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SDCC Middle-Earth: Shadow of War trailer
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moustascheman
Member
IIRC Ungoliant was the mother of all spiders, Shelob was just the greatest of her daughters. That being said, I don't think it was ever mentioned that Shelob or Ungoliant could ever assume the form of a human.
Olengie
Member
Ah there we go. I was thinking her mom or her.
Not a priority due the the vast majority of characters being randomly generated I guess.
Still a spider, so I wouldn't risk banging.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
From the perspective of someone who hasn't read the books and has just watched the films, this trailer/game is looking magnificent.
Canonization doesn't come into it for me, which I'm grateful for.
Canonization doesn't come into it for me, which I'm grateful for.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
I mean that's the oddest part. The procedurally generated characters have better in game facial animation than the cutscenes.
Frozenprince
Banned
If we do go full fanfiction, go full fanfiction with the third one. Go Silmarilian, have these dudes turn their sights on freaking Morgoth.
Lets go full pants on head stupid with it.
Lets go full pants on head stupid with it.
LiquidSolid
Member
Seeing as this thread crawled to its second page, yeah.
It's worth remembering that they don't have the rights to Silmarillion, so they're limited to what appears in the LOTR Appendices. I haven't looked into them for years but is there enough stuff in there to go there?
Yeah I am hoping they just go batshit insane with this.
Generalpsyduck
Banned
WheelHoss1
Member
Now we're talking. Grab the Silmarils, resurrect Beren, Luthien, and Gil-galad and wreck that bitch.
Weltall Zero
Member
It's easier to have orcs / aliens / monsters look convincing, even animals, simply because human brains are made to interact socially and read facial cues of other humans.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
same thing happened with gr wildlands and look how that turned out. gaf is by no means a barometer of how successful a game will or wont be.
game looking good. day one for me.
Strangelove77
Member
What a bland and uninspired looking game.
A Serious Man
Member
Don't care too much for the story stuff they've shown but it doesn't matter because the gameplay looks amazing.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
yep, theyve doubled down on the nemesis system (which is a good thing)
sow doesnt have to re invent the open world genre, just create a sandbox environment thats fun to be in and explore.
Brad Grenz
Member
It's never mentioned that they couldn't either. Of all the creatures Tolkien wrote about Ungoliant's origins and capabilities are some of the least defined.
I'd play a Dagor Dagorath game.
RedAssedApe
Banned
they'll probably end up regretting not hitting the original summer release. curious if it was really due to scorpio marketing deal or if the game just isn't done.
Nemesis 2 looks spectacular, quality of dialogue and voice over is pretty high, not sure what your talking about.
Dr. Carroll
Banned
100 Spider Girls I'd like to Pork.
(It's a coffee table book.)
(It's a coffee table book.)
JonnyDBrit
Member
Probably both, I'd say. Likely they were debating delaying the game anyway to give it more time for polish, and then Microsoft comes along with the perfect excuse.
Christocolus
Member
Looks great. I enjoyed the first game a lot. looking forward to this.
With the original release date it had a pretty good chance, since it's on LotR open-world game with a cool gimmick.
There is a good chance that the more casual gamers would love it.
Now however, it comes out in the same months as Destiny 2 (on PC), AssCreed and Super Mario Odyssey, as well as a ton of smaller games.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
I wonder what Christopher Tolkien would have thought of whatever was shown in this trailer.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I disagree, it'll do well because of the first game being well received. Plus, this looks awesome tbf
Yeah, because GAF is a good indicator for game sales.
We're hardcore gamers, a minority.
GAF shat all over Wildlands, and it's the top selling game of the year lol
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Idk. I mean it looks REALLY good considering the variety.
IdreamofHIME
Member
I hope the third game is you ruling Mordor and taking on the fellowship.
Retro Edge
Member
Yeah, GAF should never, ever be used as some sort of accurate barometer to gauge a particular game's popularity or hype-level. We absolutely do not represent the general game-buying masses.
If we did, Dark Souls and Planescape: Torment would be the greatest selling games of all time
I am not seeing the issue with Shelob being a woman.
Before I entered this thread but after seeing the trailer my immediate thoughts were this is how she hunts.
Appear as at attractive woman, lure men into her cave and eat them. She is not going to hang around waiting for a man to willingly get caught in a giant Web.
Before I entered this thread but after seeing the trailer my immediate thoughts were this is how she hunts.
Appear as at attractive woman, lure men into her cave and eat them. She is not going to hang around waiting for a man to willingly get caught in a giant Web.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Spider monster appears as a woman, in a land of fantasy magic. Whaaaattt??
They made Shelob into a a sexy woman? This might be one of the weirdest things this game has done with the lore.
Sam didn't kill her, just blinded her. She's still very much alive after the events of the movies/books.
Sam didn't kill her, just blinded her. She's still very much alive after the events of the movies/books.
Sparrowhawk
Member
Almost done with Shadow of Mordor now (aside from the DLC) and I'm having a blast. Really looking forward to playing Shadow of War and stabbing more Uruk Hai through the face.
CecilRousso
Member
This is just way to dumb. They might as well go full parody, and at least make it funny.
Men doesn't travel that far. She hunts orcs and goblins. And I bet sexy lady form doesn't do that much for them.
Men doesn't travel that far. She hunts orcs and goblins. And I bet sexy lady form doesn't do that much for them.
This really looks like fan fiction, in a great way
"And then Harry Potter became a ranger in Mordor and his best friend was the ghost of the most powerful elf and they had the powers of aragorn and sauron combined and legolas's agility and tricks. Then Harry went to shelob's lair and gazed at her broodily and she said make love to me harry potter, as I may be a spider but i'm also a woman. Harry's ring of power throbbed on his finger like his manhood throbbed in her spider-thing..."
"And then Harry Potter became a ranger in Mordor and his best friend was the ghost of the most powerful elf and they had the powers of aragorn and sauron combined and legolas's agility and tricks. Then Harry went to shelob's lair and gazed at her broodily and she said make love to me harry potter, as I may be a spider but i'm also a woman. Harry's ring of power throbbed on his finger like his manhood throbbed in her spider-thing..."
Or the other way around, the Orcs looking for man flesh.
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