Game of Thrones failures can be fixed by players in the War for Westeros

One of the most fascinating elements Game of Thrones: War for Westeros is his promise of fictional revisionism. Even in War for Westeros reveal trailer showing Jon Snow transforming into a White Walker in the Battle of Winterfell, there's a clear focus on narrative flexibility as much as epic gameplay.

For a lot game of thrones fans, the chance to do some rewriting is probably exciting. HBO's once-beloved fantasy epic suffered a major fall from grace in its final season, which was controversial from top to bottom. Even the show's not-so-bad seventh season has a lot of not-so-cute jokes, which are exactly the things that Game of Thrones: War for Westeros could fix by reviving certain key conflicts.

Major spoilers ahead game of thrones Season 7 and 8.

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros already looks too much like Walking Dead: Destinies

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros is being compared to The Walking Dead: Destinies, and the parallels aren't exactly comforting.

The Battle of Winterfell

This is the same battle shown in War for Westeros reveal, even if it's an overall win for the good guys, it's no win narratively speaking. This showdown takes place in the eighth and final season game of thronesand it's basically what the whole series was going for. Virtually every major character, aside from those the show has rendered irrelevant, like Cersei Lannister, features in this final battle against the Night's King as he battles this ever encroaching, corporeal manifestation of death.

Not only could he War for Westeros allow players to “rescue” characters like Theon Greyjoy and Jorah Mormont, it could also address perhaps the episode's biggest narrative problem: the death of the Night's King. Arya Stark is a great character and has a lot of great moments, but her killing the Night King is incredibly underwhelming because her story has nothing to do with Him or the Walkers. Arya literally has a list of characters she wants to kill, and the Night's King isn't on it—he's just not on her radar in that way. It would have been much more satisfying if Jon or Bran, the two characters with the most investment in the White Walker plot, killed the Night's King rather than being generally ineffective during the Battle of Winterfell.

The battle behind the wall

The whole premise of this battle is pretty ridiculous: Jon, Daenarys, and Daenarys' dragon Viserion lead a meager group behind a wall in an attempt to capture a zombie, bring it to King's Landing, and show it to Cersei to get her to do her thing. The absurdity of this plan makes the massive casualties of the battle, including Viserion, all the more frustrating. Provided War for Westeros remains controversial game of thrones battle, it might soften the blow a bit by allowing players to emerge victorious.

This could be particularly interesting in context War for Westeros” he teased the narrative branching. If players win this battle as a Targaryen/Stark team, then the White Walkers may be missing a transfigured dragon in future battles.

Loot Train Battle

Also taking place in game of thronesThe seventh season is what the fan community calls Loot Train Battle. After raiding Highgarden for food and money, Jamie Lannister leads the peasant army back to King's Landing when it is beset by Daenarys and her company of Dothraki. The power of the Lannisters didn't stand a chance: the combination of Dany's dragon and the fearsome Dothraki made for a one-sided bloodbath. Because Targaryen and Lannister are two of the factions that players can control War for Westerosseems like a likely inclusion.

Besides what it might mean War for Westeros“Multiplayer, it can also increase the replay value of the game and allow players to experience this fight from both sides ala Command and Conquer. War for Westeros could show if it was possible for a Lannister army to triumph over a dragon and the Dothraki, which is the sort of thing nerd dreams are made of.