La Game of Thrones review: Beyond the Wall allows you to immerse yourself again in the atmospheres of Game of Thrones, although the television series has now ended (with all the controversy that accompanied the eighth and final season) and fans are waiting for George RR Martin he finally decides to write his ending, perhaps less controversial.
Net of these considerations, the franchise created by the American author still has great charm and its world can be the basis for countless stories, especially if set in the past compared to the events we already know.
As in the case of the mobile game developed by Behavior Interactive, which throws us 48 years back from the events of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen, putting us in the shoes of an officer of the Night's Watch who must solve the mystery of the disappearance of Lord Commander Brynden Rivers, known as the "Blood Crow".
The game can count on cutscenes of surprising quality, characterized by a graphic style very similar to that of the adventures of Telltale Games, which are used to unravel the events of the plot and act as a glue in the single player campaign between one turn-based combat and another, involving us, deepening the characters and providing us with good reasons to move forward. Will we come to discover the truth?
Gameplay and structure
Beyond the excellent cutscenes, which highlight a productive value that is anything but trivial for a mobile game, and which we found a bit disappointing only for the lack of spoken dialogue (wanting to keep only the text, because protagonists?), Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall soon reveals its strategic RPG-style gameplay porridge, with inevitable references to microtransactions and a free-to-play model that is permissive only up to a certain point.
The first few hours pass by in a fairly quiet way, however, and showcase a traditional but fairly solid formula, which allows you to create your own group of heroes, summon new ones and upgrade them according to well-tested mechanics.
All with a view to addressing the six chapters of the campaign main, as well as the extra missions of several special events, some of which allow you to control well-known characters such as the aforementioned Jon Snow and Daenerys, but also Jaime Lannister, Tormund and Melisandre within specific scenarios.
In short, the developers have tried to enrich the game structure in various ways, but as anticipated the component freemium it surfaces quite quickly, in the form of quite tough enemies, forcing you to repeat completed missions in order to get the upgrades you need to move forward. The dear old grinding, in essence, which must necessarily be taken into account but which we would have liked to see emerge a little later.
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Tested version iPad (1.0.2) Digital Delivery App Store, Google Play Price Free Resources4Gaming.com7.0
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The Throne of Swords: Beyond the Barrier is a title that starts very well, thanks to a technically irreproachable and even well-directed presentation, net of some hasty timing, and to a set the convincing characters, protagonists of a story that invites to be followed . The strategic RPG mechanics are of the traditional type, without sharp details, but after a while the degree of challenge begins to rise and inevitably collides with the paywalls. The productive value of the Behavior Interactive mobile game is evident and it is therefore legitimate for the studio to try to monetize, but a less hasty approach would certainly have helped to appreciate the experience more.
PRO
- Nice atmosphere, great cutscenes
- Rather rich in content
- A traditional strategic RPG ...
- ... without treble or surprises
- The freemium model makes itself felt too soon
