So I was browsing Joystiq when I saw the new gameplay trailer for this. Reminded me of Dragon Age: Origins in a very good way. Is there actually hope for a licensed product???

While I was aware that this game was coming out I immediately brushed it off thinking it was in the beginning stages of development and based on the tv show. I also thought it was coming out next year. I honestly thought it was gonna be shit but after doing a bit of research after finding out it comes out soon it looks possibly ok? Don't wanna get my hopes up because I'm a huge fan of the series and LOVED DA:O. If they can mix the two and make it functional this could be a good game in general and a great game if you are invested in the fiction which I am. Fingers crossed everybody.

Holy shit...this went from me not paying attention to a probable buy!

Combating hordes of enemies is not why i'm into The Song of Ice and Fire series. So this killing dudes over and over is meaningless to me in that context.
Then again I'm a book purist and have not bothered to watch the HBO show. So my feelings on the series aren't exactly rational.
Looks alright tho.

Can't play as Arya, no sale.

Is weaponery a term from the books or is it just a misspelling?

this has been on my radar for a while, but i'm not committing to buying it yet. i'm always a bit wary of this type licensed fantasy RPG. i like the universe, i like the books, i like the show. i'd love to like the game, but i'm not sold yet. especially with Diablo III coming out the same day and Dragon's Dogma a week later. definitely still paying attention to this, though.

Think I am gonna have to wait on reviews for this one. Hopefully its good.

I'm always skeptical of games from TV shows, this one included. Like @redrum662 mentioned, I will wait on the reviews.

Not to take away from this show, because it is f*cking amazing!

It is truly the age of winter dragons are coming...

...I tried.

I was already interested in this game, but after seeing that combat I literally can't wait. Dragon Age: Origins was one of my favorite games of all time.

@Demoskinos said:

Holy shit...this went from me not paying attention to a probable buy!

same here

@AhmadMetallic said:

Can't play as Arya, no sale.

mods dude, mods. If you can get a skin hack in Mass Effect 2 you'll be able to mod a player model into Game of Dragon Thrones: The age Game.

Ha. BioWare doesn't want to make more games like Dragon Age: Origins because they feel it is too resource intensive, so you got places like Capcom and Atlus making games to scratch that itch instead. I still don't understand their thought process.

But, yeah, like others have said, I'll wait for reviews on this one. Looks decent so far.

@AhmadMetallic said:

Can't play as Arya Jon Snow, no sale.

I usually don't have a very high opinion about games based on movies, mainly because most of them are made rather sloppy and are just supposed to give the licence holders some extra cash. But in the case of Game of Thrones, it could turn out to be worthwhile.

THE ACTIVE-PAUSE SYSTEM? OH SHIT.

that looking shockingly good, but having never heard of this before and now knowing it comes out in a few weeks I can't imagine its any good. I sure hope there's a quick look so I can see more of it.

Looks alright but with the release coming so soon and there being so little information available I have no real expectations. I hope it turns out to be solid because I'd love to see how they handle traveling around Westeros (would be very surprised if it had any open-endedness outside of cities) and the world in general. Would love a quick look if only to confirm my expectations although a pleasant surprise would be more than welcome since I loved the first Dragon Age.

It looks great. I'm always up for a good RPG. My question is, can I enjoy this game with no previous knowledge of the series? I've never gotten into it myself (Though I want to eventually)

Since the Dragon Age universe is pretty much a 1:1 knockoff of the G.R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' saga... well... it's the Warcraft/Warhammer debate again.

That combat didn't look like Dragon Age, it WAS Dragon Age.

Well, they don't really make many games like Dragon Age: Orgins anymore, not even Bioware. And in this medium, originality is not always part and parcel with quality. The key is solid execution. If it wasn't for cyanide's less-than-stellar track record, I could see myself picking this up early for the artbook.

@Seppli: If you read the books or at least watched the show you would see that the only thing DA and "A Song Of Fire And Ice" have in common is a medieval fantasy setting. Then again there are no Dwarves(except Tyrion he's a midget :) ), and there is no race of elves, undead yes but no elves.

I'm interested in this, but at the same time a little apprehensive. I'll wait to see reactions after release and then decide if I want to put my hard earned dollars towards this.

Of note though, this game isn't based on the HBO series, so it isn't a TV show/movie video game adaptation. This game has been in development since before the HBO series was even really being talked about, and development highly involves Martin when concerning plot and characters. After the HBO series was released and received critical acclaim, the developers adapted some elements from the show into their game to maintain familiarity with fans, although maintained their own unique perspective from the books on to how thngs should look and feel as well.

A little more info can be found here.

I'm no big Game of Thrones fan but if this is a solid Dragon Age-like RPG, I may give it a shot.

I don't anticipate it being that much like Origins at all. I wouldn't recommend anybody go in expecting that.

It looks interesting but man, could they have chosen a worse release date? If this had come out two weeks ago, I would have been all over it.

I preordered this a few months ago because someone took "Game of Thrones" and put the phrase "rpg" right next to it. I'm happy to see in subsequently released trailers and gameplay previews that it actually looks good! Can't wait to dig in. I always enjoy art book bonuses, and am a huge fan of the tv series. And as a PS3 gamer I really, really need something to pull me away from White Knight Chronicles II for a while!