At the end of the day, though, no main series character’s presence is more felt than Ramsay Snow. Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen have smaller roles to play in their respective arenas. Margaery Tyrell, Tyrion Lannister, and his sister Cersei have fairly significant roles to play in the King’s Landing portion of the tale. The fates of the Forrester siblings also bring us in contact with a handful of the core ASOIAF characters. In general, though, they are easy to dislike and really make you want to root that much harder for our down-on-their-luck heroes. Any more evil and they would be twirling their mustaches. There is little “grey area” where they are concerned. Their rivals, the Whitehills, are a little over the top in their obvious villainy. The family itself is generally likable all of the characters have very distinct personalities, but generally come across as “the good guys”. Much like their liege lords, the events of the Red Wedding cause a massive shift in the status quo and send everyone careening on a path that puts the future of the family itself in question. The Forrester family live in the north of Westeros as bannermen to the Stark family. How well do you empathize with the characters? How much influence do you have with the story? Is the story itself compelling? How well can you immerse yourself in the world and the narrative? These games really live and die based on a couple of key things. The major story beats will always happen pretty much the same way, but some of your choices will ripple down the line. The main focus is on telling a story and letting you make choices along the way that nudge the story one way or another. That’s what this “game” really is at its heart it is what its producers do. It is still a good game, and worth playing through if you are a fan of Game of Thrones or this type of interactive storytelling. They certainly give it a herculean effort, but in the end, I think there are a few too many missed beats that make it inferior to Telltale Games previous efforts. I loved what they did with The Walking Dead license could they pull off the same magic again? It is a tall order, but one that the team was generally up to. Telltale Games specializes in dialogue-driven adventure games with a large cast of characters. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has plenty of sword fighting and fantasy elements, but the real star has always been the fantastic characters and interplay between them. Game of Thrones and Telltale Games seem like a match made in heaven.
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