A Game of Thrones RTS Game Released, RPG On the Way 89
Game development studio Cyanide launched their real-time strategy interpretation of George R. R. Martin's acclaimed fantasy series A Game of Thrones yesterday. You can see a trailer and a few screenshots if you're so inclined. Cyanide also confirmed one of their other offices is working on a completely different RPG based on the series as well. It's still a ways out, but they say it will be "Mass Effect-style," and will pick up at the start of the first book. "True to the style of Martin's books, it will tell the story of two different characters, switching back and forth between them as their tales move alongside the events of the first book (and occasionally intersect with one another). None of the characters from the book will be playable, though the game's protagonists will cross paths with plenty of familiar faces over the course of the game."
There was a game in development? (Score:3, Insightful)
Screenshots have emerged, showing glowering men in armour and maps with recognisable landmarks on them, such as The Wall, which isn’t a prog rock album but an actual wall that’s covered with ice. I know that because I’ve read the first book. Now, just one week before release, there’s a trailer for the game.
What the heck.
When only a WEEK before the game's release, all you get is a no gameplay trailer, that usually is a good hint that this isn't that amazing of a game.
I'm not a fan of Game of Thrones in the first place, but I can imagine that only superfans will get this and this is largely made to cash in on its HBO success.
Graphics unimpressive (Score:0, Insightful)
Those graphics are truly 2006. If you are going to do a game, do it right.
And games based on movies, they usually are terrible.
Re:Only 2 characters? (Score:5, Insightful)
If Game of Thrones HBO series is just "milking the fad" then milk it away and keep it coming. It was one of the best epic fantasy stories put to screen ever. As well as a very true to the book translation.
Re:There was a game in development? (Score:4, Insightful)
I know that, and you know that, but did the game devs know it? This screenshot [steampowered.com] clearly shows a stone wall covered in ice. It also shows what I have to assume is Castle Black as having a ring wall, which it shouldn't have.
No gameplay footage, no demo, no beta, no reviews, screenshots suggesting that the devs didn't really read the books, and a title that suggests it's made to cash in on the HBO series. I think I'll be passing on this one.