Exclusive: First Game of Thrones Winter Trailer

Published 21 December, 2011 Duration 2:32

PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 RPG out early 2012.

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  • huckan #1 5 months ago

    I absolutely love this program, hopefully the game will capture the atmosphere of it. It's visually looking great! *fingers and toes crossed*

  • SamWalker #2 5 months ago

    Hmm....

  • WukWhiteWolf #3 5 months ago

    Looks decent.

  • xRiska #4 5 months ago

    ...I'm genuinely surprised by how good this looks.

  • OverWind #5 5 months ago

    Looks good, almost like it's built on the Skyrim engine :)

  • Cherub007 #6 5 months ago

    Wasn't there a Game of Thrones PC game released a couple of months ago which got 'mixed' reviews? Personally, I think a GoT mod for Medieval 2 would do the job nicely.

  • TheTingler #7 5 months ago

    @Cherub007: Yeah, it was a mediocre RTS based on the books. This always looked more promising, especially now they've got the TV show license and (by the sounds of it) the awesome theme tune.

    I just hope they don't rush it out. Could potentially be good.

  • rottingyoda #8 5 months ago

    A game based on arguably the best fantasy novel ever written. If this isn't rushed it should do really well. RED Engine would have suited perfectly though it looks great as is.

  • glottis0 #9 5 months ago

    Let's hope the developer have been playing The Witcher 2 hard.

  • zombificus #10 5 months ago

    It's made by Cyanide unfortunately, so no great hopes here.

  • Markusdragon #11 5 months ago

    Worth a look. No high hopes, but it might be a nice bit of filler if they don't break it too badly.

  • Madder-Max #12 5 months ago

    Looks like Skyrim

  • Raptaur #13 5 months ago

    Looks great but to be honest Game of Thrones doesn't get me that excited to play. It all felt a little to 'real' in its fantasy setting of politics, bickering and waring surnames.

  • xandoodle #14 5 months ago

    This looks far better than I thought it would?

  • spitinmyeye #15 5 months ago

    I love the series, but after what happened to Blood Bowl on Xbox, I doubt I'll be buying this.

  • Lukree #16 5 months ago

    Eyeglasses?!?

  • evnewell #17 5 months ago

    What is this running on a PS2?

    the polygons are obvious, the textures low, the framerate is jittery.

    I'm on the fourth book, and I've watched the first season more than once. I love GoT, but GoT clearly doesn't love video games. Why not give this to a real developer?

    I would love to play a game set in Westeros - It would make an amazing role playing experience. But this...

    This is a cash in start to finish. 5/10 mark my words.

  • Kendalf #18 5 months ago

    I've just finished watching the HBO serial for a second time through and loved it just as much as the first. If the game gets anywhere near the TV show's gravity and atmosphere, it will have done very well indeed.

    Currently 80 hours into Skyrim, waiting patiently for Witcher 2 and now (hopefully) a quality GoT title, too. Good times!

  • Morte-360 #19 5 months ago

    This is one of those games I'm expecting to flop and be terrible but really want to be good. Hopefully they wont rush it and will get the core mechanics right and theirs plenty of potential for storyline in the GOT universe I guess ill wait with fingers crossed and a little hope.
    Edited by Morte-360 at 21/12/11 @ 17:33

  • FWB #20 5 months ago

    Graphically it looks very poor.

  • George-Roper #21 5 months ago

    Sweet mercy, after the likes of Witcher 2 and Skyrim that is very clearly looking third-rate on the engine front.

    Clunky, wooden animations, low-poly characters and low-res textures abound. The story will have to be stunning to make up for that.

    Looks nothing like the Skyrim engine, LOL!

  • vert1go #22 5 months ago

    Joffrey slapping Kinect minigame please.

  • Pixi #23 5 months ago

    I'm hoping it's good. But I'll remain skeptical for now.

  • Dagdriver #24 5 months ago

    Trailer shows -nothing- new or interresting.
    In fact it primarily shows that theres much work to be done before release ;)

    A "Game of Thrones" game needs to get the storytelling right (example: Witcher 2) and not just some action game with the title slapped on.

  • Laythe_AD #25 5 months ago

    Brave, using an all in engine trailer for a game that graphically looks like the first Two Worlds.

  • jogyourmind #26 5 months ago

    Another boring hack n slash.

  • UncleLou #27 5 months ago

    Looks terrible. Waste of a great license.

  • svenjl #28 5 months ago

    Hmmm...doesn't look great. Ugly, blocky, smudgy textures ala DA:origins - which was saved by great characters and a meaningful story. Always excited by a new RPG, but certain standards have been set that we as gamers surely can't but insist on in any new game.

  • Atolm #29 5 months ago

    @Raptaur I can understand where that's coming from. I too would have thought the show was a typical medieval TV program, not based on a fantasy setting if you had no notion of what the books were about.

    I like Sean Bean in it but I thought Charles Dance was brilliant as Tywin Lannister. To be honest, I thought there was far too much nudity, and even scenes created with nudity that had nothing to do with the books.

    Still, looking forward to what the second season brings.

  • Cherub007 #30 5 months ago

    I've just looked it up and it was Game of Thrones: Genesis which came out on the PC at the end of September and got about 50 on Metacritic. It was also developed by Cyanide, who made this one. WTF? Why are they releasing a second game in the same franchise within a couple of months? If they'd given half a toss about the it surely they would have put all their efforts into making one solid game? I have a horrible feeling this will be utterly awful, which is a tragedy given the rich landscape and boundless gaming potential offered by the stories.

  • Gylfi #31 5 months ago

    lemme guess. The only playable part is where you bash at people. Other than that it's just a tv show. So interaction just gets the crap of it.

    Not for me, i don't think videogames are stupid like they do.