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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1.0 hrs on record
Posted: 18 Feb, 2016 @ 12:16pm
Updated: 18 Feb, 2016 @ 12:23pm

I immedietly noticed this game used the actual soundtrack from the series and has some actors from the series actually voice act their characters in the game. That's a big plus.

It's unfortunate that the rest of the game makes it seem as if the entire budged was thrown at exactly that, and everything else was rushed or just left alone.
There's constant flickering in some textures. When starting combat there's a very colorful, mosaic-like plane on the sword for a second. A lot of the animations are rather unnaturally looking. Example of this is heads turning far further back than humanly possible. Walking pases are off, the lip-sync looks like people didn't even try to sync it.. Being someone familiar with 3D modelling and animation I can tell you that this is rather poorly done. The textures are low resolution, too.

The dialogue is rather cringe-worthy at times and there are a lot of aspects that make this game not hold true to the actual environment of the universe. One immediate example is the Night's Watch. In this game they have good armour, a lot of food, halls are lit and seem warm. Whereas we know that the Night's Watch isn't being looked after in the books and the show. They need men, they need supplies; they don't have good armour.

The dialogue, as mentioned before, is pretty cringy. Something that seemed odd to me was (close to the beginning) that I, as Mors, got to carry out the death sentence of the first guy I track. That's a commander's duty, not mine. I'm some ranger, a good one yes, but I am still just a ranger. Some of the dialogue options you get are really bad and don't keep you immersed at all. Everything just seemed very forced.

The combat is rather lackluster. This kind of combat is good (like in Dragon Age) but it has to be done well.

All of this combined made it very hard to enjoy any of the story.

I know this isn't a great review at this point, I'll probably edit and fill it out later. But as of now I'd say don't get this game unless you get it in some bundle. I'm sure there are some people who could find enjoyment in this, but then again there are people who enjoy Goat Simulator P:
Jokes aside, I don't mean to bash this game; 3D animation and modelling is hard not to mention putting all of that together into a working game.

Basically; some may like this and some may not. It depends on you, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you're really that GoT-starved that you need anything you can get, go for it.

NOTE: my playtime is rather low, keep in mind I played this game offline, too.
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