Gamespot:
A friend once joked that HBO's Game of Thrones should be renamed "A Series of Meetings," given its string of recent episodes featuring more exposition and chatter than action. I'm applying this moniker to Sons of Winter, the fourth episode of Telltale's Game of Thrones, because it marks a departure from the series' dramatic tension and, unfortunately, is starting to mimic its source material in all-too-predictable ways. That's not to say Sons of Winter is without its bright points, however: they come in the form of the episode's secondary characters, who unravel their own backstories and add more interesting dilemmas.
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Starting on a rather underwhelming conclusion to arguably the most exciting development of the previous episode, you jump into ‘Sons Of Winter’ finding out that Gared has been charged with the murder of Britt – his fellow brother of the wall. For the last episode to include a confrontation scene so memorable and full of tension, it’s a shame to see the whole situation transpire into events that are far less exciting.
VGChartz's Joseph Trotter: "Narratively, Sons of Winter is a definite improvement over the earlier episodes, and has a much easier, confident pace. Game of Thrones is still the weakest of the Telltale series released thus far, but that is testament to the endearing quality of the others. It is not a bad game, nor a bad series; it does, however, quickly need to find some character of its own before the axe falls."
