Game of Thrones: Episode One - Iron From Ice

 Xbox One
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 84
  3. Negative: 10 out of 84

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  1. LiquidFrostbite
    Dec 7, 2014
    4
    I don't.. I don't understand how people enjoyed this iteration from Telltale. I'm a huge fan of The Wolf Among Us and the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands.

    This game was awful. The writing and pace of this story was horribly slow and only barely managed to pick up just before the credits rolled. The art style is very pixelated which I wasn't a fan of and you spend the entire    I don't.. I don't understand how people enjoyed this iteration from Telltale. I'm a huge fan of The Wolf Among Us and the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands.

    This game was awful. The writing and pace of this story was horribly slow and only barely managed to pick up just before the credits rolled. The art style is very pixelated which I wasn't a fan of and you spend the entire game playing a coward apprentice, a small child, and a selfish, entitled young girl.

    The young boy had easily the most interesting part in the story, which isn't saying much. The game was full of horrible dialogue and overly dramatic facial animations (mainly frowns) and unnecessarily drawn out conversations.

    I played this, along with two of my friends, one being a female.. All three of us were disappointed and thought it was incredibly boring and weak-written.

    And yet it's getting praise from just about every media outlet and gaming forum. Normally I consider myself to be with the majority, as far as game opinion is concerned, but I don't understand why everyone is going so crazy over this game.

    It is easily the weakest of all the Telltale games available currently. Even though it was only a first episode, it doesn't even compare to the blowout that was the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands and I'm not even a fan of the Borderlands universe. Yet both games are getting 8/10's as if on the same level.    … Expand
  2. KeithHenry
    Feb 22, 2015
    0
    This game is broken on Xbox One - when you start Episode 2 every decision that you have made in Ep 1 is forgotten and you start from a generic save.

    This game should be exceptional - TTG is a perfect fit for the source, but this is such a fundamental failure for a game of this type that I have to say that it is unplayable until fixed. It may be better on other platforms, but do not    This game is broken on Xbox One - when you start Episode 2 every decision that you have made in Ep 1 is forgotten and you start from a generic save.

    This game should be exceptional - TTG is a perfect fit for the source, but this is such a fundamental failure for a game of this type that I have to say that it is unplayable until fixed.

    It may be better on other platforms, but do not buy on Xbox One.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#25 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
44
#44 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
27
#27 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Jan 31, 2015
    80
    A strong start to an ambitious series, held up by a series of thrilling interactions with the characters and actors from the TV show. A genuine must for fans. [Issue#120, p.77]
  2. MondoXbox
    Jan 26, 2015
    75
    A real interactive episode of the TV series, with the same well-known atmosphere, storytelling and dramatic turns of events. Telltale should work more on its engine and animations though, as the game lacks in details and suffers of clunky animations. Even the gameplay could use a renovation, after several years of the same formula.
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  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jan 24, 2015
    70
    This first episode falls a little short of expectations. [Feb 2015, p.80]
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