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The latest Middle Earth Shadow of War trailer captures the true spirit of Tolkien
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LordBaztion
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finally someone shares my thoughts of the influence of hip hop culture in Tolkien's work.
Hedonism Bot
Member
Someone definitely put this together for a laugh, showed it to a colleague who then said "This is brilliant! Put it on our Youtube channel ASAP!"
It's just a bit of fun, no harm done... not with this anyway.
It's just a bit of fun, no harm done... not with this anyway.
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Steve.1981
Unconfirmed Member
Nicely done.
Same. I laughed when they announced the $300 Collector's Edition, but was still on team Day One. Then Jim Sterling did the show on their new microtransactions, and now I'm on Team mid 2018 Flash Sale.
Prithee Be Careful
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Raven77
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I just don't understand their goal here. As in, who are they targeting? People who love Tolkiens works and LOTR, even if they like hip hop, etc. probably don't want them mixed. I'm trying to understand the marketing thought process and can only assume they are aiming for that "I buy 2 video games a year and one is ALWAYS Call of Duty" crowd. Idk, I have no idea.
Nekketsu Kõha
Banned
Not enough by a long shot.
RumbleHumble
Banned
That feeling when you're more reverent to Tolkien than Tolkien.
Toni
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Unbievable clusterf*ck.
Not only is the gameplay looking like a janky mess with egregious animations, but they don't really have the capabity to envision and encompass what tolkien actually wanted for his fantasy series.
With so many open world fantasy video games that have taken several cues from tolkiens creation, Monolith should be at the forefront setting the example on how to do fantasy open world right.
They are not even near close to that.
Peter Jackson even with all his faults, is the only being that has done Tolkien's material justice. And that was in movie format.
Not only is the gameplay looking like a janky mess with egregious animations, but they don't really have the capabity to envision and encompass what tolkien actually wanted for his fantasy series.
With so many open world fantasy video games that have taken several cues from tolkiens creation, Monolith should be at the forefront setting the example on how to do fantasy open world right.
They are not even near close to that.
Peter Jackson even with all his faults, is the only being that has done Tolkien's material justice. And that was in movie format.
It's WB, not EA
They keep doing despicable things so of course people are going to hate it.
So, ya'll don't remember the Lord of the Rings Secret Lovers Commercial? Or the Disco Gollum Commercial?
Jangowuzhere
Banned
I just don't understand their goal here. As in, who are they targeting? People who love Tolkiens works and LOTR, even if they like hip hop, etc. probably don't want them mixed. I'm trying to understand the marketing thought process and can only assume they are aiming for that "I buy 2 video games a year and one is ALWAYS Call of Duty" crowd. Idk, I have no idea.
It should be painfully obvious that they are not targeting fans of Tolkien.
What is despicable about this exactly?
I think the more relevant question is: "Why would I watch TBS?"
MDSLKTR
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Despicable 😂😂
Ordinaryundone
Member
To be honest, nothing about the franchise so far as been particularly faithful to Tolkien's vision so why start now? At least this is more fun and probably actually closer to the spirit of the game than some generic doom and darkness trailer they'd get out of focusing on the story.
Give War A Chance
Member
Good to see that marketing budget doing work for them.
Terrible work.
WTF is this?
Terrible work.
WTF is this?
Jangowuzhere
Banned
Exactly
If you played the first game, then it should be clear as day that Monolith just wanted to make an orc murdering simulator. They could not give any shits about crafting another Tolkien story or respecting its origins or whatever.
Everything we have seen about SoW looks to be following in the same steps. This trailer hardly feels tonally out of wack. If anything, that's much more what the game is about.
Toni
Member
Its not that its sacred or the bullshit.
Have you read The Silmarion?
That Tolkien was gifted with a fuckton of creativity. He had a vision for fantasy and could write a book like no other.
He was the man that made elves and magic famous.
Ros8105
Member
Are you one of them "Teens"?
Yes, I've read the Silmarillion (which is an awful book, btw, despite filling in a lot of great lore) and am a pretty big LOTR fan. I'm just saying that I'd totally be down for someone going all out and making fun of LOTR if they aren't going to be faithful to it.
They're not rounding his books up and burning them en masse, though.
Cymbal Head
Banned
Welcome to AAA hell
Its basically Warhammer Orcs, really
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Yuck. That was awful.
Raven77
Member
Okay, so why make it based on Tolkiens material? This is why people find it "despicable". They are taking something that is beloved by millions of people and turning it into something that it wasn't meant to be, and should never be.
At this point, I hope the game does just poor enough to not warrant a sequel, but good enough to keep the IP viable. I want a deep LOTR rpg with a huge over world to explore.
Plague Doctor
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Orkz are the best Orcs. Red goes fasta, always remember that.
DomsPlaying
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WB is really making its best effort to dissuade me from buying a game I am very interested in playing after the original.
I guess this is the result of WB's largest marketing budget for an individual game ever.
I guess this is the result of WB's largest marketing budget for an individual game ever.
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Steve.1981
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Which is fair enough. But then I wonder, why use the LoTR setting at all if that's the case?
If they're not trying to pull in Tolkien fans, if they're not even the least bit interested in doing that, then why set the game in Tolkien's world at all?
Seems like a complete waste of the setting to me.
TeamLeftMatch
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That trailer was...um...something. I think WB can power their entire office from the energy of Tolkien rolling in his grave.