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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[Anonymous Coward]

It's been a while since I read the books, but I'm not sure I remember Aragorn having, "a devastating upgrade that allows him to swing his sword and sets enemies on fire and shoots out fireballs in eight directions."

The Rangers apparently know how to kick some serious ass.

Re:Games like this are better than the books

[martinthebrit]

I disagree. You are free to read the pages of the book in any order you like. Granted, it may not always make much sense, but how more non-linear to you want.