Game Of Thrones Discussion #204 : Othor Games

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:27 am

A thread to discuss the "Song of Ice and Fire" series and "Game of Thrones."

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1373210-game-of-thrones-discussion-203/

Calgone:

The blackfish is honourable like Ned, but not to the point of Idiocy. I liked him from the second he appeared in the books, but especially when

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he's holding riverrun against the Lannisters. he does a damn good job at that, and then slips away taking Robb's wife and unborn heir with him. Manabadman.

I also subscribe to this theory.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:20 pm

How many episodes do we have left in season 2?

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:07 am

Just one more. The episode is titled "Valar Morghulis".

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:33 am

Just one more. The episode is titled "Valar Morghulis".

I think i'm going to have to catch up with all the episodes ive missed this weekend so i can talk about it here after its been on

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:58 pm

Probably gonna be focused on Dany then.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:48 pm

Probably gonna be focused on Dany then.

That's good, I like her character since she's seperate from Westeros.

I'd asume it'd be focused on Arya though since

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Jaqen H'ghar teaches her the phrase

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:54 pm

"Valar Morghulis" as the episodes name? Could be either Dany or Arya based, depends will they make J'ghar(or what's his name) give Arya the iron coin.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:09 am

The big finale is probably

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Dany in the House of the Undying, since it's much more action-y than Arya and Jaqen.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:30 am

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I always thought it was going to be the three horn blasts at the fist of the first men... first scene of season 3 would be sam and co running like [censored].

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:19 pm

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I always thought it was going to be the three horn blasts at the fist of the first men... first scene of season 3 would be sam and co running like [censored].

Which makes me wonder: How will they start season 3?

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I'd love to see prologue from the book - The attack of the Others on the Night's Watch at the Fist of the First Men. The beginning of the first episode from the first season gave me a good scare.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:59 am

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/06/01/wot-i-think-game-of-thrones/

In short, it’s a troubled roleplaying game but also a really interesting and strong one. Every misfire is met by a triumph of some sort, and the one thing it is not is a lazy, perfunctory cash-in. It’s an epic that doesn’t quite have the budget to be an epic, but strives its hardest to be one nonetheless. It’s much more like the kind of experience I’d hoped for from http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/11/risen-2-review/, which sadly turned out to be a stereotype-laden exercise in hollow jolliness. This is thoughtful, heavy with a sense of consequence and impressively nasty even despite stylistic and apparent budgetary failings. After the woeful Genesis, it’s also Cyanide very much making good on the huge license they lucked into.

Sounds like it's not quite the disaster I expected. Aside from crappy voice acting and a rather odd combat system, and that it's apparently hard to follow if you haven't read the first book or watched the first season of the show (but then you probably wouldn't be interested in the game anyway) it sounds pretty good. A game to keep an eye on for when it goes on sale, maybe. :smile:

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:11 am

I just finished the "Myrish swamp" chapter, Cersei loved Robert's seed it seems.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:32 pm

"Valar Morghulis" as the episodes name? Could be either Dany or Arya based, depends will they make J'ghar(or what's his name) give Arya the iron coin.

With the exception of last week's 'Blackwater', the episode titles, like Harry Potter chapter titles, just seem to be oblique references to events in the episode - 'Baelor' wasn't just about Ned's shortening, 'Garden of Bones' wasn't a particularly Dany-centric episode, etc.

That's my impression anyway.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:20 am

With the exception of last week's 'Blackwater', the episode titles, like Harry Potter chapter titles, just seem to be oblique references to events in the episode - 'Baelor' wasn't just about Ned's shortening, 'Garden of Bones' wasn't a particularly Dany-centric episode, etc.

That's my impression anyway.

That's true, but I was implying more on the ending of the episode than the whole episode. But anyway, I expect Arya and Dany to have the main focus in E10.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:33 am

So I'm wondering

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if it's the Mountain who took part in the slaughter at Saltpans? I know the Hound was buried by the Elder Brother. But they say he has the Hounds helm.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:00 am

So I'm wondering

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if it's the Mountain who took part in the slaughter at Saltpans? I know the Hound was buried by the Elder Brother. But they say he has the Hounds helm.

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It was Rorge. I think it's revealed in a chapter of Brienne when she finds the tavern where Gendry is.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:42 am

I just finished the "Myrish swamp" chapter, Cersei loved Robert's seed it seems.

With a startling amount of knowledge about the comoposition of seman.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:35 am

With a startling amount of knowledge about the comoposition of seman.

It also made me realize that Cersei is so demented she just had to lick it off her fingers, just so she could say she ate Robert's "children". Lol.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:25 am

I can't believe it's the final episode tonight.

I only have 100 pages left to go in aFfC. Who liked aDwD better?

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:52 am

Its better than AFfC, but that's not saying much. I didn't enjoy it as much as CoK or SoS.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:29 pm

I preferred AFFC...

ADWD does have

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Victarion casually committing war crimes across the Smoking Sea, which was hilarious

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» Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:55 am

I preferred AFFC...

ADWD does have

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Victarion casually committing war crimes across the Smoking Sea, which was hilarious

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Hmmm. Well if the Ironborn are in it that is a plus. The reviews of is book are extremely varied. So were the reviews for Feast. I've seen people on Amazon give Dance a 1/5 because they didn't like what happened with a certain character or they wanted something to happen and it didn't. Most reviews are social commentary and not really reviews.

I want to read a review where they actually....review the damn book. Does anyone know any good sites for book reviews?

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:04 am

Well, I'd say that more stuff happens in ADWD, but this comes at the cost of there being a ton of boring [censored] at the same time. I'll say it now: DANY. Dany in ADWD basically goes around being an awful ruler, which is frustrating as a reader due to the previous investment in this character. At the same time, there's a lot of great (and unexpected) POVs from a ton of characters, which were great to read, as well as a lot more events. Again, this has a flip side, as there are a few POVs which are frustrating in the fact that they don't appear: namely Samwell and Sansa, the former arguably having the most interesting set up in AFFC (but this could be personal love for the Maesters).

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:43 pm

Holy crap!
Tonight's episode

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Drogo cameo! Cute baby dragons burning wizards alive! ZOMBIE HORSES! UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WITH DWARVES!

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:52 pm

Tonight's episode was really cinematic near the end! It was movie material!

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When Sam encountered the Wights it was epic! I think they did an alright job of showing how Xaro Xhoan Daxos was just playing Dany for her dragons. But I didn't get it when her handmaiden got caught sleeping with Daxos. They did a splendid job on everything else though.