I've not played the game or read the books so the first season was a welcome surprise. It was really enjoyable and the fight scenes were great. The second season seemed to loose its footing, still with great fights but the plot began to get dull and fall apart. For the third season the plot gets so conveluted I had no idea what was going on half the time. Even Henry Cavill grunting his way though it and some good fights couldn't save it. If you've not seen it the first season is great, second ok and third is rubbish. Apparently the first season followed the books while after that the writers thought they knew better. They did not.