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A Game of Thrones RTS Game Released, RPG On the Way
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."
A book, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones
a HBO tv series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
and a game.. http://www.agot-genesis.com/
Book 5 recently came out (august I think), it's book 5 of 7, 2 are not written yet with agot being the 1st book.
Just thought i'd recap a bit, I wish there was more than books for the other 4, as they do progress the story line quite nicely (I have yet to read 5 though).
That doesn't seem like enough. What will you do when those two characters are killed brutally and unexpectedly?
True to the style of Martin's books, it will tell the story of two different characters, switching back and forth between them, with short 6 year pauses in between. Basically when each cut-scene ends, you'll have to replay the game from the beginning so you can remember where you're at. Just like the books.
The other one looks better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftnySHVnF0
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.
If it's going to really capture the essence of the books, it's going to have to have insane amounts of mutilation and absurdly gruesome and completely unfair death, to the point where it would not only completely piss off all the players, but be the target of mass protests.
It would be amusing if they actually did that, but well... I'm bettin' it's going to be just another bog-standard vaguely medieval RPG with some locations slightly resembling those in the books and a bit of name-dropping here and there...
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I usually play The Game of Thrones every morning before I take a shower.
GRRM is absolutely a great author. His characters have substantial depth to them. Even the "villains" aren't really villainous, they just have their own goals and motivations that put them at odds with the characters you happen to be rooting for. His pacing is steady without getting dull. His plot has twists and turns without ever sucker punching the reader the way inferior writers do. And the overarching themes -- particularly regarding honor and duty -- are rock solid.
If you don't like his book, that's fine. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. But I think you're really short-changing him by suggesting that his magnum opus (written over the course of decades) is a quick money-grab.
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