Dr. Kitty Muffins
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If this is open world then we have this game, The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age 3 as fantasy-based open world games.
Do you think the success of Skyrim is now evident?
It was once rumored Sony was working on one as well.
If this is open world then we have this game, The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age 3 as fantasy-based open world games.
Do you think the success of Skyrim is now evident?
please be developed on next gen (I see its coming out for, but i want it to the full potential, not ports)
Expect the protagonist shockingly not to defeat fucking Sauron.
Well, you can expect Sauron not to die.
Spoilers.
Calling Edmund Dantes!
But seriously, I think you'd have more trouble finding areas of Middle Earth lore that HAVEN'T been fleshed out officially in some way, especially events surrounding the War of the Ring. The Force Unleashed is really just oo apt a comparison, and my complaint isn't necessarily that it's veering off of established fiction but that the "fused with a wraith" macguffin just seems incredibly lazy and out of character with most of the rest of the Middle Earth universe. Wraith fusion isn't a thing in the Tolkien verse, it's like inventing Super Saiyan Alpha J Truxomogolagoly 3 in the DBZ universe (though GT basically did just that it wasn't based on the manga either so HAH)
Once upon a time they were a highly respected PC developer, though their reputation and output has went downhill quite a lot recently.
"This great character who's very conflicted, like Boromir, like Saramir, and like Gollum."
Saramir?
Sure we do, that's exactly why it's a "what if?". We already know what happens between the two stories, so seeing someone make up a story of their own is interesting to me since I have no idea what to expect.
It seems a feeble attempt to make Rangers more badass. They don't need to be, they're goddamned rangers. You know how everyone in Bree shits themselves when Aragorn walks in even though he's the nicest guy ever? It's because he's a ranger. They've seen some shit.
"This great character who's very conflicted, like Boromir, like Saramir, and like Gollum."
Saramir?
"This great character who's very conflicted, like Boromir, like Saramir, and like Gollum."
Saramir?
Also a terrible excuse to have the guy be 'conflicted and dark'.
He's an Anti-Hero traveling to dark lands to confront a dark power that is the only thing that can save him FROM HIMSELF!
I just gave myself shivers.
Frankly it sounds like level scaling sold as a new feature, to me.Nemesis system sounds cool.
Fused with a wraith is fucking terrible.
Sure we do, that's exactly why it's a "what if?". We already know what happens between the two stories, so seeing someone make up a story of their own is interesting to me since I have no idea what to expect.
Shadow of Mordor offers a new chapter that fits comfortably between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Players control a lone ranger by the name of Talion as he journeys deep into the heart of Mordor in the days before it transforms into a blasted hellscape.
Meow!Do you just wait for a Steam sale on everything then?
makes it not a what-if? - it makes it a "lol lets slap on the IP so we can cash in on the movies".
My heart caught in my throat when I thought this might finally be an open-world RPG set in Middle Earth where you can choose your race and design your character.
Then I saw you play as an Aragorn expy. Oh, well.
Maybe you guys are more mature than me, but this was the first thing I thought.
Just copy fucking Bethesda. I'd be content. Just do something that isn't hopelessly pandering to a teen grimdark audience that has long since grown up.
You missed the other LotR games of the past decade?
i want condemned 3
Okay, I've decided I'm now offended at the very existence of this game. It insults me as a fan of the source material and greatly undermines Tolkien's words in the name of a lazy cash-grab on the part of WB. I intend to write many stern posts over the coming months expressing just how gosh-darn angry I am at Monolith.
We cool now, guys?
ugh I just can't get past it
the glowing eyes, the bullshit reasoning for this protagonist to be MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYONE
gross
gross gross gross
There's no release window yet, but we can assume 2015.
No you don't.
Please, please, please, please be inspired by the Souls series and Dragon's Dogma in terms of combat mechanics and encounters.
I'd say it's actually an excuse for the MC to be good or evil depending on your actions. A very silly one to be sure.
Possibly, but I guess I just took it in conjunction with the previous bit about encounters and thought about how they might integrate memorable foes into specific encounters to spice them up.Frankly it sounds like level scaling sold as a new feature, to me.
Okay, I've decided I'm now offended at the very existence of this game. It insults me as a fan of the source material and greatly undermines Tolkien's words in the name of a lazy cash-grab on the part of WB. I intend to write many stern posts over the coming months expressing just how gosh-darn angry I am at Monolith.
We cool now, guys?
Just copy fucking Bethesda. I'd be content. Just do something that isn't hopelessly pandering to a teen grimdark audience that has long since grown up.
You could have made a new Condemned Monolith
I think this is the last chance for Monolith. if it don't end well or sell well I can see WB killing the studio.
No? I just don't like this "this is totally canon guize, even though it goes against established canon" thing they've got going on.