I love A Game of Thrones so when TellTale announced they were doing a game, I was all over it. That was back in December 2014 when Episode 1 was released. I finished Episode 6 in December 2015. A year. A year to complete a game that could be completed in an afternoon if started once all episodes were released (and not played with a partner). This also shows how far behind I am with my reviews, even more so than when I initially wrote this one.
Anyway, ridiculous release timescales aside, there is a game
to play here... sort of. Another point and click adventure game but a game
nonetheless.
When I say ‘play’, what I mean is ‘interactively watch.’
There is nothing really that needs doing as the game is basically one long
quick time event. As with most TellTale games, there are several dialogue
choices you can make which can lead to several different outcomes, however
these aren’t really all that different (I did have to read up on endings online
to find this out though).
Game of Thrones follows the story of the Northern house of the Forresters after the red wedding and how they are trying to survive in the Game of Thrones world with Ramsey Snow trying to have them destroyed in typical Ramsey Snow fashion. The whole game is story-driven so there is not really much more I will say about it. If you want to find out about the story and moral choices, play the game.
The game itself, to be frank and honest, is an absolute joke. If you are going to spend ages releasing episodes for your episodic game, the least you can do is make them crash free, glitch free and graphically acceptable. The game is none of these of these things which is more than disappointing. It’s unacceptable. I don’t understand what makes a developer think that they can get away with some rushed bollocks after promising the public they will deliver. It’s more the fault of Microsoft and Sony for allowing it but what do they care, they keep getting our money. Maybe it’s our fault? But how are we supposed to know it’s shit without paying for it?
Achievements – 1,000 Points – 48 Achievements
There’s not really a lot to say. Play the game through making any decision you want and don’t die. There is nothing that requires you to go off the beaten track to get anything extra. I didn’t have the patience or will to play through the game again to get a different ending and I doubt many others would either.
So once again, they could have expanded the play time with a more diverse achievement list but they chose not to. It feels more like they couldn’t be bothered to do it more than they thought the story was strong though. Laziness would be in keeping with the glitchtastic gameplay, freezes and graphical defects.
Downloadable Content
You have to pay for each episode but it’s not really DLC in the true sense. People still moaned about it though. You know the score with these games by now – if you don’t like it, don’t play them.
It may seem from the above that I hated the game. This isn’t true. I thought it okay considering all of the above but only okay. It’s no Walking Dead or Wolf Among Us, and I think they realise that seeing as they have released another 2 Walking Dead games. I sincerely doubt fans of this game will see a follow up until December 2018. With the last episode released in 2020.
Game of Thrones follows the story of the Northern house of the Forresters after the red wedding and how they are trying to survive in the Game of Thrones world with Ramsey Snow trying to have them destroyed in typical Ramsey Snow fashion. The whole game is story-driven so there is not really much more I will say about it. If you want to find out about the story and moral choices, play the game.
The game itself, to be frank and honest, is an absolute joke. If you are going to spend ages releasing episodes for your episodic game, the least you can do is make them crash free, glitch free and graphically acceptable. The game is none of these of these things which is more than disappointing. It’s unacceptable. I don’t understand what makes a developer think that they can get away with some rushed bollocks after promising the public they will deliver. It’s more the fault of Microsoft and Sony for allowing it but what do they care, they keep getting our money. Maybe it’s our fault? But how are we supposed to know it’s shit without paying for it?
Achievements – 1,000 Points – 48 Achievements
There’s not really a lot to say. Play the game through making any decision you want and don’t die. There is nothing that requires you to go off the beaten track to get anything extra. I didn’t have the patience or will to play through the game again to get a different ending and I doubt many others would either.
So once again, they could have expanded the play time with a more diverse achievement list but they chose not to. It feels more like they couldn’t be bothered to do it more than they thought the story was strong though. Laziness would be in keeping with the glitchtastic gameplay, freezes and graphical defects.
Downloadable Content
You have to pay for each episode but it’s not really DLC in the true sense. People still moaned about it though. You know the score with these games by now – if you don’t like it, don’t play them.
It may seem from the above that I hated the game. This isn’t true. I thought it okay considering all of the above but only okay. It’s no Walking Dead or Wolf Among Us, and I think they realise that seeing as they have released another 2 Walking Dead games. I sincerely doubt fans of this game will see a follow up until December 2018. With the last episode released in 2020.
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