Hi Charles, I suppose if done correctly, but I haven't known of a game developer who has done the series justice yet. As has been mentioned on list all or most of the mainstream Lord of the Rings live action games have turned out to be junk for one reason or another. You either get the combat centered games that simply go from one battle to another which makes sense from an action game perspective but you lose the story element that way. Other games try to fit too much into the game and fail from trying to do too much in one game.
I think if I were going to do a Lord of the Rings action game I would try and break it down into a series of games that only have one setting and one objective which would be easier to code. For example, I might create a side-scroller called, "Lord of the Rings: Escape From Moria," which would essentially take place at the end of Fellowship of the Ring. You could pick one of the main characters and your goal would be to escape from the Mines of Moria. Along the way you might fight goblins and orcs, pick up torches to light your way, and perhaps find discarded armor and weapons. That to me seems like the only way to do a Lord of the Rings game and make it simple enough for a single developer like myself to program it. Of course, there are other Lord of the Rings games to consider. For example, I have a collectible set of Lord of the Rings Monopoly , and have created a board for Jim's Monopoly. However, there is a lot more to the actual board game than the board itself such as special rules for the ring, a special die for the Eye of Sauron, all of the chance cards, etc that could be made into an electronic version. I think if you and other people are interested I could create an accessible version of my LOTR Monopoly and make it true to the board game complete with chance cards, tokens, and special game rules. Cheers! On 4/19/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > Not sure. A side scroller, maybe even a 3 D one, would be interesting, > especially when you get to Mordor. Maybe something along the lines of Ark > of Hope. > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! --- 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.