I had high expectations before I watched the 1st episode. Now after watching 6 episodes I realized how wrong I was. I feel some ppl rated it high only for the sake of GoT.

The main characters are lacking complexity and the plots are soapy. Sometimes I feel it created conflicts and dramas between characters without any logic behind it. There're many scenes that didn't make any sense other than making the show more "dramatic". I don't feel emotionally involved. I can't love or hate any characters cuz they're too plain to be loved or hated.

GoT has much more storylines overlapping but every line is well developed and interacting each other. The characters can be adorable and hateful but cohesive. In House of the Dragon, it's like a soap opera of the House Targaryen, nothing different than other soap operas.

I didn't expect it to be as epic level as GoT but it's not even close. Nothing out of ordinary at all.