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EA UNVEILS THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE WHITE COUNCIL

Next Generation Lord of the Rings Game Introduces First Epic Open World Adventure

 

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 13, 2006

Edited July 13, 200619 yr by funcroc

I don't think a good RPG can be done about LOTR that doesn't focus on the Fellowship itself. The Third Age came out for Xbox a while back, and was basically the same exact thing as Fellowship, except with different names.

They tried the whole FF-angle in Third Age, whihc failed miserably, since the team had no personality whatsoever making the teamplay pretty much devoid of drive. Meh.

 

I think there might still be some untapped potential in Tolkien's world, I just hope it's a solo gig thing this time. I don't trust EA enough to have any kind of false hopes on their ability to make a team game. And for god's sake, no more Minas Tirith and Rivendell there's a ton of MiddleEarth yet to experience. Use some godgiven imagination.

Mm.. Let me guess:

 

Gamespot: 7.6

IGN: 8.8

Eurogamer: 4.3

Official PlayStation Magazine: 9.9

Official XBox Magazine: 9.9

Something Awful: -29

 

Yeah, I agree.

-29 is a pretty good rating at SA

Which was my point. They gave...what...90 points to KotOR? 29 is pretty average.

Most main-stream gaming "critics": 9.9 Awesome game, woooo!

 

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Edit: Added more profanities.

Edited July 13, 200619 yr by Rhombus

Personally, I don't want to play a story that's in the same time frame as the books/movies. Why would I want to play a "less-then-epic" storyline, when I know awesome battles like Helms Deep, Minas Tirith, and all that stuff. It'd be like if the next Call of Duty had you playing as one of the women who wrote the letters to the families of dead soliders. It's just not the same.

 

Give us a new time period that has never been experimented with before. Do what BioWare did with KotOR.

Well, the White Council isn't really same time as the books, dissolved before, after they drove Sauron from Mirkwood no?.. bet the game is gonna be about that.

 

But yeah, for LotR there is so much unused time... I'm with ya there.

Would it kill them to make an original CRPG? Of course itt would. Its EA.

Considering they don't exactly have a giant repertoire of RPG games, especially recently, I'm not going to fault them for not making an "original" CRPG.

 

Just seemed like an excuse to tag a jab at EA.

Edited July 13, 200619 yr by alanschu

Just seemed like an excuse to tag a jab at EA.

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Well, duh. I have an irrational hatred for EA.

the final boss of the third age was horrible (Imma gonna poke out your eye!)

Though I'm not a extensive reader of all of Tolkien's work, I know that there are epic storylines that took place before the most widely read novels. Any chance of this game exploring those times?

 

That would be cool.

There are tons of epic storylines before the LotR books took place.. it's like 6000 years of history that Tolkien worked out just for fun.. That's why I think his work is so great.. the background history is immensly detailed.

 

You have the battles between Melkor and the other Valar, the battles between elves and Melkor about the Silmarills, stuff about Numenor, the war of the Last Alliance.. just to mention a few..

Well, I think the idea of having an open-ended RPG set in the world of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is a very cool idea. I would love to explore that world, if they made it as huge, detailed and believable as it would have to be for it to be Tolkien. I would have high hopes for this game.. if it wasn't for the fact that it's being made by EA. Personally, I think EA has kind of changed direction a little lately, as they seem less intent on just making sequel after sequel of already established franchises, but I don't think they're at the point of making anything groundbreaking yet. One can hope they're slowly working their way back to their roots.

 

Does anyone except me even remember EA before they became a gigantic, faceless mega-corporation..?

As with any game, I have high hopes for it. If it sucks, it sucks. If not, yay for me.

Well, I think the idea of having an open-ended RPG set in the world of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is a very cool idea. I would love to explore that world, if they made it as huge, detailed and believable as it would have to be for it to be Tolkien. I would have high hopes for this game.. if it wasn't for the fact that it's being made by EA. Personally, I think EA has kind of changed direction a little lately, as they seem less intent on just making sequel after sequel of already established franchises, but I don't think they're at the point of making anything groundbreaking yet. One can hope they're slowly working their way back to their roots.

 

Does anyone except me even remember EA before they became a gigantic, faceless mega-corporation..?

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you mean the one that bought westwood and put it's logo on the moon "