Unskippable: Lord of the Rings: War in the North
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*Stubs toe* Ahh from Mordor this rock comes!
*Raspy voice* In the mean time... do you have a losenge?
Ha! The ring is finally mine! Hey, wait a minute... this is from a Kinder Surprise!
Ahh, as if I ever need my faith in Unskippable reaffirming!
But this game looks seriously bad. I'm pretty glad I didn't buy it on launch like I did with Conquest, damn well dodged a bullet there.
I've never understood this annoying fixation on the whole Elf/Dwarf/Man trio thing. The whole point of the Elf/Dwarf pairing in the original trilogy was because the two races held such a grudge. Gimli and Legolas had to overcome an entire lifetime of prejudice and settle their differences for the sake of Middle Earth and the greater good.
Now every elf in Middle Earth is seen with their own Dwarf and no one bats an eyelid? I'm fine with the whole "make up a story that doesn't involve the Fellowship but is still loosley related" thing but ignoring important factors such as those just pisses me off. What the hell? Way to butcher the lore, guys. I know it's for the sake of gameplay ballance but, still...
Also, the fact that they couldn't even get hold of the original cast to voice the game is an instant deal breaker for me. I know all this run-around dodge the main trilogy stuff has something to do with the conditions of the LOTR lisence, what they can and can't use and all that... but seriously? I mean Gandalf wasn't too bad but Aragorn wasn't even trying. Poor show guys, poor show.
*Raspy voice* In the mean time... do you have a losenge?
Ha! The ring is finally mine! Hey, wait a minute... this is from a Kinder Surprise!
Ahh, as if I ever need my faith in Unskippable reaffirming!
But this game looks seriously bad. I'm pretty glad I didn't buy it on launch like I did with Conquest, damn well dodged a bullet there.
I've never understood this annoying fixation on the whole Elf/Dwarf/Man trio thing. The whole point of the Elf/Dwarf pairing in the original trilogy was because the two races held such a grudge. Gimli and Legolas had to overcome an entire lifetime of prejudice and settle their differences for the sake of Middle Earth and the greater good.
Now every elf in Middle Earth is seen with their own Dwarf and no one bats an eyelid? I'm fine with the whole "make up a story that doesn't involve the Fellowship but is still loosley related" thing but ignoring important factors such as those just pisses me off. What the hell? Way to butcher the lore, guys. I know it's for the sake of gameplay ballance but, still...
Also, the fact that they couldn't even get hold of the original cast to voice the game is an instant deal breaker for me. I know all this run-around dodge the main trilogy stuff has something to do with the conditions of the LOTR lisence, what they can and can't use and all that... but seriously? I mean Gandalf wasn't too bad but Aragorn wasn't even trying. Poor show guys, poor show.
Yes, here are 3 previously unknown characters that nobody's heard of before and they are very important to the overall plot of TLotR because... uh... because we said so. *shifty eyes* Shut up.LadyRhian said:
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[sub]I'm joking, just in case anyone doesn't get it[/sub]
The only thing that got a chuckle out of through this.canadamus_prime said:
Otherwise their riffs were more just random ramblings. I wasn't sure if they were just trying to sound stupid to scoff the content or they were being stupid.
That's kind of petty. If anything it helps set the game apart from the movies, since the game is more supposed to be inspired by the books, not the movies. I don't let the part where Tim Daly isn't voicing Superman stop me from seeing Superman/Shazam.Proverbial Jon said:
If there is one gripe I have with the game, is that at the time of this scene, Aragorn wouldn't be referring to Frodo as a hobbit, but as a halfling. But that's small potatoes. I've seen playthrough of this game and it looks pretty good to me.
I saw the three of them, and I balked. "This isn't torchlight, what are they doing here?" An elf mage. A human rogue (because he had a bow, so ergo etc). And a...dwarf? I mean, really, what else are the Dwarves of Middle-Earth going to be other than warriors? When was the last time you saw a Dwarf that could be stealthy, and go five minutes without trying to begrudgingly be friends with an elf?
And...where does this leave The Third Age in terms of terribly shoehorned-in non characters and their importance to the work as a whole? You played a whole company of unimportant invented characters (and I guess one actual medium character) more or less following the Fellowship the whole way, like following a car a mile behind at all times, turns and all. Are they still important, or are we just pretending at this point?
And...where does this leave The Third Age in terms of terribly shoehorned-in non characters and their importance to the work as a whole? You played a whole company of unimportant invented characters (and I guess one actual medium character) more or less following the Fellowship the whole way, like following a car a mile behind at all times, turns and all. Are they still important, or are we just pretending at this point?
The fact they have an elf mage is kind of a giveaway, given its not exactly a setting known for having a lot of magic users.leviadragon99 said:
The dwarf outright says "I'm a part of this now" as in "look at me, I'm in Lord of the Rings!", they're not even trying.
Blast this internet connection, from Mordor it comes! (Seriously though I think I'm going to use this as a curse from now on.)
So... The entire game follows the story of a bunch of people whose sole purpose is to act as a diversion from the LOTR trilogy's protagonists? That's... Outstandingly exciting.
So, we're only a few minutes into the video, and Sir Ian McKellan is not Gandalf, Aragorn looks and sounds nothing like Viggo Mortenson, and...elf mages? A female elf mage?? Last time I checked the only "mages" are the Maia, and female elves are pretty rare nowadays. This whole thing is sounding like a bad Mary Sue fanfiction.
Oh well, they mention Elladan and Elrohir. They get points for that...I guess.
Also, it says in the book that the horses were specifically bred in Mordor. I think they took the Rohan horses and made corrupted bastard horses from them, and then gave those to the Nazgul. The Nazgul get fell beasts later cause Glorfindel drowns the horses in the ford of Bruinen.
Which begs the question: Who is this game intended to be for? I have a feeling it would just piss off the ones fluent in LOTR lore, but you would think those would be the ones they want to please.
Oh well, they mention Elladan and Elrohir. They get points for that...I guess.
Also, it says in the book that the horses were specifically bred in Mordor. I think they took the Rohan horses and made corrupted bastard horses from them, and then gave those to the Nazgul. The Nazgul get fell beasts later cause Glorfindel drowns the horses in the ford of Bruinen.
Which begs the question: Who is this game intended to be for? I have a feeling it would just piss off the ones fluent in LOTR lore, but you would think those would be the ones they want to please.
the horses are from rohan... they are all evilish cuz black riders canțțt see so they see through the eyes of their mounts, thatțs why theyțre usualy mounted... sry for bad writing, i havențt riten anithing in english in a year ore so