8 Things Game Of Thrones Season 8 Actually Did Well
6. The New Title Sequence
With all the characters together for most of the season, the map-hopping title sequence of the first seven seasons wasn't going to work for the eighth. The intro would display the opening credits over a massive map of Westeros and Essos, with the locations shifting based on where the characters would go during the episode. With the cast closing in on either Winterfell or King's Landing, it no longer worked to fit the opening theme in just two locations.
Season 8 solves this problem by exploring the two main cities in depth. The new animation takes us within the main castles of each location, Winterfell and the Red Keep, and we get to see their interiors in the style of the title sequence.
In addition, the animators updated the astrolabe to show events that have happened during the series. No longer does it display the Doom of Valryia, Robert's Rebellion, and Robert's coronation, all of which happened before the first episode, but now it shows the destruction of the wall, the Red Wedding, and the birth of Dany's dragons. each of which took place during Game of Thrones. This allows the viewers to feel like they're a part of Westerosi history in a nice and subtle way.