Breja: I actually thought the Game of Thrones RPG was better than most people gave it credit for. And that's despite me not liking the show.
Anyway, some good recomendations there, even if slightly odd - I wouldn't think of Beyond Divinity in the context of Game of Thrones. Personally, I'd add Armies of Exigo to that list. A great Warcraft clone type RTS, but with a slightly darker mood. I've been hoping to see it on GOG for a long time now.
I only played a bit of the RPG game, maybe I should give it another chance and see if I'll like it better this time. Never played armies of exigo though. I only picked Beyond Divinity due to how dark the themes are, but yeah I agree it was a bit of a stretch :P
DaCostaBR: First of all, congrats on the video.
Now, onto my opinion: I just don't think any of these games capture what endeared GoT/ASOIAF to me, and that's the characters. Yeah, games like Crusader Kings and Gothic may capture the political machinations and grim and grittyness of it, but that's mostly surface dressing, that wouldn't have worked if I didn't care for the characters in the first place.
In this sense I guess something like the Witcher 3 is more likely to scratch the same itch. It has compelling characters and writing, and different paths to choose that all feel reasonable.
Even then it's not quite the same because the Witcher series is so focused on a central protagonist. The best parts of GoT/ASOIAF are when you have characters you care about on both sides of a conflict, like the Battle of the Blackwater. The games tried to do similarly from what I've heard, by having multiple playable characters.
The difficulty of doing the "heroes on both sides" thing in videogames is that when the player chooses a faction he loses perspective on the others, and naturally expects his faction to win as long as he overcomes the game's challenges. If there was a game that made you switch between different protagonists, made them equally compelling, and didn't shy away from having them work against each other, now that would be it. As long as the game didn't make them fight and made you choose who you play as during the fight, because then we go back to the previous problem.
I understand what you mean. I don't think there is any game out there that fully mimics the show as you'd need high strategy, low strategy, medieval combat, dialog options, exploration, etc. But I tried to get as close to the show as I could ^^
Caesar.: Crusader Kings II is for me THE Game of Thrones videogame. A good part of it consists on conspiring to murder your rivals and/or usurp their titles. This is before even going to war. You can also decide to try and seduce everything that moves, become a scholar or a business owner, duel your enemies... The roleplaying potential for a strategy game is unseen.
Not to mention the popular GoT mod, which de facto works as "unofficial official" game.
Hehe, yeah I feel Crusader Kings II, Mount & Blade and Gothic 2 are probably the games that come closest to mimicking the show! :D
Telika: Have you played The Banner Saga ? My memories have faded, but I remember that the brutality of some event or plot twists, the spare presence of giants, and the focus on charismatic leaders and uneasy alliances was echoing that series' feel quite a bit.
Maybe it will make it into your sequel. But it's a clever list so far.
Sadly I haven't played the Banner Saga, but I did order the banner saga from indiebox a few weeks ago, so I should get the game soon!
