History YMMV / GameOfThronesTelltale

** Did Lord Gregor tell Gared "The North Grove must never be lost." Because of it's Ironwood and [[spoiler: Magic]] or because [[spoiler:his bastard children who are Wargs live there]]?

* AntiClimaxBoss: Harys, the fight with him is as good as Telltale [[PressXToNotDie QTEs]] can goes but given he is just some MauveShirt, when he turns out to be [[spoiler: The final boss who kills Elissa Forrester (the mother) if she is still alive and harm Asher/Rodrik after the deed in the last episode only because all his posse backed him up. It's kind of underwhelming emotion wise.]] And no choice made beforehand helps the fight unlike the Whitehills where you need to make choices and get payoffs from those decisions.

** Gwyn Whitehill, Fans opinions can go from whether she is the WhiteSheep in a house full of monster who is trying to make peace between the Forresters and the Whitehills with genuine efforts on her part, to a very [[WideEyedIdealist naive]] person for thinking that peace is possible after everything that's been happening between the houses, who constantly refuses to hold her father accountable for his actions and unjustly blame the war on the Forrester for going againts her father abuses. [[spoiler:The fact that she either [[HeelFaceTurn joins]] Asher if he calls off the ambush/poison plan, or [[BewareTheNiceOnes stab him]] if he still go with it can give evidence to all the interpretations of her.]]
** Ramsay Snow was already a BaseBreakingCharacter in the TV series due to his sadism and cruelty, but this game runs into a problem of it's own with him: the fact that he effectively has PlotArmor. While in the show Ramsay always could [[spoiler: and eventually did]] receive comeuppance for his actions, obviously they aren't going to kill off one of the show's major antagonists in a SpinOff video game. As such, there is a divide as to whether this makes him a frustrating InvincibleVillain who always comes out ahead no matter what, or the perfect antagonist for a game meant to showcase just how [[CrapsackWorld bleak and cruel Westeros]] is.
** Talia gets just a little of this for her actions regarding the traitor of House Forrester. [[spoiler:She wants you to promise that, no matter who it ends up being, you'll kill them for their treason. Neverminding that you could use the traitor as an informant. Players' reaction to her anger should you spare the traitor is either guilt or dismissiveness.]]

** Asher's ally Beskha is quite well liked. She is in the same vein of Brienne and Asha Greyjoy, Ensembles themselves, for being an ActionGirl.

* HilariousInHindsight: In Episode 2, [[spoiler:Jon Snow states he doesn't believe Roose Bolton or Walder Frew would get what they deserved. Fast forward to the end of Season 6 of the TV series and both of them suffer from KarmaHoudiniWarranty and they get their respective [[KarmicDeath Karmic Deaths]].]]
* LoveToHate: Lord Ludd Whitehill lives and breathes this trope, as does most of the Whitehill house.

* {{Moe}}: Talia and Ryon.

** Courtesy of Lady Forrester. "Man without honor are... Lower than dogs!". The overly melodramatic way the phrase is said makes it unbelievably hilarious, despite the situation being quite serious.

* {{Padding}}: Unfortunately, when taking the whole game into account, Mira '''ENTIRE''' storyline basically amounts to this. Try as she might, Mira spends the story mostly unable to get anything done. It has by far the most MortonsFork's in the entire game, as every character in Mira's story pretty much goes out of their way to make things as difficult as possible for Mira, be it Margaery becoming completely unpleasable, Sera making incredibly stupid decisions, Andros [[spoiler:and Morgryn]] plotting against her, or Tyrion sincerely offering to help but getting arrested before he can do anything, Mira is left fumbling about powerless. The sole victory Mira is able to accomplish is getting [[spoiler:Andros arrested and executed]], and even then, it doesn't save her family in the long run, and it relied on Cersei of all people keeping her word and doing it for Mira. It all culminates in Mira being at the end of her rope, starring down one of two terrible choices: either [[spoiler:let Tom the Coal Boy die and become a slave through marriage to the man most responsible for Mira's sorry state, or allow herself to be executed]]. And given the latter choice and how Telltale typically handles [[spoiler:determinant characters]], Mira probably would have been [[spoiler:killed off]] regardless even if this game did get a sequel.

** Choosing to [[spoiler:warn Lord Forrester instead of the "Save Bowen" option with get Bowen ''instantly'' killed]].

** [[spoiler:Ethan Forrester]]. Among some players, they thought his death was a waste, given his good nature, his coming to become the Lord and finding his feet before unceremonially being killed by Ramsay for the evulz. They wished he had survived longer as one of the player characters(especially after the poor ending of [[spoiler:Mira's]]story and believed there would have been a good story with him either a)learning to be a fighter and leading the House or b)him learning [[spoiler:Rodrik]]had survived the RW and Ethan finding his own niche within the House while no longer being lord.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Gwyn Whitehill is meant to come off as TokenGoodTeammate of the Whitehill as she is the only one who wants true peace between the two families. However, given how cartoonishly evil both Ludd and Gryff are, it is very clear from the outset that they will only settle for either House Forrester's complete and total subjugation or destruction. In fact, in the very scene where she tells Rodrik that she wants peace, we see that Ludd has already clear cut much of the ironwood tracks, making the land worthless and dooming the ironwood trade he so desperately wants control of in the first place and in the next two scenes with Rodrik we see Gryff's men put on a play mocking [[spoiler:Ethan's death]] and Gryff himself beating the crippled Rodrik respectively. It is very obvious that, no matter what you do, it won't be enough for the peace to last. At best, Gwyn comes off as making excuses for Ludd and Gryff. To her credit, in episode 6, she can optionally be made to see the truth about her father and brother, but seeing as it comes at the cost of either [[spoiler:Rodrik or Asher's life]] and that even then it might not be enough to convince her, it comes across as too little too late.

*** Elissa Forrester lost her entire birth family save for her brother Malcolm during Robert Rebellion due their loyalty to the Targaryens and it only gets worse for her in present day. She never saw her husband again after he rode off to fight for Robb Stark, as he was killed at the Twins by the Frey's, and was led to believe her eldest child, Rodrik, had also perished. If that weren't enough by itself, when Ramsey Snow comes to call, he [[spoiler:murders another of her sons, Ethan,]] right in front of her and then kidnaps her youngest son, Ryon. She'd experiences a brief reprieve when Rodrik turns out to still be alive, but even so, must contend with the Whitehill terrorizing her family for the entire story. Her story ultimately ends in tragedy as she will [[spoiler:lose another son (either her second eldest son Asher or Rodrik himself), potentially her eldest daughter as well, and then her own life protecting her remaining son while her home is destroyed by the Whitehill's]].
*** Rodrik doesn't get it much better than his mother. He is horrifically wounded while fighting at the Twins, permanently scaring half his face. Then he wakes up on a corpse cart to his father's dead body and has to crawl off the cart just to live. While healing up, his youngest sister, Talia, informs him that [[spoiler:his brother Ethan has been murdered]]. Things don't get any easier throughout the story as he must struggle against the Whitehill occupation of his home, [[spoiler:witness the murder of his brother-in-law and learn a man who has known him since Rodrik's birth has betrayed him. This comes to a head when either his brother Asher or Rodrik himself will sacrifice themselves so the other can get away. If it's Rodrik, then he will fight valiantly, but will ultimately succumb to Gryff Whitehill's men. If it's Asher, then Rodrik has lost another one of his brothers and now must put up a doomed defense of his home where his mother and his faithful sentinel both sacrifice their lives for him and potentially have to watch as his fiancée his dragged off kicking and screaming]].
*** Mira might just have, pound for pound, the worst luck of any of the Forrester's. In addition to being away from her family and hearing of their troubles through letters, in her position as handmaiden to Margaery Tyrell, there are a total of two people in King's Landing she meets who won't use her or betray her in some way. No matter what she does, both Margaery and Cersei will leave her high and dry in case of trouble, helping her friend Sera will only make things worse between Mira and Margaery, Tyrion will be arrested before he can meaningfully help her, and [[spoiler:Morgryn]] will back her into a corner. Considering all she is put through, and how horrible her [[spoiler:wedded life would be to Morgryn, perhaps her potential death if she refuses can be considered a blessing]].
*** Rounding out the woes of House Forrester is Ryon. The youngest of the Forrester children, Ryon barely has time to morn his father before witnessing Ramsey [[spoiler:kill Ethan]] and being kidnapped by the Whitehill's for the entire story. The poor boy will have a knife put to his throat and will potentially [[spoiler:carry his brother's head on a spike]] before his rescue.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Gwyn Whitehill is meant to come off as TokenGoodTeammate of the Whitehill as she is the only one who wants true peace between the two families. However, given how cartoonishly evil both Ludd and Gryff are, it is very clear from the outset that they will only settle for either House Forrester's complete and total subjugation or destruction. In fact, in the very scene where she tells Rodrik that she wants peace, we see that Ludd has already clear cut much of the ironwood tracks, making the land worthless and dooming the ironwood trade he so desperately wants control of in the first place and in the next two scenes with Rodrik we see Gryff's put on a play mocking [[spoiler:Ethan's death]] and Gryff himself beating the crippled Rodrik respectively. It is very obvious that, no matter what you do, it won't be enough for the peace to last. At best, Gwyn comes off as making excuses for Ludd and Gryff. To her credit, in episode 6, she can optionally be made to see the truth about her father and brother, but seeing as it comes at the cost of either [[spoiler:Rodrik or Asher's life]] and that even then it might not be enough to convince her, it comes across as too little too late.

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The characters from the TV show are modelled after their actors, and can look kind of ''off''. It doesn't help when being placed next to the game's original characters which take on a different, more conventionally 'Telltale' style.

*** Elissa Forrester lost her entire birth family save for her brother Malcolm during Robert Rebellion due their loyalty to the Targaryens and it only gets worse for her in present day. She never saw her husband again after he rode off to fight for Robb Stark, as he was killed at the Twins by the Frey's, and was led to believe her eldest child, Rodrik, had also perished. If that weren't enough by itself, when Ramsey Snow comes to call, he murders another of her sons, Ethan, right in front of her and then kidnaps her youngest son, Ryon. She'd experiences a brief reprieve when Rodrik turns out to still be alive, but even so, must contend with the Whitehill terrorizing her family for the entire story. Her story ultimately ends in tragedy as she will [[spoiler:lose another son (either her second eldest son Asher or Rodrik himself), potentially her eldest daughter as well, and then her own life protecting her remaining son while her home is destroyed by the Whitehill's]].
*** Rodrik doesn't get it much better than his mother. He is horrifically wounded while fighting at the Twins, permanently scaring half his face. Then he wakes up on a corpse cart to his father's dead body and has to crawl off the cart just to live. While healing up, his youngest sister, Talia, informs him that his brother Ethan has been murdered. Things don't get any easier throughout the story as he must struggle against the Whitehill occupation of his home, [[spoiler:witness the murder of his brother-in-law and learn a man who has known him since Rodrik's birth has betrayed him. This comes to a head when either his brother Asher or Rodrik himself will sacrifice themselves so the other can get away. If it's Rodrik, then he will fight valiantly, but will ultimately succumb to Gryff Whitehill's men. If it's Asher, then Rodrik has lost another one of his brothers and now must put up a doomed defense of his home where his mother and his faithful sentinel both sacrifice their lives for him and potentially have to watch as his fiancée his dragged off kicking and screaming]].

*** Rounding out the woes of House Forrester is Ryon. The youngest of the Forrester children, Ryon barely has time to morn his father before witnessing Ramsey kill Ethan and being kidnapped by the Whitehill's for the entire story. The poor boy will have a knife put to his throat and will potentially [[spoiler:carry his brother's head on a spike]] before his rescue.

** Poor Gared Tuttle suffers a ridiculous series of increasingly horrible events through the span of Episode 1. It gets even worse in Episode 2, as [[spoiler:he ends up taking the fall ''twice'' for problems started by other recruits, causing Frostfinger to think he's "trouble",]] and by Episode 4, [[spoiler:he's on the run from the Night's Watch thanks to Frostfinger's refusal to hear self-defence pleas for Britt's death.]]
** House Forrester in total suffers this. In addition to the second-eldest son being exiled to Essos by Lord Whitehill and the eldest daughter becoming embroiled in the increasingly DecadentCourt of King's Landing, [[spoiler:the father is slain and the eldest sibling is seriously wounded at the Red Wedding, the third-born heir apparent is murdered in cold blood in front of the rest of his family, and the youngest child is taken away as Lord Whitehill's hostage. In Episode 5, either the lord of the house or his younger brother dies sacrificing himself for the other to live. Episode 6 compounds things by the mother dying in a HeroicSacrifice, the household itself falling to siege, the youngest brother being separated from his surviving siblings, and the eldest daughter either being executed or locked into a prison-like marriage.]]

** Lord Whitehill has been nicknamed 'Piggy' by Telltale forum fans.* GuideDangIt: Judging from Internet discussions on Tumblr, [=YouTube=], and others, a lot of players have a hard time successfully securing Elaena Glenmore's engagement to [[spoiler:Rodrik]]. Depending on whether or not [[spoiler:Mira forged a letter from Lady Margaery]], the solution is different:

* UncannyValley: The characters from the TV show are modelled after their actors, and can look kind of ''off''. It doesn't help when being placed next to the game's original characters which take on a different, more conventionally 'Telltale' style.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Whoever turns out to be the traitor attempts to appease the Whitehills, despite the obviously dire consequences. They also think giving up Gryff, the one advantage the Forresters have over the Whitehills, is a good idea. It ends as bad as you might expect.]]

* GuideDangIt: Judging from Internet discussions on Tumblr, [=YouTube=], and others, a lot of players have a hard time successfully securing Elaena Glenmore's engagement to [[spoiler:Rodrik]]. Depending on whether or not [[spoiler:Mira forged a letter from Lady Margaery]], the solution is different:

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Snow]] is the representative in the North for the as-yet-unseen Roose Bolton, orchestrating the conflict between the Forresters and Whitehills for profit and enjoyment. Ramsay is [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] while [[FlayedAlive flaying a man alive]] for recreation, lamenting that the result is "not [his] best work". After entering the Forresters' estate by force, he tries to take Talia hostage with clear [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty lascivious intent]] before pragmatically settling on her brother instead, and murders [[spoiler:the teenage Ethan]] on a whim. He later returns to "break" Rodrik by forcing him to witness his torture (and eventual [[spoiler:murder]]) of Rodrik's friend Arthur. He later pits the Forresters and Whitehills against each other in a war of annihilation, passing up potential profit for the sake of a bloody spectacle. A sadist who lives only to relish the suffering he inflicts on others, Ramsay is [[TheDreaded feared and loathed]] throughout the North.