This is one of those things I'd like to believe but hasn't been demonstrably true yet.
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GameInformer Cover reveals Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor(PC/PS3/360/X1/PS4)/Monolith
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This is one of those things I'd like to believe but hasn't been demonstrably true yet.
If you've ever played a fantasy game, consider them a pretty blatant homage/ripoff of the Lord of the Rings universe. Everything in that genre copies and pastes elves, orcs, wizards, etc from LOTR.
Well, they could have gone with:
"Mordor: The Reckoning"
But Shadow of Mordor is a pretty good boring effort.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
We all cling to this belief. It may or may not happen but I guarantee you that having a bunch of eight year-old systems with half a gig of RAM coming along for the ride is really not helping the situation.
Messofanego
Banned
Has Monolith been now relegated to licensed games? I mean, Gotham Impostor was different enough to not feel like they were doing it to stay afloat. Won't know I guess, until more details come about if this is as inspired.
beato_angelico
Member
will probably suck.
When you're owned by WB outright, there's nothing to license!
I never asked for this.
Why didn't I?
My only hope is that it's fun. I'd love to have another LOTR game with the combat mechanics of the PS2 LOTR games. Those were just so damn fun. If this game has an improved version of that combat system, with a detailed open world, then I'm all there. Really looking forward to hearing more.
Why didn't I?
My only hope is that it's fun. I'd love to have another LOTR game with the combat mechanics of the PS2 LOTR games. Those were just so damn fun. If this game has an improved version of that combat system, with a detailed open world, then I'm all there. Really looking forward to hearing more.
GalacticaN7
Banned
I love Middle Earth darn it......will have to keep an eye, and hopefully it's "good" enough.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Why the hell would you not support cross-gen projects? I don't understand why everyone is against this.
cripterion
Member
Damn, people weren't kidding, WiiU is absolutely getting no support whatsoever; yikes o:
They want games that are arbitrarily limited to the next-gen systems for some reason, because it makes them feel better about their purchase of consoles that really haven't shown any increased gameplay promise to go along with their increased power yet.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Monolith are good craftsmen as indicated by Fear and Gotham City Imposters. But when they try to make big projects like Matrix they fall flat due to over-ambition. I hope not only is WB funding them well but they have learned their mistakes on setting goals that can be reached.
bengraven
Member
Yep, I'm still hurting for the cancelation of White Council. First game I started following development with on their blog and vblogs that ended up canceled. Still hurts at how much I looked forward to every video blog.
Sentenza
Member
That's absolutely not true.
If anything, it's the single one setting that everyone consistently failed to adapt with a style and mood that would make it any justice.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Look at Battlefield 3 and 4. Not that the PC version is necessarily held back, but it demonstrates that last-gen is incapable of keeping up with the vision of the game. And with some visions you might not be able to just cut the number of players in half. Kind of the whole reason why some are excited about new hardware; new possibilities. Will come slower with last-gen tech getting dragged along.
I wonder how they'll scale whatever's supposed to be "next-gen" about this. Or if GI's just using that as a silly buzzword in place of "innovative" or whatever.
But hey, no HD ports.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
...There's not going to BE any increased gameplay if devs keep making cross-gen titles though. The only thing that can be better in cross-gen titles are the graphics, which is great...I guess.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
First or third person? Assuming first given the developers.
I hope not. I like to appreciate the armor of my character in these types of games.
Doomshroom
Member
FFS where the hell is the Tolkien IP protection group/foundation thing? This sounds like really bad fanfiction. I bet the story is you are tasked by Elrond (who else?) to go into mordor and find Narsil. Then you get fused with a Nazgul so you can have super powers and kill everyone in mordor. Stupid game is stupid.
including Monolith, apparently
CreativeWriter
Member
I checked TWC forums daily. Was that pumped for "Oblivion in ME." Any inside info on how far along the game was at cancellation? Lots of assets complete or still in early prototyping? Of course, I understand if you'd rather not say...
That Monolith is a first party nintendo team
Wraith /= Nazgul. With that aside I'd love to play a game with that task. I just want to play in that world/lore. As long as they do it justice I don't mind continuity or canon issues.
This is a game where if its not open world then I simply just dont care anymore. Im tired of devs taking on this subject, having so much to work with and then the games end up being so limited in scope. I want to be able to travel to rivendell, Rohan, Gondor, etc on horseback, explore caves and dungeons, have some meaningful character progression.
This will most likely be a corridor hack and slash with little exploration, such a shame that LOTR cannot seem to get a really great RPG style game under its belt.
This will most likely be a corridor hack and slash with little exploration, such a shame that LOTR cannot seem to get a really great RPG style game under its belt.
LightofRohan
Member
Still waiting...
If that was honestly the cover, I'd be so bummed because it'd confirm that Valve has fired all their artists.
Forsythia
Member
I'm getting tired of Monolith only working on these movie licensed games. I'm not saying they're bad, but I'd rather have them work on the sequel of a certain comedic spy shooter. But I guess the licence of that is lost in limbo or something and no publisher wants to do anything with it.
I would expect Fall to have a few.
I mean Ubisoft is already doing The Division and The Crew, EA has NBA Live, UFC, and Tiger Woods, and there are some random various titles like The Witcher 3 or TESO.
I suspect most things that started as a current-gen game though will likely still have a current-gen version.
It's true with every new generation, why wouldn't it be with this one? You won't start seeing third party games that will only be possible on next gen until the end of 2014 at a minimum no matter what happens, though.
GregLombardi
Member
Deets please!
Magic Mushroom
Member
Monolith has a great track record.