Summary

• Reports suggest a Game of Thrones MMO is in the works - and not a moment too late, eh?
• The MMO will take place between seasons three and five, but there's more to A Song of Ice and Fire than what was in the books.
• Even beyond the cut elements, there are unexplored events in the wider universe that would fit better.

There was a time in my life when if you asked me what video game I most wanted, I would have said "a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Game of Thrones game". These days, I don't know. I'd probably just say "hurry up and finish 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mass Effect 5". This period lasted for several years, but my watch has long since ended, and that's why it's odd to see 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:reports of a Game of🐻 Thrones MMO in the works. It's apparently set during the show, and that seems to miss the point of the game's potential.

Don't get me wrong, my idealised version of this game that rattled around in my head for all those years was definitely set during the show. An action RPG where you played as Jon or Brienne or the Hound, that was the first choice. A more politically motivated narrative game, where you fought for power as Dany or Cersei or Sansa, was a contender too. But with the show in the rearview mirror (🍌168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ﷺand ending on a spectacularly sour note), I'm not sure of the allure this now holds.

Game Of Thrones Does Not Have A Rich Video Game History

We did have a couple of Game of Thrones games, some of you may be rushing to point out. There was a Telltale game that inserted a new house into the main narrative with a few cameos, but it was a lesser light in Telltale's glittering catalogue and you can have a shiny penny if you can tell me the name of that family (it was Ironrath). Too concerned with engineering situations for the famous cast to appear than telling a cohesive story, the game hardly filled the void in pop culture begging for a Game of Thrones game.

The family's name was actually Forrester. Told you you wouldn't remember.

There was also the creatively titled Game of Thrones, which released alongside the first season and looks every inch a game made before the series hit the big time. Playing as new characters injected in the first season, Alester Sarwyck and Mors Westford (real names, I swear), you played through a dull 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Witcher 2 clone with poor storyte👍lling and dated visuals. It was far too cheaply made to deserve the Game of Thrones name.

Aside from a handful of standard strategy games mostly made for mobile, that's all we've had - but history could have been very different. that Bethesda were approached to make A Song of Ice and Fire into a game, but opted to go in a different direction instead. Given that this direction turned out to be Skyrim, that was probably for the best. Still, it's fascinating to think what a Bethesda ASOIAF game would look like.

Game Of Thrones Could Be Perfectly Suited To An MMO

Let's forget about the past for now. Though the world is no longer holding its breath for a Game of Thrones video game, it's still a highly recognisable series. What's more, people chalk the ending up to the series being rushed and trimming too much from the rich plots of George R. R. Martin, meaning there is some appetite to see it done right. Maybe an MMO is the way to do that.

Like any series, Game of Thrones has its stars, but it has always been closer to the boots on the ground than many fantasy epics who use battlefields as backdrops for chaos while nobles gaze at the scene from on high. An MMO that puts you directly into the armour of one of these grunts in the battalion who eventually rises through the ranks to be recognised for their prowess may be a better way to tell the scope of Game of Thrones' story than picking a handful of leading characters and retreading the series beat for beat again.

A Game of Thrones MMO has been cancelled before (Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms), and its licence was used to make Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming, an MMO crossed with an RTS. There's clearly a lot of faith in how well the idea marries to the series, and while I'm not an MMO player so would prefer a genre I enjoy (Game of Thrones sports sim, anyone?), I can see how the two fit together.

But does it need to be Game of Thrones? This is a very small period of the universe's history, and it's one we've both read and watched previously. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:House of the Dragon takes us bac♏k in time, and there's a large part of this world's story that has been largely untold and could therefore make for a far more interesting video game. It could even be elements of the books not in the TV show, like Lady Stoneheart.

But my parents have heard of Game of Thrones, and they don't know what A Song of Ice and Fire is. Of course, while my parents aren't going to buy this video game, or any video game, there is something to be said for just how well known 'Game of Thrones' is as a name. It's just a question of how much do you let marketing drive your vision.

Game of Thrones with Jon and Dany and the rest might be an easier sell - the report suggests, like Telltale's effort, the MMO will be set between seasons of the show, potentially offering cameos. But will that make it better, or even more successful, in the long run? You could easily tell a story a century before the events of Game of Thrones and just call it Game Of Thrones: Subtitle. Problem solved.

There's a lot more potential in telling the other stories this world has to offer than letting us dress up in Halloween costumes of a show that went off the air five years ago. Even seeing it from another angle as a charging grunt only changes things up so much. If this MMO is real, and a success, I hope it leads to the sort of Game of Thrones game I always wanted - even if it ends up being A Song of Ice and Fire.