Oh winds of Winter, OH game of thrones, how far your last season fell. Not that I watched it, but it sounds like everything got thrown out the window.
On the main note, of which I'm certain this has been spoken of before, I'm guessing Y2 is going to be smaller in scope. Focusing on a cast of main characters and then letting all the other characters be like Y1, just portraits and text with nothing else to help game move along.