Dr. Kitty Muffins
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It was once rumored Sony was working on one as well.
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GameInformer Cover reveals Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor(PC/PS3/360/X1/PS4)/Monolith
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It was once rumored Sony was working on one as well.
"This great character who's very conflicted, like Boromir, like Saramir, and like Gollum."
Saramir?
Muppet of a Man
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peanutbutterlatte
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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.
I disagree with that very strongly, I thought their output this generation was excellent. I know they aren't the same as they used to be but they still produce the goods IMO.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Faramir's twin sister, duh.
needs this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC75aU47GRk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC75aU47GRk
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Not mention that the intelectual rights are divided (last time I checked) in moviverse stuff and the books stuff.
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.
Sickboy007
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Saruman. Blame the accent.
Unlockable character.
peanutbutterlatte
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Blech. That was like a good 20% of LotR's charm. If you have none of the beauty and mysticism of Middle-Earth, the darkness overtaking the land becomes a sort of parody of itself.
Deified Data
Banned
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.
Then I saw you play as an Aragorn expy. Oh, well.
Sentenza
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Frankly it sounds like level scaling sold as a new feature, to me.
Tradition-wise, sure. But as a game set in an open LotR world? Gimmie.
EDIT: Then again, Frodo himself was tainted by a wraith and nearly fell into darkness and became one himself. This sounds similar.
This
makes it not a what-if? - it makes it a "lol lets slap on the IP so we can cash in on the movies".
Visualante2
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Mordor is exciting? If you say so.. didn't realise Lord of the RIngs games still sold. Oh well, can't be much worse than the EA games.
Meow!
Ambience7817x
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I'm sold immediately. I really want this to be good.
Day 0 on PS4/PC
Day 0 on PS4/PC
Spectromixer
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It's only takes place in Modor? Not all of Midfle Earth?
NearRivers
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Maybe you guys are more mature than me, but this was the first thing I thought.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
You missed the other LotR games of the past decade?
peanutbutterlatte
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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.
Maybe you guys are more mature than me, but this was the first thing I thought.
Okay, I giggled.
Boromir obviously hasn't heard the tale of Talion.
Oh god that's a stupid fucking name.
Do you see that cover? He's holding a broken sword and the head of some thwarted enemy while glowing with malevolent power.
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?
We cool now, guys?
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Deleted member 20920
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The whole individual/unique enemy system sounds interesting. Always wanted RPGs to have more weight and have designed enemies rather than clones that keep spawning. Not too eager about the setting though and would rather they have something new but I guess the LOTR name sells it. Don't really care whether it changes the canon or not since I'm not LOTR fan but it would have been nice to have new settings.
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.
No you don't.
Poetic.Injustice
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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.
I do, loved Condemned 2 and it's batshit insaneness. It's a moot point though since we won't be getting it regardless.
Amalur also has good RPG combat.
Ether_Snake
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Don't feel this right now. I want Skyrim 2. Doubt this would be any close to it.
Ooo? A morality system too?
Sapphire Dreams
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You could have made a new Condemned Monolith 
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.
Probably all buzz words, but I'm intrigued.
try harder
Maybe the open-world part, but literally nothing else from that game should be copied.
Combat, 'RPG-elements', quest-design, dumbing down, etc.
You could have made a new Condemned Monolith
Probably not up to them.
WB definitely has a lot invested in Monolith at this point, especially after the Seattle clean-up that had Snowblind and Surreal merged into them. This is definitely a make-or-break project for them, sad as it sounds for a studio with the kind of history they have behind them.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Come on, dude, you know is not canon like at all...