The Game of Thrones RPG That Everyone Forgot About

/ charlatanwonder Every bit helps!
There are five hidden starbucks cups in this video. Can you find them all?
This Game of Thrones related video game was something I had never heard about despite being big into ASoIaF and watching the show at the time that this game came out. This game games place a little before season 1 of GoT and follows 2 characters across one heck of a story that features George R. R. Martin not only in a creative sense but he's quite literally in this game! (No, really). I don't know if this was never advertised or if everyone forgot about this game but it's been here since mid 2012 and no one has made any effort to make it disappear.
If you're really into RPGs and Game of Thrones this might be worth your time, especially since it's only 15 bucks and has at least 30 hours of gameplay in it so here's a link of the steam page:
store.steampowered.com/app/20...
I scold my cat because I love my little furbaby and I don't want him jumping from up high and accidentally breaking something or hurting himself. Frisk has been told not to jump onto my desk from up high and he knows better. He seems okay though in the cat video at the end of this feature so I think he took my lecture to heart.

[@liamvandenheuvel4332]

4:10 Ah yes my favourite GoT character, Tywin Wannister

[@smaptey1]

I couldn't listen to this mushmouth for more than a minute so thanks for the time stamp!

[@TubeEamo]

The cold, calculating mind behind the infamous Wed Wedding.

[@GrombarSmash]

@@TubeEamo Mawiage!

[@gorskikurjaktv8984]

He has a wife, you know!

[@gerbenvanessen]

@@gorskikurjaktv8984 lol, not nymore he doesn't.

[@Armageddon2077]

I really enjoyed the Telltale Game of Thrones game on Steam. I played it with three friends. We each took on the role of a character and passed round the controller whenever it was our turn to play that character's story. Every time a new episode dropped we gathered round my TV: on my sofa, ordered food, cracked open a bottle of whisky and started playing. It was serious fun! I totally recommend playing that way to anyone else who can organise something like that themselves. I also enjoyed playing this game too, my brother bought if for me as a Christmas gift about four years ago when it was in the Steam sale, I enjoyed the system where you get to pick weaknesses as well as traits. I made the red fire priest a pyrophobe and a water dancer.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

Is there a way to download the Telltale game now? They removed it, and I only discovered the Telltale games a month ago.

[@PhoenixFireZero]

Almost a shame Telltale didn't make another GoT, but given how the big villains were mostly from the show, maybe it's better they didn't

[@HOTD108_]

@@TheManInBlueFlames You can get official Steam keys for it off sites like G2A, although those can get expensive. If you own an Xbox, PS3, or PS4 then you can buy physical editions of it second hand on eBay.

[@HelloSadness101]

Thanks for sharing, that was nice to read.

[@Skhartax]

How in tarnation you crack open a bottle of whisky bruh

[@CharlatanWonder]

So has anyone found all 5 coffee cups in this video yet?

[@s.sbathtub6702]

Charlatan Wonder I found one it’s on the table beside those flowers

[@oakskid01]

Why do they owe you money?

[@CharlatanWonder]

@@oakskid01 The deal for the previous video was that they'd pay me half upon agreement and then the rest once the video was uploaded. I did the shout out for them and even was willing to change things about the video once it was up on their request, but once the video was how they wanted it they ghosted me. I poked them a couple times with paypal reminders and even warned them that I'd have to edit the video if they didn't pay their balance but all I got was crickets. When I finally re-uploaded the video a week later (losing out on 20K+ views from the original video) I got an email from them later that day saying that their paypal account got restricted. I told them that I'd gladly put the old video back up as soon as their appeal was heard and they never replied to that. It's been a little over a week now with no developments.

[@guldarheel1204]

I caught 5:51 13:49 and 15:42

[@Wintersbane08]

1:26 5:06 5:52 13:45 15:42

[@numba942]

The best Game of Thrones game is the mod for CK2

[@darko1295]

I prefer the mod for Mount and Blade personally

[@bandaralajmi949]

+ total war got mod

[@kingyouki5904]

Blueno what’s ck2

[@JCJ262]

@@kingyouki5904 Crusader Kings 2

[@MrJH101]

Personally, I absolutely love that mod. However, I will admit that after a while, it gets kinda mundane once you beat everybody. Then it just feels like another tasteless fanfic where the “good guys” are always winning. Still, it was very useful for giving me a better understanding of just how big the geography of GRRM’s world actually is.

[@hoonterofhoonters6588]

This game looks surprisingly good. It reminds me of the first Witcher game. Low production value, tedious combat but a lot of passion put into the parts where it shines. I should also mention that TES II Daggerfall had a similar traits and weaknesses system. In typical bethesda fasion it was very exploitable if you knew how to work the system.

[@user-cp6fn9zq8c]

How dare u mention Dagger fall u filty milk drinker! Your a Deadra worship u deserve to be banished to oblivion gate u milk drinkers! N’WAH

[@MrBurnieByrnes]

This RPG game had a bad intro regarding graphics gameplay etc. But once it gets going its really good plot wise and once you get the flow of combat its fun.

[@YogiDestruct]

"RPG game"... "Role Playing Game game"

[@MrBurnieByrnes]

@@YogiDestruct Twice the game with none of the proof reading

[@justdrop]

It was mediocre at best to be honest. Played through it when it came out and found it fairly boring. Might be more entertaining if you have a background of the characters you're playing as.

[@Nexrasa]

How much did they have to pay you for that remarkable recommendation?

[@MrBurnieByrnes]

@@Nexrasa One terrible season finale of the show

[@MrJH101]

The story for this game was great. It really did feel like a bunch of POV chapters between two characters from GRRM’s books. George worked closely with the developers on writing the story and characters for this game. This was partly why a _Dance With Dragons_ was released later than he said it would be. He stated he was heavily tempted to write another video game after this one, but he thought better of it because he still had books to write.

[@michaelc5152]

"Cyanide Studios." What an appropriate name.

[@Titantro]

The fact that Georges cameo character has a joke about him that he never finish a book, hits harder now

[@dogbless9306]

I take it this dude doesn't play many RPGs. 25-30 hours is on the shorter side

[@TheLozfan123]

For a seemingly low budget tv series tie in, that’s pretty long.

[@jakubblaha4904]

If you only compare it with the best RPGs, ye. Otherwise, 25-30 is pretty long. Aaaand..this game isnt an empty bloated desert like TES games :D

[@RC-bq7vu]

@@jakubblaha4904 Which TES games are you talking about here? Cos personally I'm always surprised by how densely packed Morrowind and Oblivion are

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

Jakub Bláha Yeah, maybe Arena and Daggerfall.

[@lionofthebluevale7170]

@@BoyBlunder66 or you are a stupid contrarian neckbeard

[@MrJH101]

I actually remember playing this in front of my roommate who knew absolutely nothing about the ASOIAF series or even the Game of Thrones show itself (the show was barely a few years old at the time and wasn’t totally mainstream yet). Despite the dated graphics and slow combat, he loved watching me play this and was hooked by the story. He really thought that these two characters you played as must certainly have been the real protagonists of the main storyline because of how great they were. So when I told him there was a tv show of this and that they weren’t actually in it, he thought that the show must _surely_ have been a “side story” based off of this. It took me a little while to convince him otherwise and I actually had to show him the first three seasons afterwards. He never forgave me for introducing him to The Red Wedding.

[@Dangermcawesome-x5l]

Daggerfall has a give and take system when it comes to character traits. much like the one described in the video

[@darknight910]

Although not a video game, the Storyteller System developed by White Wolf games has a similar Give-And-Take system in the form of Traits. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines had the system in place but wasn't implemented in the final game, but could be reactivated with unofficial patch.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

Stellaris' empire creation works that way too.

[@Aplesedjr]

The ttrpg deadlands has a similar system, but you start with a number of attribute points and can get more by getting bad things.

[@willl676]

Fallout 1/2 and New Vegas's trait system as well. A bonus and a malus to your stats or skills.

[@Janus_Icon]

If this is avalible for PC, a good modding community could sort of the graphics and add some nicer textures and flesh it out a bit better etc. It could become pretty decent game with some tlc.

[@HOTD108_]

It's still on Steam today.

[@rateater1857]

I never forgot! In fact, I always maintained Alester Sarwyck and Mors Westford were the titular "song of ice and fire", jon snow who? ;P

[@CharlatanWonder]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2Kri2mEnZKHp9mIhis isn't even the only Game of Thrones video game by these guys, they also made one of the worst RTS games I've ever played.

[@Minuit_Monstre]

LOL Cyanide bought out and ruined my favorite franchise, screw those guys. friggin confrontation/incantation/ragnarok went from being a smaller scale game with its own world similar to warhammer fantasy, then they turned it into a shitty facebook pay to win auto-play card game

[@thefran901]

You missed the perfect opportunity to title this video "The Game of Thrones RPG That Everyone KINDA Forgot About"

[@theazureknight9399]

I was pissed off by this game's endings, they market it as if your decisions matter, but only 2 of them really do. Just like that GoT telltale game. And i'm really puzzeld by how many people think that in GRRM's writings the world of westeros itself is out to get the main characters, and everyone is doomed to death of worse. Without realizing that the main characters who died in the show/books died because they were dumb and/or were too honorable to play the "game of thrones" the way it is meant to be played. I seriously don't know why no freaking game developer could grasp what GRRM's world actually is about. The author himself said it is a narrative about the conflict of good and evil inside people's hearts, just like in real life. Not about a dumb narrative where the main characters are going to get screwed over in the end no matter what, that's just cheapening ASoIF to extreme levels. That being said, the characters, the worldbuilding and combat were pretty good. It's just that all of the endings are horeshit and the game sells under a fake premise.

[@ricardowesker9416]

I liked this game back at the time. But I admit that for be a game of 2012, the graphics of this game, were like of games released half a decade or a bit more older than that, similar to the normal Witcher 2, & the combat mechanics of it, were like the ones of Witcher 1 or KOTOR. But the writing of it was quite good, although the ENDINGS were also very forced.

[@Zack-ss3ct]

Holy shit, I literally have this game in a pile of discs right next to me and completely forgot it existed. Pretty much everything you say about the game is true, it's been 3 years since I last played it and even now I can remember how awful the combat system was.

[@AJadedLizard]

I ended up with this game in my Steam library a few years ago. I genuinely have no idea how I ended up with it because it's not something I'd have bought on my own.

[@guldarheel1204]

I would love to see a Game of Thrones video game in the Total War game series. All the major houses and representation for minor ones as well. The major heroes and villains. Dragons. Wildlings. Dothraki. Unsullied. Mercenary units. War elephants. Wights. Wildfire. etc.

[@Demicore]

You held your word. Cheers! This game has a really amazing story.

[@noxif]

What game is at the ~ 11:20 mark?

[@lxlKHARMAlxl]

1:28 I was like..."What the hell is that in the background? Is that a Starbucks cup?!" Brilliant!

[@atomiccurrent3557]

10:55 Game is called Hand of Fate, wish he mentioned it.

[@TheGamingLagoons]

I think I respect the story and in general this game way more after watching season 8. Might give this a go

[@Toto-95]

the torture scene of the RPG was great ! Honestly the story was really nice

[@CharlatanWonder]

Without spoiling any details of the plot because I genuinely think this is a very good plot we're following along, I really like how they did it. Like At first I was surprised with my initial outcome but then the more I thought about it I realize that what they did if you just play it straight made sense.

[@matro2]

Also the Geralt of Rivia reference.

[@inewulf3204]

Forgot about? I never even knew this existed

[@RyanSPK]

Does this game also have the frame drops as seen in this video? Or was it the recording software having issues?

[@celeplexwolfrun3332]

Fun question on an old video. Say if someone wanted to play this game and recently bought it on steam, but it keeps crashing when loading into the main menu. Anyone know a fix for this?

[@wingy252]

Nah the AGOT mod for CK2 is the best GoT game atm :P the mod is better than the base game

[@siddhartha894]

Master Monkey CK2 is not shit, i am guessing the RTS genre is not for you

[@aidensnacklad4178]

Mount and Blade cok or awoiaf mods are good

[@sovietwombat8194]

JBD Is it because u can castrate and blind random people if you want? And even do a “visit chambers” option when female is in your prison.

[@YourDadYoda]

I really want a game of thrones RPG like this for current-gen except... a lot better.

[@alsage9992]

I heard fromsoftware is working on one with GRRM

[@MrDibara]

If only a game like this had a gameplay similar to The Witcher or to Dark Souls, I think the game would've been more fun to play. *Maybe.* I could just be biased here.

[@MrHejke]

This is amazing, story-wise, game. The best RPG in the universe of SoIaF with amazing, dark, bitter and cynical atmosphere to it.

[@Adeon55]

1:25 There's a Starbucks cup in the scene to stay true to the show!

[@xEricGNx]

The best Game of Thrones game is actually the mod of Mount & Blade.

[@flowenfan9678]

Amen

[@Comintern1919]

Not quite, that one is good, but not as good as the Game of Thrones mod for Crusader Kings 2.

[@karamanid]

Night Watch ending for Mors was the best "We are already dead, all of us. Accept it". Right after he beheads his friend who saved his life.

[@mrholmes3776]

I prefer mors adopting the baby and being a father once again and he'd go out of his way to protect the baby

[@raphaelperry8159]

The combat looks similar to their Of Orcs and Men game's combat but less fun looking. Having the orc throw the goblin at the enemies to scatter them then charging in (then switching control to the goblin to run away and start using ranged attacks) was fun.

[@raphaelperry8159]

Ah, you mean the only good Dragon Age gme (Benny Hill Ogres and Benny Hill Revenants notwithstanding).

[@raphaelperry8159]

Dragon Age 2 was okay but the constantly recycled areas and the mass of unresolved storylines left it feeling very incomplete. As for Dragon Age 3 .... It was a horrible built for console mess with practically unplayable pc controls and a framerate that literally halved during cutscenes and conversations. I never got far enough into it to enjoy it properly but I keep meaning to go back to it some day (if I can force myself to play through that awkward MMO starting area that's even more of a blatant MMO starting area than Lothering was).

[@Zoso37123]

This was pretty good! The talent system looked really interesting. I'll probably pick this up as a solo play through sometime soon.

[@123stesmith]

13:46 Coffee Cup 😂😂

[@CharlatanWonder]

There's 5 in this video. Can you find them all?

[@123stesmith]

Found 4 of them lol

[@sjonjones4009]

5:06 too

[@123stesmith]

@@sjonjones4009 1:25 , 5:06 , 13:46 , 15:42 are the ones I found

[@kevinmurphy7783]

@@CharlatanWonder you put them in? I thought it was strange! very funny, nice touch lol

[@cheezdoodle96]

I remember being really hyped for this when it was coming out, but then I heard nothing but shit about it, so I never bought it. Didn't know George R. R. Martin was directly involved with the story. Y'know, I feel I'm a bit more forgiving with "bad" games these days, maybe I'll pick it up. Also, I really liked your style! Just came here from my Recommendations. Subscribed. =) P.S. What's the deal with all the Starbucks cups?

[@Nahaufnahme24]

How did you manage to run it so smooth? I bought it an I have terrible screen tearing and small freezings. My Computer should be good enough to run it at 60 fps. And yes I enabled the V-sync.

[@COREcasual]

It's so cute when people say things like "he didn't feel like finishing winds of winter YET" ... like he is ever going to finish the books lol

[@elisabonazzoli6836]

"the got rpg everyone forgot about" except youtube ads, apparently

[@onelusciouslad7841]

Pretty sure the one in all the ads is a newer game

[@ultimatefattie9022]

does anyone know what breed the dog is supposed to be?

[@AventuroPlays]

You know, I had terrible memories of this game because of the combat (the horror!), but your review made me kinda nostalgic and now I want to play it again.

[@anroroco]

What's the name of the game you're playing when you talk about the akrham asylum fight system? Looks pretty good!

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Where can I get this game?

[@gabrieleriva651]

I played 15hours of that game and I can't remember shit about it...

[@BigBrainPlays420]

The trait system reminds me of project zomboid's trait system. I really like that Idea and wished more games could use systems like this to add more to the depth of the game

[@natekirk18]

15:41 I see that Starbucks cup my friend, you can't fool us all.

[@Numinon]

Ah, look. The Game of Thrones game I played before I even knew what Game of Thrones really was.

[@corey6443]

They should really make a good open world game of thrones game I would love that

[@somedwarvenwriter7535]

18:10 those are all of the things I’m into. :0 thank you, good sir!!

[@dr.paminta2102]

Anyone know what game he used for reference around 10:56? It looked sick

[@royal-wolf]

I never forgot about this game, i just never decided to look into it.

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

yeah... that cat knew exactly what it was doing

[@TheNightGroper]

If that sleeve is any indication of what the rest of that shirt looks like, we need to get you some sponsorship deals. Preferably a clothing deal.

[@CharlatanWonder]

Yeah that would be pretty nice.

[@AreEia]

A good review. I agree with pretty much every point. The story elements were great though and that twist/choice at the end was awesome. Felt really "game of thronesy" :p

[@smexyskelator3209]

Just before this i got an ad for the new browser game no one wanted, wants or asked for or will ever play

[@scottimusmaximus4360]

Subbed purely for the cat scolding. Also, is his name saucy boy? Did I hear that right? Bravo.

[@GundamGokuTV]

The Abilities and Weaknesses thing is a classic thing from Table top games like D&D. I've seen it before.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

But, it is rare to see it in a video game.

[@vivianaalvarado1907]

Just before buying. Is there a post game? like can you free roam after ending?

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

Just to note. No free roam, the end of the story ends the game, you get a "let's be sure we are ready" before the final push but you can't visit every past area. Some quests can't be completed if you missed them in certain areas or during certain events. Story is pretty linear so some places do close off after plot stuff happens. To be fair though you get a lot of time to explore and fight if you don't rush blindly. I was afraid of not having enough money at the start when money is tight but even with limited fights, you won't be stuck for gold if you shop smart.

[@sampapageorgiou5165]

thank you so much for this video, i had no idea it existed!

[@clyd1bon]

This game seems to have more in common with the original witcher than mass effect

[@Voodoostyle88]

1:15 that guy just disappeared

[@Safersephiroth777]

Best part of the video was the cat.

[@wigsfordogs]

btw he loves the skritches, you can tell by the closed eyes and vulnerable posture. Good kitty, A++, subscribed for Saucy Boy

[@MantariDamacy]

10:55 You compare the combat against Arkham, but you show a different game. What is this other game that you show on-screen?

[@catmonarchist8920]

Was expecting "cat scolding" to mean Catlin hate

[@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277]

10:55- which game is this?

[@sike3228]

Lol I saw that the Starbucks coffee cup

[@SpookyFXdotCom]

Are there MODS that help the combat?

[@DarkSolace33]

Nice Starbucks behind that woman. XD

[@WolfLeaderify]

lol nice starbucks cup in the background

[@Zanji1234]

the "Strength / Weaknesses" tap in character creation looks kinda exactly like some Tabletop RPGs (Shadowrun, The Dark Eye / Das Schwarze Auge)

[@andyjacobs7010]

10:05 Heh, does he have to buy a new sword every time he sets one on fire?

[@noplacetv]

13:47 that episode 4 reference was lit af

[@THENAOOKNIGHTS]

Loved the hidden coffee cups, true to the lore

[@LivingZombieJew]

The story of this game is that Cyanide were doing GoT games before HBO even start making tv show and games were not meant to promote tv show, those were two separate cases. Unfortunatelly Cyanide run out of money and when HBO started airing tv show Cyanide came to them to cooperate and get funds to finish this game. That's why faces are the same as in tv show but costumes like golden cloakes are different. And script was approved by George Martin but it's written by people from Cyanide studios. The final point is, this game started as separated project made because of authors' love to source material not as a tie-in to a tv show. Cyanide simply didn't have money to finish it and HBO saved this project with extra funds.

[@alooy101]

I enjoyed this when i played back then. Its no masterpiece but it was fun and had a good story

[@zephyr707]

NEO Scavenger does the buff/nerf combo during character building as well

[@PinkyJustice]

I thought the same thing

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

This was far better than telltales game, I loved it. I chose...what I thought was the best ending. I highly recommend it

[@MidnightShayd]

I want an open world GoT game where you travel all of westerns and essos and maybe ulthos and southoryos

[@Chiaros]

Oh wow, this channel still exists. Lost track on it years ago when it stopped being PS2 focused.

[@criminalsen2441]

10:00 woah there buddy lmfao

[@MaynardOwns]

Lmao 13:47 coffee cup gate

[@algirdassalomskas9050]

Congrats to SaucyBoy for the celebratory 30k skritches

[@nickvonkaenel242]

The damn coffee cup hahaha

[@thesenate9562]

Bro, I had an idea for an open-world GOT game today. It takes place during Robert’s rebellion. There would be 4 playable characters. Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark, Jaime Lannister, and a player-created character. With all four characters, you’d go through different events or the same events with different perspectives. Each would have a final boss except for Jaime’s plot, where you would just kill the Mad King.. Ned’s final boss would be Arthur Dayne. Robert’s would be Rhaegar Targaryon, and the player created character, it would depend which alliances you made (sided with Rhaegar Ned Stark, sided with Aerys, Tywin Lannister), so the game could be karma-based. There would be good, bad, and true endings for each character, with the true endings just being how events went down according the lore, Ned Stark’s ending, as a quick example, would depend on what happens with the final boss. If you manage to beat Arthur (which would be insanely difficult), you’d get the good ending, and get to Lyanna in time to save her, if he defeats you, but one of your party members has enough health left, they kill him and things go as they did, but if he beats and all other party members, then you get the bad ending of him killing you. It would combine the great story-telling of the show with the freedom you find in games like Skyrim and Fallout.

[@phousefilms]

I still have and play this game, it is still one of my favourites. The atmosphere at the Wall, the stories and side quest and(something sorely lacking from the show), book accurate histories and characters(lost my shit when I heard Lord Mormonts raven.) Not to mention GRRM had a hand in the overall story, so its actually good. The fighting? Not so much. But the story is incredible. Also, I've read all the books and never heard of Tywin Wannister or Varry.

[@brendanlock5046]

That Starbucks cup hahaha

[@Ymlhael]

I actually was Alpha tester on that game. And the final game is so far from the version I played... In worst! Storyline was far better, even the dog designed changed! My understanding is that the lead game designer kept changing his ideas on a weekly basis!

[@user-gn6wz9fe1c]

I loved this game, got stuck like 90% of the way through and cba to backtrack to get more healing and wildfire

[@rohanthomas4134]

13:44 i see what you did there

[@TheJediKnight91]

I liked that this game had more realistic armor and weapons than the show itself.

[@karstenberning]

Benefit system is from a game called Darf Eye or in German Das Schwarze Auge

[@khosrowzare8301]

I played this game when it came out. It was good. The story was great and the voice acting didn't really cause me any problems. Sure, it was not AAA material but I wasn't expecting it to be. Also, I can't believe I missed the GRRM cameo. How the fuck did I miss the GRRM cameo?

[@khosrowzare8301]

@Dr ROLFCOPTER! I'm on drugs ALL the time.

[@matminecraft01]

Oh boy this game. I always got it consfused with that lords of war or whatever it was called that came out at the same time.

[@Kaunte]

Lords of the Fallen?

[@matminecraft01]

Kaunte yeah that was it. Kept thinking lords of war but fallen sounds generic as well

[@Deadhammer218]

I haven't watch the show yet or read any of the books, but I liked this game. The story is well-written and actually the combat system was a pleasant surprise for me, as it was similar to Dragon Age, which I enjoyed thoroughly.

[@Aipe97]

Wait, the story is actually good? Is there a way to speed through the boring gameplay to get to the good parts?

[@lordofbanana6869]

I thought everyone who cares knew about this game. I remember hearing about it's release date, watching the reviews, discussing it with friends and so on. I had one friend who really liked it and well everyone else hated it. I can't imagine this game being as unheard of as you say it is.