04-19-2011, 01:35 AM
Jonathan Meer Wrote:I heard it was shitty.
New York Times Wrote:If you are not averse to the Dungeons & Dragons aesthetic, the series might be worth the effort. If you are nearly anyone else, you will hunger for HBO to get back to the business of languages for which we already have a dictionary.
WSJ Wrote:The production has a satisfyingly brooding, ominous look and it's possible to see the basic appeal for role-players and other fans of a realm that provides a limitless playing field for their own imaginations. Thrones also has wolf pups, which is always cool. But then we're back to the familiar favorites of the infantile.
Yes, most of the bad reviews are basically elitest douchebags ripping on the fantasy genre.
That being said, the metacritic score is 81/100 http://www.metacritic.com/tv/game-of-thr...ic-reviews

