Telltale Working on Game of Thrones Game?

SeantheMan wrote: »

I did read the books, and I don't recommend them to anyone...TV show is better.

rubbish, the books have far more in them and are way better than the TV show.

A big open Skyrim type world would be pretty epic.

Interesting as to how they'll go about this.

I'd imagine they'll follow an existing character(s) who either plays a small part in ASOIAF or the TV series (or who is only mentioned in passing), or they'll create a new character whose path doesn't cross in any significant way with any of the major players.

Hopefully, they will avoid the current/recent years and either go back to Robert's Rebellion or the immediate aftermath though they would have to stay well away from anything related to Rhaegar, Lyanna and everything else which could give away book/TV spoilers. I would strongly expect them to stay away from that, whatever period or place they decide to visit.

Somewhat concerned about the art style. Telltale tend to go for a cartoony look which works fine for something with a comedic vibe such a BTTF and excels in a comic book recreation like TWD but probably won't work in such a mature, serious (in a different way to TWD) and developed world.

There was something else I wanted to say but I've forgotten...



@Cookie Monster It won't be anything like Skyrim. If you've ever played The Walking Dead or Monkey Island it will likely follow the same point and click style as those.

@SeanTheMan Would you generally read books? The only people I've seen complain about the detail of ASOIAF are those who wouldn't otherwise read, were first introduced through the TV show and wanted more of the background, to get further along in the story (through excitement or to avoid spoilers) and were overwhelmed/bored by the amount of depth (or unnecessary sh!te, depending on who you ask ).

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

@SeanTheMan Would you generally read books? The only people I've seen complain about the detail of ASOIAF are those who wouldn't otherwise read, were first introduced through the TV show and wanted more of the background, to get further along in the story (through excitement or to avoid spoilers) and were overwhelmed/bored by the amount of depth (or unnecessary sh!te, depending on who you ask ).

I do yeah, and when I do it's more often that not a 'series' of books that keep continuity etc and have enough characters.
I've read the Emperor series, Troy Series, Dark Tower series amongst others.

I honestly found Game of Thrones a slog. The audiobooks were better and easier going. When the next book is released I'll read that too. But I didn't really enjoy most of the last books.
Was it Feast for Crows.....whole book was Cersei, Brienne and Sam. 3 characters I have no interest in whatsoever.
That's my real issue with the books I guess, it's how it's structured. You have to slog through the storylines of characters you hate waiting for the ones you like to pop up.
A bit like 24, having to watch his stupid family get kidnapped and follow their crappy 'filler' plots, along with that of the presidents....when you really just wanna see Jack Bauer killing people and being a badass. I watched 8 seasons of that

Walking Dead was fantastic but are they going to keep making games that are essentially just interactive cartoons?

Would be nice to see a bit more actual game play in the Telltale games

If it's anything like Telltale's heavily scripted 'The Walking Dead', I can imagine a lot of 'Game of Thrones' fans being very disappointed.

The simple fact is, is that nothing that you do in 'The Walking Dead' matters. There are no real choices. It's just a glorified "click next" button. Nothing that the player actually does means anything. There isn't actually a "game" involved.

While clicking next and progressing through the story was entertaining, somewhat, for a while in 'The Walking Dead', I think that 'Game of Thrones' should have far more consequences for the player's actions and choices, because, at it's heart, 'Game of Thrones' is about power, how a given character uses/abuses that power and the consequences therein.

if Telltale stick to their formula, then a 'Game of Thrones' "game" will be just as redundant as 'The Walking Dead' was.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I don't doubt TellTales ability to tell a fantastic story, and that worked extremely well for The Walking Dead, but as stated above a Game of Thrones game would require real consequences to be expected and put into motion. I'd imagine the scope for potential arcs would be massive, and possibly too much for one game.

I would love to see an RPG-esqe type game, where you pick a family and start into the world at a separate time to the books/series, and make your own life in it, attempting to get onto the Iron Throne and either elevate your familys status, or keep it (if you picked Lannister). It would involve making allies, naval/military decisions which culminate in real-time strategic battles, recruitment through admiration or fear, making shady secret deals, hiring assassins, diplomatic deals, etc.

I'm not looking for much...

Then again, if they do make a game in TWD style, i would still buy it for the story alone. As i said, TT can do a good story. And while your decisions may not have mattered in the end, TT still managed to make you feel like they did. Even if they did kill off the one character i really wanted to keep.

Crusader Kings 2 Game of Thrones mod is almost what you're looking for above bar getting to play the real time battles.

It only works (and flimsily at that) if the player doesn't lift the lid and look under the bonnet.

'The Walking Dead' and other Telltale games are fine for a single playthrough. The cracks start to appear and the illusion becomes all to obvious when the player starts again.

For instance, if you save a particular character over another character at one point, both will still die (or walk away) at exactly the same point later in the game, thus rendering the action utterly pointless.

The player might as well just walk away.

I believe there's actually a button that allows the player to simply advance the scene, without action. You might as well just press that every time, for all the good your efforts at choice result in.

I liked 'The Walking Dead' for what it was. The voice acting was great and the characters were good, Clem in particular. But once I realised that anything I was doing was useless and served no point, other than advancing the script, I lost interest. Which is a shame, because with a little tweaking, these games could be much, much better.

Has there ever been a good game made based on a TV series?

TWD is based on comic books and as we all know there have been loads of awesome games based on comic books.

Dear Telltale, best of luck in 2014. If you pull this off, you will be Studio of The Year!

calex71 wrote: »

Sitting thinking about this today , does it come across as a cash grab by telltale? I mean 4 games now essentially using the same one good idea?

If there's a market for it then why not ?
It may seem like cashing in....and TWD can run indefinitely...if you read the comics there is so much more material and possibilites they can use.

As long as the quality doesn't drop due to the workload...then I'm all for it.

I for one will be buying them all ...still waiting on TWD2 and the next episode of TWAU though