Would you buy a huge open world LOTR RPG?

Yes Skyrim mood has hit me and it got me thinking. It would be awesome to have a huge game like this but set in the lord of the rings lore. Its a type of game that badly needs to be created and done right. Its a huge task yeah but if it was done right the people who made it would get huge praise i think.

I'm not big into RPGs but I watched 2 of the LOTR films again he other week and there is massive potential there.

Joint collaboration between Rocksteady and (old)Bioware would be brilliant.

As long as it wasn't an MMO, I'd be happy.

There's a mod that aims to do this, it's hopefully going to be released for Skyrim once the modding kit releases.

I'm not big into RPGs but I watched 2 of the LOTR films again he other week and there is massive potential there.

Joint collaboration between Rocksteady and (old)Bioware would be brilliant.

As long as it wasn't an MMO, I'd be happy.

balfe1990

Definitely not an MMO. Those have no atmosphere and are very flat most of the time.

There's a mod that aims to do this, it's hopefully going to be released for Skyrim once the modding kit releases.

hypoty

That would be pretty sweet

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I'm not big into RPGs but I watched 2 of the LOTR films again he other week and there is massive potential there.

Joint collaboration between Rocksteady and (old)Bioware would be brilliant.

As long as it wasn't an MMO, I'd be happy.

seanmcloughlin

Definitely not an MMO. Those have no atmosphere and are very flat most of the time.

I've never liked the idea of an MMO full stop.

I prefer having a focused narrative and actual characters that are fleshed out and unique, rather than one you could create yourself with pink hair and a mini-skirt, or whatever.

LOTR is, like, sooolast decade but I'd still buy it.:P

No i dont like these type of games.

Absolutely..... I love SKyrim.... If I could have a HUGE SP Experience in Middle Earth.... DAY ONE BABY!

Absolutely..... I love SKyrim.... If I could have a HUGE SP Experience in Middle Earth.... DAY ONE BABY!

moistsandwich

High five :P

it would depend I personally wouldn't want to play one during the saurun 1st or second war would be kind of boring I guess before leading up to the 1st war but not the second since most of the elves then are reclusive elitist jack asses at that time unlike the first war.

But yeah id get one.

The real question is whether or not you would give up your first born.

Whiterun reminded me of Edoras (Rohan) a lot. Made me think I'd love a LOTR game that played like Skyrim.

Lord of the Rings Online is huge, open world and its an RPG.

No. I am done with LOTR since the movies, and skyrim gave a deathblow.
Maybe in a few years.
My elf/orc fantasy has reached maximum capacity.
Hopefully I will be able to still enjoy Zelda SS (which is not completely standard fantasy I suppose).

It would be nice to have Lotr game that plays like Skyrim, but what would be even better is a Game Of Thrones game that plays like Skyrim /drool. Going through some of the snowy areas in Skyrim SCREAM Game Of Thrones

Nope huge open world game tend to suck, like Skyrim

Nope huge open world game tend to suck, like Skyrim

Zurrur

Well, reviews have specifically said that Skyrim somehow manages to not fit that mold. This is coming from someone that doesn't care for open-world/sandbox games. I'm debating picking up Skyrim after watching Giantbombs review.

Whiterun reminded me of Edoras (Rohan) a lot. Made me think I'd love a LOTR game that played like Skyrim.

Ross_the_Boss6

That's basically why I said it. Cos a lot of Skyrim is lifted almost from LOTR. Whiterun even has a horse symbol on it. Also Riverwood=rivendell (Not a place of elves just the name) There are huge similarities

Nope huge open world game tend to suck, like Skyrim

Zurrur

Yep good luck with that POV. Skyrim is a fantastic game.

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Whiterun reminded me of Edoras (Rohan) a lot. Made me think I'd love a LOTR game that played like Skyrim.

seanmcloughlin

That's basically why I said it. Cos a lot of Skyrim is lifted almost from LOTR. Whiterun even has a horse symbol on it. Also Riverwood=rivendell (Not a place of elves just the name) There are huge similarities

I'm pretty sure most of that stuff was around even before JRR, no?

LOTRO?dramaybaz

I know that exists but let's face it, it sucks. I want a focused story driven LOTR game based around the mythology of middle earth. Not a copy of the movies. A story around the silmarillion or something like that. Like william said. A different part of the lore. MMO's are disjointed and just a pile of stupid sidequests with no thread of connection.

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[QUOTE="Ross_the_Boss6"]

Whiterun reminded me of Edoras (Rohan) a lot. Made me think I'd love a LOTR game that played like Skyrim.

Heirren

That's basically why I said it. Cos a lot of Skyrim is lifted almost from LOTR. Whiterun even has a horse symbol on it. Also Riverwood=rivendell (Not a place of elves just the name) There are huge similarities

I'm pretty sure most of that stuff was around even before JRR, no?

Considering JRR created most of that stuff I would say no. Maybe stuff like it but that man created his own really believable world

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That's basically why I said it. Cos a lot of Skyrim is lifted almost from LOTR. Whiterun even has a horse symbol on it. Also Riverwood=rivendell (Not a place of elves just the name) There are huge similarities

seanmcloughlin

I'm pretty sure most of that stuff was around even before JRR, no?

Considering JRR created most of that stuff I would say no. Maybe stuff like it but that man created his own really believable world

I think you got it wrong, as JRR draws a LOT of inspiration from mythology.

[QUOTE="dramaybaz"]LOTRO?seanmcloughlin

I know that exists but let's face it, it sucks. I want a focused story driven LOTR game based around the mythology of middle earth. Not a copy of the movies. A story around the silmarillion or something like that. Like william said. A different part of the lore. MMO's are disjointed and just a pile of stupid sidequests with no thread of connection.

MMORPGs are a different beast compared to single player games, you're looking at it wrong. Think about having a sense of progression once you play a good one. Don't think the quests/story are the main aspect, the thing with these games is playing with friends (including friends that you make in-game), joining a guild, maybe start your own guild later on, etc. Making a ladder of progression, goals, for your self to achieve in these games is part of the entertainment factor.

I actually like LOTRO, but I would like a huge SP one.

return of the king is still the king atm.

I'd like to see a well crafted Middle-Earth RPG (sorry, but 'Lord of the Rings Online' doesn't cut it for me, don't care from MMOs), but the War of the Ring-era is a bit played out. They should go with a period that's barely, if at all, touched. Maybe even something set during the Second Age (which Tolkien himself barely touched upon).

No. ES is a better gaming series. LOTOR was a great series for books/movies but doesn't translate that well to games. KC_Hokie

How does Middle-Earth not translate well into games? Pretty much all fantasy created in the past 50 or 60 years, be it books, movies, games, whatnot, takes from Tolkien.

No. ES is a better gaming series. LOTOR was a great series for books/movies but doesn't translate that well to games. KC_Hokie

No, the LOTR universe would translate better because its not just the ring era the lore is absolutely huge. Its just been done horribly in games so far. It translates bad because devs don't know how to translate it to a game or what jind of a game they want to do. We've had RPGs, Hack n' slashers, MMOs etc. and they're always all over the place. They need to really dig deep into the lore and produce something "similar" to Elder Scrolls which if done better would beat it IMO

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]No. ES is a better gaming series. LOTOR was a great series for books/movies but doesn't translate that well to games. worlock77

How does Middle-Earth not translate well into games? Pretty much all fantasy created in the past 50 or 60 years, be it books, movies, games, whatnot, takes from Tolkien.

This. ES wouldn't exist without Tolkeins influence. We wouldn't have orcs and elves and dwarves etc. in the same sense of what they are today. It's not just a coincidence that all elves in games now are good at archery and dwarves all good at smithing. Most of it takes from JRR

nope but i would buy a dragon ball z open world rpg