This is at least good. I see some people complaining about the pacing and different arcs and where these arcs are set, i mean, the show gives you every single little detail you're going to need. Don't be lazy and just keep up, it's no harder to follow than GoT season 1, they are building a world with this season and introducing new characters, of course it's gonna be hard to follow. And about GoT, this show might be your answer to the new big fantasy television mania, but DEFINITELY it's not GoT, and it doesn't want to be at all. It doesn't completely follow the books page per page, but it has respect for the source material a lot, you might argue about some stuff, if you have eyes you can see it. The cast is excellent. Music is great. Direction is kinda strange at times, but pretty solid overall. Maybe the first episode is kinda boring during the first 30 minutes, but it's the first episode and it needs to build a story.

Might 10/10 be too much, definitely. But it's a great show in my opinion and i absolutely love it, it really has a persona and an inner voice and look, but critics are just blind, we've seen it many times now, we can't trust them anymore unfortunately.