LOTR - Treason Of Isengard Cancelled

Thanks to GameSpyDaily for the news that Vivendi's Lord Of The Rings game sequel, The Treason Of Isengard, has been cancelled. The PS2/Xbox title, a Surreal-developed follow-up to last year's disappointing Fellowship Of The Ring, was apparently "not going to achieve the strict... standards for our Tolkien games", and so the book-licensed game was axed, despite a number of public showings and the newly-unveiled ability to play as Treebeard. In other LOTR game news, EA has announced the ability to play online for its forthcoming, non-cancelled movie-licensed title, Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King.

Comments

It's probably a good thing...

[Matias D'Ambrosio]

I played, or tried to, the Fellowship of the Ring game, the dialogs were boring (and to make it worse, I played the Spanish version, worst voice acting I've ever heard), the gameplay was ridiculous, when the ringwraiths first appear you are supposed to hide... only the three times I tried it they caught me before I even had time to read the instructions! Plus a couple of very obvious bugs, like when you first see a platform and you are instructed on how to jump and grab (the tree), if you try to do it it has a clipping error and pushes you down.
The LotR book deserves something much better, my bet is on fans getting it right (as a mod, most probably).

Re:Cheap excuse?

[Shadows-and-Ice]

....except the Vivendi release is licensed from the books. EA has more to worry about, as they're using the license from the films.