If you have no interest in the world of Game of Thrones then I can’t really recommend this game to you, so ignore the thumbs up. As far as RPGs go this is pretty poor in terms of its presentation, combat, classes, levelling and voice acting. It reminded me of Dragon Age 2 with its dull, copy paste locations and its simplistic and repetitive real-time with pause combat.

It’s Dragon Age 2 on a budget though, because at least that game has decent voice acting and character interaction, with some sense of scale. You also get to fight with more than one character for most of the game. In Game of Thrones 2012 it’s usually just the player character against very similar enemy types. Loot is uninteresting as is levelling and the environments are ugly and lack creativity.

Now, for those of you that love the world GRRM created, who can’t get enough of the lore, the characters and the tone; to those people, I would recommend this game for the story alone.

The way the protagonist’s stories intertwine and the way those stories come together towards the end, it’s genuinely well done, as is the way the story connects to the song of ice and fire universe. It’s also more impactful by the slow way the story progresses and the way the Mor’s and Alester’s shared past is gradually revealed. It’s not the best game writing ever and it’s not wholly original either (being very ASOI&F), but it’s a lot better than the main storyline in Dragon Age 2 and it’s good enough to make you overlook the awful voice acting and dated visuals. I also felt like I was role-playing the protagonists in GOT whereas I didn’t in so much in DA2. Choices feel like they matter more here on a personal level, not so much in a gamey way, or a romance way as in DA2.

It’s also nice to be able to explore places in this world that so many people love, and to experience a new story within it even if those places are hideous to look at.

6/10