Game of Throne - Telltale Games

Over the weekend I took the plunge and purchased Episode 1 of the Game of Thrones telltale game on Xbox Live for €4.99. Telltale games were famous for the their point and click decision making gameplay but are more popular for their excellent storyline. Their most popular release has been their series on the walking dead. Martin opted for the Telltale route following the poor storylines of other GoT video games and his personal assistant worked directly with the writers

Anyways back to GoT. The events of the game take place on the night of the Red Wedding. The main focus of the storyline is House Forrester, bannermen of the Starks. Essentially they supply the realm with wood for shields and boats. You begin as Lord Forrester's Squire whom is celebrating Edmures wedding in the tents surrounding the Twins. We all know what happens next.


The repurcusions of the wedding lead to a power shift in the North and you then play Lord Forresters 3rd born 12 year old son Ethan who becomes Lord and must make major decisions to protect the Forester House, woods, Name, Castle and Family. Things like showing mercy to criminals, promoting small council members and negotiating with other lords whom are Bolton loyalists.

You also play his sister, Mira who is placed in Kings Landing who is handmade to Margery and appear loyal to Cersei.

I have to say that this was a really enjoyable experience. The game had a lot of glitches and some of the fast action stuff skipped from time to time. But the storyline was superb, really gripping and hostile and in very much Martins style. The most thrilling was in the Throne Room trying to choose what to say to Cersei to show strength but not defiance while at the same time keeping sides with Margery. It really emphasized how a conversation in Kings Landing can have huge repercussions to a House hundreds of leagues away.

Anyway if any of ye hardcore fans are out sick or have a free weekend I'd recommend at least giving the free demo a go. I got a good 2-3 hours out of a episode 1 and you can play it multiple ways. Its on Google play too and PC.

Kit Harrington, Lena Headley, Peter Dinklage, Iwan Rheon and Natalie Dormer all voice their characters.