Game of Thrones fans have been largely disappointed by the various video game adaptations of George RR Martin's beloved universe, with several attempts at RPGs over the years that have more or less fallen flat. While there's much debate over the reason games like Kingsroad didn't land, fans of the original books almost unanimously agree on one key issue.
According to fans on Reddit in a discussion about a new Game of Thrones open-world RPG, they'd much rather see a video game adaptation of the original A Song of Ice and Fire novels as opposed to games based on the HBO television series.
While it's up for debate whether the Game of Thrones television show attempted to follow the events in the books to its creators' best abilities, the ASOIF books have far more depth in terms of world-building, characters, etc., and fans don't think we've even scratched the surface in terms of possible open-world RPG adaptations.
Lawdeeep describes where GoT games are getting it wrong: "The political depth, the morally grey characters, the lesser-known houses, the complex dynamics in places like Dorne, the Reach, or the Free Cities. There is so much material [in the books]...
