Critics Rave About House of the Dragon Season 3, Comparing it to Game of Thrones at its Best

The reviews are in for House of the Dragon Season 3, and the prequel series is finally matching the heights of Game of Thrones.

The new season currently has a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the same as the series-high scores for peak Seasons 2 and 4 of GoT.

The third season of HotD, which debuts June 21 on HBO, opens by adapting the epic naval conflict known as "The Battle of the Gullet" from George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood.

Kaiya Shunyata of RogerEbert.com calls Season 3 "captivating," writing, "As the stakes grow, the show has managed to salvage its beating heart, allowing its characters to become fully realized, complicated versions of the husks who took up the screen in Season 2."

Nick Schager of The Daily Beast raves that House of the Dragon is "finally reaching Game of Thrones heights," and that "The follow-up to its much-improved second season is an assured and often-thrilling mixture of colossal battles and court intrigue.

Critics are unanimous in their praise for the show's epic battles, with Tessa Smith of Mama's Geeky predicting that fans of epic battles won't be disappointed, and Melody McCune of MovieWeb encouraging viewers to "strap in, folks," for a season of non-stop action.