There is also some really good voice acting, with many of the actors from the TV show reprising their roles in the game, most notably Peter Dinklage who plays Tyrion Lannister. The game features some of the sublime music from the TV show by Ramin Djawadi but the rest of it seems original. The framerate isn’t exactly butter smooth even after the update, hovering just under 30fps most of the time, but it’s still alright, except the few times it dips dangerously low, especially when there are flames on screen. There are some ugly textures here and there but nothing too much to complain about. The graphics have the same oil painting look to them, which is quite fetching, and the game also has very impressive facial expressions on characters. Thankfully, the game got updated later, which not only improved the visual quality but also the framerate.Įpisode 2 benefits from these changes and does actually look quite good. The game looked awful on mobile and on top of that, ran at a terrible framerate on the iPad. I complained heavily about the graphics in the review of episode 1. This is one of the best part of these Telltale games and why they are so enjoyable despite their offbeat nature. I also like how the little decisions you made in episode 1, including choosing to pick up certain objects, affect your progress in this episode to quite an extent, and as an extent, future episodes, so you can’t take any decision lightly. The writing is good and you are kept entertained throughout the roughly two hour duration of the episode. which is unfortunate, because the episode itself is quite good. But in this episode, the game would just pause for a second or so before starting the sequence, which killed the immersion.Īdmittedly, both issues can be fixed in future updates, but as of now, they do make the game less enjoyable. In other Telltale games, this happens seamlessly, where you don’t even realize the game is going through multiple sequences to choose the right one for your input. Basically, the game reacts to your inputs, and changes the sequences based on the choices you made. This wasn’t a problem with episode 1, which works fine.Īnother problem nonexistent in episode 1 is the long pauses between sequences. I also often found the game ignoring a perfectly well timed input, causing the event to fail. For a game that requires so heavily on quick time events, there is an annoying delay between pressing or swiping on the screen and the game actually accepting the input. This is where my main problem with the game comes in. If you press it early or late, then you basically fail the event. The second episode adds a new timed button, where a button appears on the screen but you can’t press it until the right moment. The game also has several quick time events, where you have to tap or swipe at the right time in the right direction during the fight sequences.
As you make choices, you alter the game’s progress and how the next series of events take place. You tap on marked objects to interact with them, and you interact with characters with through set options, which you have to select. Gameplay-wise, the game is more or less the same, featuring the typical point and click adventure style of Telltale games. There are other important events that take place in this episode, but they are best left to be discovered by the player. On the other side, Gared Tuttle goes to The Wall, where we also get our first glimpse of Jon Snow in the game. Meanwhile, Mira Forrester continues to form an alliance with Tyrion Lannister over at King’s Landing. The season introduces Asher Forrester, who is returning to Ironwrath with Malcolm Branfield.
If you haven’t played episode 1, I strongly suggest you do before reading the review.Įpisode 2 starts soon after the ending of the first episode, which ended in a typical Game of Thrones fashion, with the gruesome death of Ethan Forrester. Episode 1 started off on a strong mark, so let’s see if episode 2 can keep the momentum going. The episode 2 continues from where the first episode left off, which we reviewed here. Called The Lost Lords, it is the second episode in the six part series based on the hit HBO show, Game of Thrones, which itself is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire series of books by George R. Telltale has released the next episode in its Game of Thrones series of games.
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