I only made it through two episodes. The issue is this show forgot what GoT did well: it gave us clear good guys to root for. The graphic violence and masochism that was often too much even in GoT had impact because the Starks and later protagonists mattered.

This series has the hallmark brutality, but it's happening to characters who are most clearly defined or delineated as not the bad guys (and how do we know they aren't bad? Well they aren't doing the violence, but we've but seen them do anything particularly worthy).

The worst part is it just ends up being dull. Sure the production value is there. It's polished, but it's a prepackaged, cash grab follow up project with zero heart or soul.