could see something new from them which isn't restricted by the GoT license.
I would love a TES style Game of Thrones game. Have it take place either before or after the show/books, let us make our own character (choose which house to start under, profession, etc), then just drop us into the world and let us live in the lore and forge our own stories. We got a Dragon Age styled one, that was bad and the TT one was meh. Granted I'm dying waiting for TES6, which I don't believe they aren't working on their biggest selling and most anticipated IP but if anyone can make a good GOT game it would be Bethesda or even like you said CDPR.
I'd love to see GoT game from CD Projekt for sure ! Now they are in the last years of development, and after it support the game as they always did with Witcher series, they could pick up the GoT for a spin, without any restriction like it happened in the Witcher. Plus this would allow for the Witcher series to rest until possible a new game and an amazing GoT adaptation by one of the best studios in the world for me that is well known for adapting books already.
So that would put in their hands one of the biggest franchises atm and Cyberpunk which i'm so damn excited for
Hopefully the license hasn't been sullied and it can be done properly by another studio at some point
I thought this might be one of the few games to buck the licensed property trend but sadly it doesn't look like it's turned out that way.
I'd love to see the license, now that the tv series is so popular, go to a AAA producing studio, and even make it more action oriented and less RPG, which would attract a bigger market. Like those EA Lord of the Rings games from last gen.
The review was spot on, the story was right up there than any fan of the series would appreciate, but was let down by rubbish combat and some phoned in voice acting.
I also felt that the environments themselves were a bit too bare and lifeless, with a few NPCs dotted around the place.
If another studio gave GoT a major overhaul, future games could be great.
I wish that licensed games weren't doomed to be bad.