Hi Dark, Agreed. A lot of the LOTR brawlers and action games out there simply go from battle to battle and are based on Peter Jackson's re envisioning of LOTR for the movies. That makes sense given that game developers are interested in producing an action game and a lot of the books were simply spent wandering from one place to another. So all the action games are about are fighting in one location or another.
I think myself I'd prefer a roll playing game, either text or Sapi driven, where you could actually walk around Middle Earth and take on quests and adventures. That way you wouldn't have to be tied directly into the quest of taking the ring to Mount Doom or follow a set path. In a roll playing game it could be set in any time and anywhere. :D \Cheers! On 4/19/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi charlse. > > I'm not sure about a none rpg lotr game simply because of the subject > matter. yes, there are now brawlers and other games based on the films, but > > those are heavily based around the battle sequences which peter jaxon > heavily extended, indeed the battle of the hornburg in the two towers (or > the battle of helms deep as most film fans know it), takes a grand total of > > ten pages in the entire book, does not feature the elves, and is over > relatively quickly, particularly considdering that in the book only the > fighting force of the rohirim was at the hornburg, not everyone else > (theoden really comes across as an idiot in the films). > > Anyway, if we get on to film/book differences I could be hear all day, my > point is that most of the games based on lotr that are not! rpgs are pretty > > battle exclusivee and thus really just fairly standard games as games go > just with a lotr flavour. > > Myself, I'd like to see either A, a full on exploration rpg that let you > walk the really large world of middle earth, or B, a strategic game set in > the eldadays similar to castaways in which you could play either the first > elves, dwarves, dunedain or easterlings and have to forge a home in the > world under the depradations of Morgoth's creatures. > > Indeed that could be especially interesting since significant events, > particularly the creation of the sun and moon, the return of the Noldor to > middle earth and the war of wrath could have an affect on your settlement. > > the best lotr game I've played recently is the rpg adventure for the eamon > system Thror's ring, written by Tom zuchowski, since the writting, the > puzzles, the combat everything just really worked! to give you a good > impression of Moria. i've also played a good few more by Sam Ruby (one of > the most famous eamon rpg authors), and while those were lots of fun, some > were simply combat fests and skimped a little on the description in some > places which was a trifle disappointing. > > Still, if you want a good accessible rp game of lotr, I'd advise Eamon > deluxe. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
