Martin’s books before the television show had even begun production, but the studio decided to pursue a game with their own characters and locations: Skyrim. Dragons? Battles? Politics? Magic? So much of what makes GoT a great series is what makes Skyrim a great game. Instead, GoT is a point of comparison for any future television that merges fantasy, politics, and war.īethesda was reportedly asked to adapt George R.R. Yet GoT quickly shattered those parallels with its shocking scenes and its characters’ dark sides. Early episodes invited inevitable comparisons with Lord of the Rings, simply because of the fantastical elements and the pseudo-medieval world. GoT found its identity as a television series very quickly. Yet, what makes two compelling reasons to develop a GoT-inspired video game are also two reasons why it may never happen.
An RPG would allow gamers to decide whether they wanted to be (or at least try to be) completely virtuous, or embrace being a Tywin Lannisteresque character. With every betrayal and every murder, there is a curiosity about what would happen if a character did the exact opposite. The RPG element also appears to make perfect sense. An open-world video game would allow fans to spend more time exploring what makes various regions of Westeros tick. The show succeeded in immersing viewers in those disparate environments, but there’s only so much you can see in a one-hour episode. Few, if any, television series feature different plots developing concurrently in so many diverse locales. In many ways, the television show appears perfectly suited for an open-world RPG. That rumor was particularly tantalizing given Bethesda’s success in devising The Elder Scrolls series, so it was disappointing for fans when it was proven to be baseless. The frustration at the lack of a GoT RPG was heightened a couple of years ago by rumors that Bethesda was on board to develop a game based on A Song of Ice and Fire. Ideally, GoT fans would be able to dive into an open-world video game inspired by the series, but unfortunately, there are currently no plans to create such a game. Part of that love for GoT can be converted into anticipation for the upcoming Westeros-based prequel series, although the scarcity of details about the show may temper excitement for now. Now that the series has reached its conclusion, Game of Thrones fans have a surplus of passion for the franchise that could be channeled into other outlets.