This article contains spoilers for Grade and The Walking Dead.
Grade It is widely considered one of the most controversial finals in television history and fans have been applying for the remake of the season 8 since the show ended in 2019. Now, now, now, Game of Thrones: War for Westeros It is sold for the TV show as the final “Rewrite your own end” by the simulator. The game will allow players to take control of the main houses such as Starks, Lannisters, Targaryens or even Night King. The trailer teases several results, alternative alliances and brand new ends.
However, Game of Thrones: War for westeros It is not the first game that allows players to transform the established canon from the TV show. The Walking Dead: Destinies was released at the end of 2023 and adapted the first four seasons The Walking Dead TV show. Developers teased that players will be able to change significant events The Walking Dead history. But when TWD: Fate In the end he came out, he was killed by criticism.
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Why Walking Dead: Fates failed?
TWD: Fate offered players just enough agencies to exchange Walking The characters lived or died, or how the character met their end, or even climbed, which became the primary villain. However, none of these options fundamentally changed the result of the story. For example, players could influence who became the leader of Woodbury, but the main conflict with Rick's group remained unchanged.
Whether Shane survived a farm or not, the story would inevitably lead to confrontation with The Walking DeadGovernor and possible move to prison. In fact, even if the players killed one character, the other characters would often say or do exactly the same things that the dead character had now. Players quickly caught up with this trick and the game suffered bad reviews on all major platforms.
The Walking Dead: Destinies also suffered from a hurried and compressed storyline
TWD: Fates He tried to condense 50 TV episodes, each running between 45 and 60 minutes, to a game campaign that could be completed in less than six hours. This led to Major The Walking Dead Characters like Andrea, Duane and Amy, which were completely cut out of the game. Stimulation was also unpredictable and important story rhythms, such as CDC or meeting with Vatos Gang, were skipped. There were no correct cuts to show the arches that were included. Instead, the game resorted to presentations similar to presentations to mediate the moments of key stories. Game of Thrones: War for Westeros has eight seasons of dense narratives, almost double the content TWD: Fates fought with the fact that he was considering GotIt is an extremely dense tradition, which makes it an even greater challenge.
Game of Thrones: War for Westeros could fall into the same illusion trap to choose from
Developers Game of Thrones: War for Westeros They have already said that players will be able to determine who is sitting on the iron throne. Although it sounds promising, the game has to offer much more than just this unique result. If there is the only real difference that the choice of players is, the identity of the final ruler and all that leads to this point is essentially determined, the game could feel as restrictive as TWD: Fates. The selection -based game only works when the decision creates a ripple; as in Detroit: Become a humanIf players do not find a specific refugee they are looking for, the game will completely skip another interrogation chapter and the rest of the story will change significantly.
Similarly, for Game of Thrones: War for WesterosIf the Cersei is detailed in the middle of the game, the alliances should really match. A real selection experience means that if players allow Ned Stark to live, it should fundamentally change the story for all participating characters. This means that Arya never has to escape from King's landing and never connects to men without a face. The war of five kings may never happen. If it avoids the red wedding, but Ned simply will eventually die differently, or if exactly the same historical event takes place despite its survival, then it is not really a selection game, but an illusion of choices.
