‘Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series: Sons of Winter’ Review: No Pay-off

While it’s still an engaging two-hour romp through the awesome “Game of Thrones” realm, the shoddy ending of “Sons of Winter” makes it an episode that you can really bypass if you have to. Although some of the storyline development is adequate in the beginning, this episode will more likely be remembered as one that builds towards something special, rather than being special all by itself.

It doesn’t start off poorly though. “Sons of Winter,” from the start, lets you know that things are going to change, forever. All five gameplay points of view face their own challenges, from Gared’s journey into the unknown and Roderick’s fight to not only save his family, but his marriage as well. Add in Mira Forrester and Asher’s adventures that involve everything from Dragons to double-crossing and “Sons of Winter” has the potential to be another awesome addition to Telltale’s Game of Thrones series. There just isn’t any payoff at the end. The climax is just so sudden that you’ll feel cheated, ready to say, “That’s it?”

That doesn’t necessarily mean “Sons of Winter” is a bad episode. On its own merits, it’s got plenty of locations and constant reminders of its vastness. You’ll never forget what’s at stake in your journey and you’ll always wonder what’s going on somewhere else. Because of that, veterans of the series will still feel right at home.

The gameplay hasn’t changed all that much from episode one, but the added prompts during fight scenes (Seeing Roderick learning how to defend himself again is one of the coolest moments of this episode) and more options during your the free-roaming sections (Mira Forrester’s hunt for information feels like something out of “Assassin’s Creed”) add more flavor to the story-based game. Speaking of story, you’d be crazy not to feel the tension in nearly every scene. Unlike the first few episodes where you’re feeling people out, at this point, you understand the characters and are invested.

Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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