Cyanide Studios - A Game of Thrones RPG

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You'll remember that French studio Cyanide popped up with the rights to A Song of Ice and Fire a while back, and then subsequently revealed a strategy game Genesis. An RPG is also in development, which has been previewed at French site Factor News (thanks, Nafai). You can read the Google translation here and a handful of screens are included. According to the translation, they have decided on a "strongly narrative RPG" and "citing Planescape - Torment, Baldur's Gate II or KOTOR as an example".
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Is it too early for me to get really excited? I can barely wait until the series comes out on HBO.
 
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For an rpg, the writing seems pretty solid, as in, a bit more on the not done/over done side.

But, 2 screens isn't enough to form an opinion of the gameplay. The battle system sounds a bit like a Final Fantasy style where it doesn't pause which is quite nice.
 
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I played there first rpg called Loki and it was not a good game. Hopefully they learned from there mistakes. So I will be neutral for now and see when the two games come out.
 
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Well, I'm currently rereading the game of thrones in preperation for the TV series and well just cuz it's a great series. Interested in this one if it is good.
 
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I could see a Betrayal at Krondor-style game fitting well with the story. Something tells me there's less than zero chance of that happening, though.
 
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I am waiting for the next book in the series for some years now … A Dance of Dragons

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I'm pretty sure he is going to make this, since he is basically done and the audio book guy has started.
 
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I've been waiting for a crpg to come out for A Song of Ice and Fire and Wheel of Time series for a long time and now both are in development and I hope they turn out good.
 
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The only concern that I have is that the series is very dark, with some pretty heavy themes, and I wonder how they could possibly translate that to a video game and maintain an M rating. I mean, one of the central running plot points is a child borne of incest ascending the throne.
 
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I hate those books. The quality is below average and the writer is overrated. But it's a cash cow serie that will probably never be finished. Planned as trilogy, then quadrology, then six, nine, god only knows how many books it'll have.
I won't watch HBO's tv show out of principle.

Even if you disagree with me and idolize those books, you tell me, if you've read any of those books like I did - who can persuade you that a game that'll be based on those books will have anything in common with Planescape:Torment?
 
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I hate those books. The quality is below average and the writer is overrated. But it's a cash cow serie that will probably never be finished. Planned as trilogy, then quadrology, then six, nine, god only knows how many books it'll have.
I won't watch HBO's tv show out of principle.

Even if you disagree with me and idolize those books, you tell me, if you've read any of those books like I did - who can persuade you that a game that'll be based on those books will have anything in common with Planescape:Torment?

First off...there's 4 books so far, and in a multi-volume series, it's not uncommon for a series to go beyond it's designated number. Secondly, if it were a "cash cow," Martin might be writing more than one book every 5 years or so. It's not as if Martin needs the money, either. He's had a career outside of these books, and I'm sure that he's just fine.

Most importantly, why would the game need to have anything in common with PS:T?
 
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First off…there's 4 books so far, and in a multi-volume series, it's not uncommon for a series to go beyond it's designated number. Secondly, if it were a "cash cow," Martin might be writing more than one book every 5 years or so. It's not as if Martin needs the money, either. He's had a career outside of these books, and I'm sure that he's just fine.

Most importantly, why would the game need to have anything in common with PS:T?

You bit...which was what he was going for.
 
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