EA Trails New Lord Of The Rings Games For 2004

Thanks to EGM for their article discussing the latest Electronic Arts games based on the Lord Of The Rings movie franchise. In talking to executive producer Neil Young, previously creator of unconventional online title Majestic, the existing, well-received Return Of The King game is dissected, but there's also information on further LOTR games due in 2004. Young discusses the already unveiled "[PC] RTS game we're developing called The Battles of Middle-Earth, which is being developed by our Los Angeles studio by the team that did Command & Conquer Generals", but also talks about "a new game - currently entitled The Lord of the Rings Trilogy... due out by the end of next year." According to Young, this multi-platform action title strives not to be a sequel too far: "The idea isn't to just take you back through the fiction again, but to give you some other characters who you might not expect to be able to play, and really extend the multiplayer features.. [and] develop the online feature."

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Re:ROTK

[Anonymous Coward]

The guy I played this coopratively with had the same problem. I didn't really because they made parrying so easy. Just keep tapping parry until you can figure our where you are, and if you have the move, follow up with an orc/man/uruki bane and booya, damn skippy mode: ACTIVATE. The only time it was something of a problem was when my buddy would space out and drag the camera so that me and my mob were off screen.

If you play it on the xbox, go to a mission, get through the cinematic, pause it, hold L and R while entering X,B,X,up or X,X,Up,B or B,down,Y,A (L and R must be released and re-pressed between each code) you might have a little more luck.

Re:ROTK

[meta-monkey]

The Two Towers game was okay. The graphics weren't that great, and some of the levels were boring. However, I thought ROTK was great. I'm not done with it yet...I'm still trying to beat the Pelennor fields. My only real complaint is when it switches to a game-rendered cut scene during the middle of the action, so you can't move, but it lets your enemies have a free swing at you when you get control back. It's like they started the game a half a second before they put the camera back on you and gave you control. Now that's annoying. Other than that, great game!

Re:ROTK

[Anonymous Coward]

I tried it that way the first time. HARD. Took like a half hour. If your near level 7 and have the sweeter projectiles. It's quick.

1) The side the Oliphant appears on is somewhat random.

2) The winning strategy seems to be the minimum number of trips (obviously)

3) Warrior bane is your friend.

4) When you run to the witch king ignore the first guy. Let him rush you. Just fling shit at the king.

5) When he get's close, parry to set up the bane move. Which is long, but it kills him instantly.

6) This will perfect you up for more damage dishing.

7) You may wish to stack the perfect mode with your characters 'badass aura.'

If you don't have uruki bane, orc hewer it is.

Re: Can yo u say "too many games"?

[Matrix272]

When MMORPG based on the LORD of the rings story will come out, that's when we'll know that the Tolkien family will have totally sold out.

First, there already IS a MMORPG based on LOTR... but that's already been mentioned.

Second, no offense, but FUCK THE TOLKIEN FAMILY. Especially Christopher Tolkien, the old piece of shit. It's HIS FAULT that Peter Jackson won't get to make The Hobbit. Although that article doesn't mention it, I've read other places that JRR's grandson, the son of Christopher Tolkien, DOES like the new trilogy, and wanted the movies to be made. Unfortunately, that probably means that if The Hobbit will ever be made into a movie, we'll have to wait until Christopher Tolkien dies.