First of all i want to say that though i wish i could rate this series as a standalone series not related to GoT, i cannot. They used the same title song and intro as GoT, which i think is bad because this show is nothing like GoT. I would say this show feels more like The Tudors with dragons.

They are missing the great and fun characters like tyrion, bronn, brienne, samwell, podrick, jaime etc. Those characters provided contrast to the brutish world that was made in GoT. If you laugh one moment and get shocked by sex/torture/awe the next it has much more impact. It now feels like just another brute soap with a large sum of money behind it. As a male i am not interested in another soap about a royal family even if they have dragons(which i normally like)

I would never thought i would say this of a GoT spin-off but i think i am not even gonna watch more than the 4 episodes i've watched so far. GoT was immediately compelling. This is a show with bad pacing, it is boring a lot of the time + the not very likeable characters. It's a shame it could have been so good if they held on to the GoT premise and feeling.