Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, a new action RPG set in an era of Westeros that the series' TV show explored roughly 11 years ago, was met with cautious enthusiasm when it was announced last year. A story-driven RPG adapting a literature and now multimedia powerhouse? Well, The Witcher proved that formula can be good. Do tell. That enthusiasm dropped sharply when the developer revealed that, though there is a PC version, Kingsroad will be a mobile game.
Now, great action RPGs are available on phones. I'm our resident Genshin Impact and Zenless Zone Zero representative, after all, though I play those on PC, too. But, based on its newly minted demo, now available in Steam Next Fest, Kingsroad doesn't feel like one of the good ones. It feels more like the kind of mobile-to-PC port that made a whole lot of Game of Thrones fans sigh when the target platforms were revealed. Like a twin-sized sheet stretched over a queen-sized bed, it deserves some praise for holding together, but I've double-checked my bag of praise and that's about all I could find.
