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Due out this Australian winter for the PC, A Game of Thrones – Genesis includes a single player campaign written under the supervision of author George R.R. Martin.
These four new images gives us a look at the Targaryen army during a siege, the brothers from the Night’s Watch on patrol near Castle Black, the Tyrell forces leaving Highgarden for a long campaign and, yes, finally, the Iron Throne.
im assuming that this was intended for readers/views since “winter is coming” is the motto of one of the main families.
It’s not really the stark family motto moreso the fact winter is coming and the winters can apparently last decades. The books and hbo miniseries are fantastic. Get on it!
And again, it means less about the actual winter as the Starks have always endured, but rather the recurring motif of the Others threat.
That even in the face of annihilation by horrors from beyond the Wall, the noble houses will still play their game of thrones and petty squabbles.
I just read through the first two books, and in pretty much every instance “Winter is coming” is mentioned as their family motto, it’s in the context of actual winter and preparedness for the long, cold darkness.
Man the theme song is playing constantly in my head now, looks interesting but I need to see more.
The HBO TV show is excellent, very shakespearian. I am re-reading the books again as the next book has finally been released! It only took the author 4 or so years to do the latest book!
Try a decade. A Feast For Crows is only the ‘cutting room material’ from A Dance With Dragons. Meaning it’s been something like 10 years since our last Jon or Tyrion chapter.
They really need to get the guys that made Witcher II to make a Game of Thrones game. Same engine please
>_<
I still maintain any game based on A Song of Ice and Fire should be an rpg. The series main focus, at least to me, has always been about characters and talking, the stuff that’s core to rpgs, as well as small group and single person conflicts and not about big battles between hundreds or thousands of men that make up the core of an RTS.
There are plenty of games that play like ASOIAF RPGs, but just stop short of using actual names. Just off the top of my head, the Human Noble origin story in Dragon Age Origins just reeks of GRRM.
What do you mean due out this Australian winter? Melbourne IS Westeros! 18 months into our current winter with no end in sight. I myself am considering taking the black to protect the realm from Sydney-folk
Researching : incest 70% complete
An assassin strikes! Deploy direwolf?
Gain favor with great houses : Deploy direwolf?
Make little man fly?
Little man deploys bawdy tale about milking his eel into turtle stew
It’s super effective!
Move back 3 territories
Stick to principles as matter of conscience y/n
Y
You have died
Play again?
The ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series has been on my “I really do intend to read this” list for years and years and HBO making a show about it finally kicked me in the pants enough to go buy the first book and start. Just started ‘A Game of Thrones’ yesterday, actually and so far I’m really digging the tone and characters. 🙂
I haven’t seen the show as I would rather read the books first, so I’m kinda totally new to the whole world/universe… but those screens look kinda… meh. Definately not capturing he images I’ve been getting from the novel 😛
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