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War Of The Ring - Tolkien RTS Previewed

Posted by simoniker on from the several-rings-to-rule-most-of-them dept.

Thanks to Blue's News for pointing to a new RPGVault interview with Liquid Entertainment about their forthcoming Tolkien-themed PC RTS, War Of The Ring. This Vivendi-published title, which we first mentioned a while back, is from the developers of Battle Realms, and is intended to be the first in an ongoing series. Topics commented on include setting - "..we will be focusing on the time of the Fellowship, most of the battles will occur in and around Rohan, with some battles in Mirkwood, The Iron Hills and Northern Gondor", and the developers also mention they want to "..please the hardcore Tolkien fans and RTS fans without alienating the casual Tolkien fan" - a tricky task?

2 of 14 comments (clear)

  1. A book? by termos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now there is a game and a movie! Does anyone know when the book will be out?

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    Note to self: get smarter troll to guard door.
  2. bleh... by ceejayoz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Judging from the single screenshot on that page, it's not going to be a game I buy.

    If there's going to be a LOTR RTS, I want epic scale - something like Shogun: Total War. Thousands of units battling it out, not 10-20 units.

    Warcraft III made that same mistake. :-/