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UK publisher Codemasters has teamed up with Turbine Inc. to bring MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar to Europe.
The game will let you play as a human, elf, dwarf or hobbit, creating your own unique character and selecting their skill set. There are loads of locations from The Fellowship of the Ring to explore, including the Shire, Barrow Downs, Rivendell, the Old Forest and Moria.
"As the lands of Middle-Earth fall under a growing threat from the dark realm of Angmar, only the mightiest of deeds and the stoutest of hearts can halt the advance of Sauron's minions," etc.
There's plenty of solo adventuring to be done but you can also establish your own Fellowship, taking on missions that might task you with saving a hobbit village, for example, or clearing a dwarven mine. A unique combo system is designed to make group attacks even more effective, which should help.
As you explore Middle-Earth you'll face off with all manner of familiar foes, including orcs, trolls, spiders, barrow wights and the Nazgūl. You'll also get to meet Bilbo, Elrond, Tom Bombadil, the Dśnedain and various members of the original fellowship.
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of Angmar is slated for a release in late 2006.
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Kazzahdrane
03/03/06 @ 17:05
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Actually, as I understand it EA have also aquired the rights to the LotR books. They just don't included making it into a MMO since that's already under development. It's similar to what Bethesda are doing with the Star Trek license - their deal didn't affect Star Trek Online which is under development by Perpetual.
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ElephantMonkey
03/03/06 @ 17:11
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If I would play another medieval fantasy world MMORPG it would be LOTR. Otherwise enough with the medieval fantasy worlds. Bring on Pirates of the Carabean Sea!
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Woe is the industry!
Why do they insist on making MMOs set in established worlds? Yes, you lure fans of the world, but then you get all the anguish because they don't get to play Sam Gamgee or Aragorn, but some no-name dude in the Rohan cavalry. Playing hobbits? A race famous for their reclusive, NON-adventuring life? Yes, that will fly with the Tolkien hardcore. Plus the reclusive dwarves... there's a reason Gimli is the sole dwarf mentioned in LotR. Oh, and add the reclusive elves. This is like SW:G post-NGE, where the galaxy suddenly is full of jedi despite the game being set in a SW time period where there were two known jedi and a handful of force sensitive people... Then we have the Marvel and DC games... and Star Trek if they ever get anywhere with that... Ah, well, it's their money. |
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ElephantMonkey
04/03/06 @ 11:16
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^^
"Come on guys (and gals) - anyone try reading the ACTUAL BOOKS for a change?" Reading?!! We don't read books! We play videogames! |
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