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LOTR: War of the Ring Real-Time Strategy Game

Posted by timothy on from the no-hobbit-on-hobbit-action dept.

DiZASTiX writes "Just saw this on Gamespot about LOTR: War of the Ring a Warcraft III like LOTR game: "The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring has only been in development for around seven or eight months, but at a press event in Berlin this week we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the game in its current state. The map itself was relatively featureless at this stage of development but boasted some great grass textures and trees, which were occasionally shadowed by the suggestion of clouds passing overhead. More impressive still were the character models on display, which, although unfinished, bore more than a passing resemblance to the colorful, stylized units of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.""

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  1. Woo! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    > The map itself was relatively featureless at this stage of development but boasted some great grass textures and trees, which were occasionally shadowed by the suggestion of clouds passing overhead.

    Sounds like a great game - can't wait!

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    1. Re:Woo! by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you think thats great, you'll freak when you see my backyard.

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    2. Re:Woo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Things promise to get much more exciting with the "The Drying of the Paint" mod.

  2. Re:Warcraft and LoTR? by Skyshadow · · Score: 2, Funny
    Playing the bad guys, I assume that's exactly what you'll be doing -- ripping everything to shit. I would expect the environment around the bases of Sauron's forces to blacked and die, like with the creep in Starcraft.

    For the good guys.. er, maybe you'll go around begging large amounts of food and supplies of Tom Bombadil, elves and other forces that meander along seemingly at random throughout the game. That would seem to fit the paradigm of the books pretty well...

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  3. Hobbitses can't attack hobbitses. by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 1, Funny
    ... it will be possible to pit the forces of good and evil against their own kind, but in order to stay true to the books there are apparently a number of events that will never be allowed to transpire--hobbits attacking other hobbits being one of the examples mentioned.

    With that in mind, I know there will be a lot of players who will never be hobbits(es). Some players just join these games to run amuck and kill everything in sight, so they won't be able to stand being a hobbit.

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  4. Re:Warcraft and LoTR? by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could grow pipeweed to power your troops.

    Sounds unlikely? Look at what they did with Galactic Battelgrounds, where you can have your R2 units gather berries and fish.

  5. Frodo Tanks by Mordarion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, if the game has Mammoth Frodo Tanks, then I'm sold.

  6. Two days after it comes out...... by cbuskirk · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Man I thought this game was going to rock but all anyone does is Elefunt rush 5 minutes into the game"

  7. Not clouds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The map itself was relatively featureless at this stage of development but boasted some great grass textures and trees, which were occasionally shadowed by the suggestion of clouds passing overhead.

    Clouds? Those are Nazgul flying overhead!
    [eerie music sounds]
    Mwhuahaha!

  8. RTS...bleh by DumbWhiteGuy777 · · Score: 3, Funny

    RTS?! Where's my LOTR-Sims game?! "Damn you Aragorn! Stop overflowing the toilet, and get a job!"

  9. Re:Come On...! by damien_kane · · Score: 2, Funny

    the dialogue was better too. ;)

    Zug-zug