I'm excited to see how it's adapted. I've never really had something that I like this much be adapted before, so I'm curious to see how it turns out. It's also the first video game adaptation I've heard of that seems to have a fighting chance of being good.

As for this being streamlined, I don't think I agree. Based on the promotional material HBO has put out so far, it seems like they're doing the opposite. Roles of more auxiliary characters appear to be expanded, and I believe there are new characters.

What I'm also curious about is how this will impact the video game series if it gets a second season. As it stands right now, there are only two games, so if the second game becomes the second season, I wonder how or if they would continue the game series.