
One example: In one of the episodes, while playing as Rodrik, you are tasked with securing the marriage pact with a sympathetic Northern family. The nagging feeling I get through multiple playthroughs is that this is not necessarily the case. The main problem with Game of Thrones, as a GAME, is that it's premise is that the player's decisions will affect the events of the story and the ending (which hasn't released as of this writing). You do end up rooting for them very quickly. The members of this family and their surrounding bannerman and support people are entertaining characters, and their story balances tragedy, perserverance, and humor in equal measure. Game of Thrones is a story about a Northern family struggling to deal with the changing political climate of Westeros in the aftermath of the Red Wedding, and it really is a good story.
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The result is that the player feels less and less in these two subsequent series that they are involved in any way. Both their Walking Dead: Season 2 and Game of Thrones series' have the story and character parts in equal measure to TWD, but the gameplay segments are much fewer and greatly farther in between. They haven't really recaptured that magic since. It had plenty of great story and characters, with just enough point-and-click, QTE, and exploration segments to keep a player from forgetting that this was, after all, a game and not a show. Telltale Games found a good mix of story and gameplay in Season 1 of their Walking Dead series. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
