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[Elvenlord]

God damnit. That just ruined the game for me.

[NewErr]

No character customization ? Well , yup , that ruined the game , I mean common , it's an RPG , they want all RPG elements except char custom ? Fail ...

[drogoth232]

Epic fail....

Was considering to get it. If they have a demo, I'll try it out, but I doubt I'll like it a ton without char customization.

[Elvenlord]

I'd be ok without if EVERY SINGLE ELF THEY MADE WAS NOT A FEMALE ARCHER. Holy Hell.

[Lord of Mordor]

It would have been much better in my book if they'd chosen a Human ranger for the archer spot and gave the sorcerer position to the Elf, if they really must have a magic user. At least Elves have been known to actually perform feats of magic in Tolkien's works. The human mage is just ridiculous, and even moreso if you can't customize him...

[Elvenlord]

It would be better if they just forgot about magic.

[Mathijs]

Clearly.

[Spartan184]

Yes I hate mage things in Lotr games, one reason why Conquest sucks ass.

Edited by Spartan184, 10 September 2010 - 12:25 AM.

[drogoth232]

I concurr with Elven all the way down to Spart.

[yams in a can]

Guys, I would go to Middle Earth Center for all things War in the North related as of now .

We were able to have someone go to the Penny Arcade Expo, aka PAX. Our friend was even able to play a demo.

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I had the opportunity to go to the Penny-Arcade Expo (PAX) over the weekend to take a look at Snowblind's Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Snowblind has taken a new direction with this game -- it's the first M-rated Lord of the Rings video game -- and let me tell you, they're doing an excellent job of it.


They showed us a gameplay demo, and I also had a chance to ask some questions, so first I'll go over the demo and then I'll list the other random tidbits I learned. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any decent pictures, so I'll sprinkle in some screenshots from our image gallery to show a little of what I'm talking about.

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Oh yeah... Looking at all your comments... you guys are harsh .

Edited by yams in a can, 10 September 2010 - 03:12 AM.

[yams in a can]

Well this is interesting



If that's what I think it is, then I don't know what to say

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. That's not a nazgul. Just a guy on a fellbeast you have to fight

[Elvenlord]

The level starts with the player(s) riding one of the great Eagles in search of Radagast the Brown; they are attacked by a Fell Beast. The players fall to the forest below, and they have to fight the rider of the Fell Beast. Wolfram has some magic powers, including teleportation, and he takes quite a beating before the three players take him down.

What? They're riding a damned eagle? Fuck. Then then beat a funny-looking nazgul? Bullfuckingshit.
Oh, nevermind on the nazgul then. But that's kinda worse, some random guy on a fellbeast? Come on.

I concurr with Elven all the way down to Spart.

Fixed

[Taralom]

The Dwarven racial ability is that he can see structural weaknesses in stone; he can therefore find alternate paths through an area, or perhaps a hidden cache of loot.

Very... err... unoriginal? Kind of what you'd expect from dwarves.

They are showing us a series of events that have never before been depicted on screen. Their writer is working with the Tolkien estate to make sure nothing they do is incorrect, but I’m told he almost knows more than they do; the Lord of the Rings universe is safe in his hands.

Made me happy.

[Spartan184]

This sounds like a terrible game. I'd rather have EA have the license and try to make another BFME game Seems like no one these days can make a good Lotr game.

[drogoth232]

@Elven: Much appreciated

Agree with Spart again. But EA's TTT and ROTK were AWSOME! (Started playing ROTK on GC again).

@Yams: We are harsh because we expect alot out of a rated M game.

Edited by drogoth232, 10 September 2010 - 03:14 PM.

[Lauri]

Making a game like TTT and RotK should be hard to mess up because they follow the movies. So even if they're unacurate to the books, they follow the movies.

At this point, we see on the screen of the Elf player that there are some tracks leading off the trail; neither the Dwarf nor the Human can see them. Players are therefore forced to work together to obtain the greatest benefit. (I got the impression that because each race has a unique racial ability, the fellowship should always be composed of an Elf, a Dwarf, and a Human; otherwise, you might miss some loot!)

Oh what the fuck?
I don't want to explore Middle-Earth like a wanderer, I want to be a Dwarven soldier sent by King Dain to forge new alliances, or whatever. I don't want no pissy elf running around.

The most-often-asked question about War in the North seems to be, “Are classes and races locked?” Unfortunately, Snowblind won’t answer that question yet. We will just have to wait and find out.

It could be the early WIP, as I'm hoping, that's the reson for the set-in-stone characters, and no customization. Otherwise, that might be a buy\"try" the game decision for me.

The game has a single-player mode; the other two characters will be controlled by AI.

Great. No, that's not ironic. I like my RPGs to be single-player But I'd rather have a Dragon Age, or Oblivion, approach..

[drogoth232]

Touche Lauri.

I really hope they change it for the better. I would prefer to be a male human hunter sniping some orcs instead of a female elf. (Nothing against females, but its ALWAYS a female elf. Never once is there a male elf archer in these types of games) Or are they doing that?

Edited by drogoth232, 11 September 2010 - 12:49 AM.

[Spartan184]

Or if their are they look like fags aka like womenish.

[{IRS}Athos]

The Dwarven racial ability is that he can see structural weaknesses in stone; he can therefore find alternate paths through an area, or perhaps a hidden cache of loot.

Very... err... unoriginal? Kind of what you'd expect from dwarves.

And that's something wrong why? "Alas! By the Valar, these (elves are good archers)/(dwarves use axes)/(humans are actually mortal)! It's so stereotypical, and it was even mentioned in the books! IT MUST BE STOPPED, or this game will SUCK."

[Spartan184]

It already sucks by the looks of it.