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Lord of the Rings: War in the North |OT| Not just another LotR game
- Thread starter Barack Lesnar
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Winnie the Pimp
Member
yeah this is the game where i read something like you can ONLY play with 3 players but not 2 players... did they fix this meanwhile?
â Narayan
Member
This is the only LOTR game I've ever considered purchasing. Guess I'll wait until impressions hit.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Aaron said:
ahh yeah that's what it was hmmm
well what if i don't WANT a stupid bot on screen?
SlasherJPC
Banned
Already planning on buying this.
LOVE & TRUTH
Banned
Have this game preordered and paid in full (along with Uncharted 3). Buying this blindly, based only on the Snowblind's reputation - loved their Champions of Norrath game on PS2.
Kinda nervous, because the game media doesn't sell War in the North as a Diablo-clone (which I'd love it to be). Couldn't care less for the setting, but LotR stuff is okay, I guess. Just make it a fun loot-collecting game please. Dungeon Siege III was atrocious and I have nothing to scratch my Diablo itch with since Dungeon Hunter: Alliance.
Kinda nervous, because the game media doesn't sell War in the North as a Diablo-clone (which I'd love it to be). Couldn't care less for the setting, but LotR stuff is okay, I guess. Just make it a fun loot-collecting game please.
Dungeon Siege III was atrocious and I have nothing to scratch my Diablo itch with since Dungeon Hunter: Alliance.Heavy said:
Same thing for me. I'm just tired of them at the end of the year and having a game like this come out is really refreshing. The fact that there's new game + and new game ++ along with horde style arena's for co op so you can keep getting loot is fantastic. Along with the fact that each character has 3 different talent trees for distinctive styles of play....I will be playing this for a long long time.
Day 1 and I hope there's DLC.
Fair Trial
Member
This game has very little LOTR feel and atmosphere, at least for me.
Elfs that use magic like wizards, too much blood...it's more like a standard fantasy setting.
Elfs that use magic like wizards, too much blood...it's more like a standard fantasy setting.
Cornbread78
Member
It's a shame this is another game that will get compeltely lost in the fall shuffle...
LOVE & TRUTH
Banned
Magic like healing and protective shields? Does it even contradict "the lore"? And what magic did wizards (you mean Istari, right? or all Ring wearers?) use in LotR?Principe Nero said:
The Tolkien books are gory as well, even "The Hobbit". How can a war not have too much blood? And this is a game about war (in the North).Principe Nero said:
Right, and it was made standard thanks to Tolkien books.Principe Nero said:
Fair Trial
Member
LOVE & TRUTH said:
Yes i thought about Istari, weren't them the only able to use magic?
This elf character is presented as a scholar who has learnt magic from Elrond, but, if i remember well, Talkien's magic is more subtle, not a thing taht can be teach or learned, a force connected to nature.
Trowhing rapid fireball with that frequency is not very LOTR...
LOVE & TRUTH
Banned
Yes, I agree - fireballs don't really fit in.Principe Nero said:
Still, let's give the game the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe aside from a few (forced?) deviations the game is all about the LotR atmosphere? I promise I'll post my impressions here as soon as I get the game.BattleMonkey
Member
Principe Nero said:
As with most video games, it's just for game sake. Lot of very non LOTR elements in the various games put out for the franchise, especially in stuff like LOTR Online where magic there also seems a bit much compared to the books.
Magic users just would not be as fun in a game if they were like the books with how people are used to magic users in other settings.
Boogalogist
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Man...I love those games!! I hope the make something like Champions of Norrath in HD!
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Lol it's crazy how little people knew about the game just a few days from release. I was out of the loop too... had no idea what kind of game/genre it was till a couple weeks ago.Xena said:
Part of the reason for this is probably due to the license and us thinking it's just another LotR game or part of the MMO like you said. Another reason could be most of the gaming press focusing on the big blockbusters like COD and Batman while leaving PR scraps for the rest, so unless you actively seek out info on the game you prob won't know much about it.
I was going to just wait and buy this later, but I am going to go ahead and try and rent it from Gamefly next week. I would like to be able to play it before Skyrim because there is no telling how long it will be before I get around to it after that. Beings games like Uncharted 3 are coming out, I probably stand a decent chance of getting it.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Nice OT, Heavy. Most insane November ever? I'm thinking yes.
Unity2012
Member
Nice OT, Thank you.
I saw this game at E3 this year and it looked beautiful, played smooth and fun. My question is,
How does it play when soloed? Co-op as an option is great. My only concern is that I feel limited when a game is built with co-op in mind and it does not play the same when one play solo.
I am waiting for some impressions or reviews, this is definitely one of the best seasons for gamers; however a tough one for gamer's wallets.
I saw this game at E3 this year and it looked beautiful, played smooth and fun. My question is,
How does it play when soloed? Co-op as an option is great. My only concern is that I feel limited when a game is built with co-op in mind and it does not play the same when one play solo.
I am waiting for some impressions or reviews, this is definitely one of the best seasons for gamers; however a tough one for gamer's wallets.
TheFightingFish
Member
Yack...another gimped PC version. Hate when they take out splitscreen on the PC. Especially for this type of game it just work so well in person.
Fine Ham Abounds said:
Indeed, it is ridiculously packed this year. I would love to see some of these games get spaced out a bit more. Do publishers not realize that with how jam packed this year is with blockbusters, that potentially great under the radar gems like this could only benefit if given a date with more exposure? Of course 2012 is looking nearly just as packed, but I still think this game would fare much better in about a mid January-early Feb window.
Nothing I've seen or read makes that statement seem true to me. Looks like a 3rd person action game and not a top-down hack n' slash. Hell, coop even has to be split screen.Skilletor said:
I'd really like to see another major top-down hack n' slash ala BGDA before this gen ends. The few we've seen haven't been very good.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
This is all I could find... it's a screencap of one of the videos from their Youtube channel:Aguirre said:
Another one:
Also saw a spider boss with a red health bar
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Aww, GAF is doing some of that PR pro-bono.nyong said:
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Yes, it has the 'Games for Windows' logo on the box so that means it's required to support the 360 controller out of the box. Every game with the GFW (or GFWL) logo on it I've been able to just turn on my wireless 360 pad and it works right away so it should be fine.Liquid_Bike said:
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Looks great! If the loot/skill system is actually decent I'll definitely pick it up. Love the dismemberment!
One thing that is a little iffy for me is the character selection. I personally don't want play as a little dwarf, and I'm not much for playing as the "sexy female" character. I guess I like to pretend the character is me; part of the fantasy. Probably why I almost always choose a human character first in any rpg.
One thing that is a little iffy for me is the character selection. I personally don't want play as a little dwarf, and I'm not much for playing as the "sexy female" character. I guess I like to pretend the character is me; part of the fantasy. Probably why I almost always choose a human character first in any rpg.