To find reviews of other episodes (as they become available), check out the Game of Thrones review hub. In-between these impressive bookends, Gared continues to become an ever more interesting character with a story that shows increasing impetus and promise for future episodes.
Sword in the Darkness opens with an exciting action sequence that has perhaps the best free reign over the story we’ve seen so far, and it’s a sequence made better because of how nicely the episode rounds off. It suffers from playing second fiddle to the source material, possibly because it is one of the two mid-season episodes - but it is not completely without merit. In fact, so similar are his challenges in this episode to the last, that it felt genuinely repetitive and even a little frustrating at times.Įpisode 3 is far and away the least enjoyable episode of the Telltale series so far. Worse still is Rodrik’s tale, which barely develops at all and totally fails to capitalise on the momentum of the previous episode. So I deleted the digital episode one version prior to installing my new physical copy. On the other hand, though, Mira’s tale stagnates because of the game’s inability to tread too hard on the toes of the HBO series or George R. Game Discussion: Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series. On the one hand, the stories of Gared and Asher progress nicely, with a couple of really strong action sequences and really, really excellent use of the lore relative to their particular circumstance. That's why physical discs can be better because you can preserve games years later and they can become rare or expensive. Unfortunately, after just under two hours of play, the experience has left me feeling ponderous and underwhelmed. Damn, that's not great news for everyone that developed the game and for people that want to buy it because of renewed interest from the show.
After all, the deep intrigue and much-improved action offered by the previous episode was bound to get players excited for The Sword in the Darkness. I can forgive myself for having high expectations for the long-awaited Episode 3 of Telltale’s Game of Thrones series. Where Episode 1 and Episode 2 of Telltale Games’ Game of Thrones adaptation gave us a slow but intriguing insight into what the series might have in store for us, Episode 3: The Sword in the Darkness is somewhat lacking in the same kind of peril, intrigue and action that fans of the epic novels have come to expect. A copy was provided by Telltale for review purposes. Game of Thrones Episode 3: The Sword in the Darkness was developed and published on Xbox One and Xbox 360 by Telltale Games.
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