Tryin' ta be Valheim + Lord of the Rings it seems.
Looks a little last gen, but could be good! VALHEIM WAS AMAZING
Looks a little last gen, but could be good! VALHEIM WAS AMAZING
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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria announced (2023)
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I was actually genuinely excited for this game, but EGS exclusive means it's a pass for now. Hopefully it's just timed.
"We trained an AI to come up with the least enticing premise for a game you've ever heard in your life!"
Sounds awesome. Glad to see the IP is used for a variety of genres and not just bland AAA focus tested third person action-RPGs.
This thread turned a weird way. This genre is "overdone" but at the same time "we need a LOTR Skyrim"?
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This thread turned a weird way. This genre is "overdone" but at the same time "we need a LOTR Skyrim"?
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this forum primarily goes for either AAA single player action adventure games or high production value indie platformers. you're not going to get traction for social games or games that are meant to be played without a specific direction but just to hang out with people and have immersive experiences.
Lord of the Rings Online is the best LotR game ever made by a wide margin and you can do exactly what you desire in it but it's quite dated at this point and your point is taken. The IP has not been represented well in this medium. It's kind of depressing.
I know, JFC.
Whoever is in charge of licensing out the LotR IP for games is shitting the bed bigtime.
I really hope there are a lot better concepts for LotR games being worked on that we just don't know about yet.
Unlike many in this topic, I think this actually seems like a great use of the LotR license. The narrative hook works so well with the crafting and survival genre. I wonder if you can delve too deep and encounter some of those Lovecraftian horrors lurking even beneath the balrog.
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"procedurally generated Dwarven realm of Moria,"
Lol and this seems based off the books and isn't based on the films/tv?
Lol and this seems based off the books and isn't based on the films/tv?
It's an EGS exclusive, so no, it won't make any numbers on PC.
My wife is a big LOTR fan, she might like it. The only games she'll play on her own are breath of the wild and animal crossing, so this seems like it might draw her interest.
That's where I'm admittedly mildly curious. This is the 4th Age, meaning Durin's Bane is dead on the side of Zirakzigil. But I doubt you make a game like this just to have goblins be the only threats you face.
Still, I won't write it off entirely just yet. Hopefully it takes a lot of inspiration from Deep Rock Galactic, though this one seems to include base building, which I'm not a fan of at all.
Ah damn. That's going to reduce the playerbase a lot.
Balrog 2: The Balroging.
"They mostly come out at night... mostly."
Absolutely love the concept, and honestly the fact that LotR license is not used only for 'epic action/adventure battling games'.
So far not really sure about implementation. It can go both ways.
But if it's going to be as addicting as this other dwarf crafting/building/survival game I've been playing a LOT in my youth, fine by me :D
So far not really sure about implementation. It can go both ways.
But if it's going to be as addicting as this other dwarf crafting/building/survival game I've been playing a LOT in my youth, fine by me :D
Don't care at all for survival/crafting games, but I love stuff with dwarves. I'll see what shape it's in when it hits Steam in 2024.
"...the only survival crafting video game set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth™..."
Like... Yeah?
"The only Lord of the Rings video game with these specific mechanics and characters, set in this specific timeframe and released on a Tuesday in Western territories."
Like... Yeah?
"The only Lord of the Rings video game with these specific mechanics and characters, set in this specific timeframe and released on a Tuesday in Western territories."
Man.
This could have been an incredible return to building/management/maxis style fun simulation of reconquering and building your own Moria with all kinds of cool rooms, buildings and bridges and halls. Instead it sounds horribly boring being the nth "survival roguelike" whatever thing and I'll rather play through Moria in LOTRO again.
This could have been an incredible return to building/management/maxis style fun simulation of reconquering and building your own Moria with all kinds of cool rooms, buildings and bridges and halls. Instead it sounds horribly boring being the nth "survival roguelike" whatever thing and I'll rather play through Moria in LOTRO again.
Between this and Gollum, I really want to have a word with whoever's in charge of licensing out Tolkein's works.
This game looks like it could be so much fun with friends. I really don't get the negativity here since it's such a great setting and premise.
digging is fun
building is fun
dwarves are fun
LotR is FUN
Also, it feels good that it is not a generic AAA third person sword slashing be the strongest male and follow your path through generic landscapes and climb towers to spot the next bandit camp while leveling that generic skill tree that have the same effects as the other 500 games
digging is fun
building is fun
dwarves are fun
LotR is FUN
Also, it feels good that it is not a generic AAA third person sword slashing be the strongest male and follow your path through generic landscapes and climb towers to spot the next bandit camp while leveling that generic skill tree that have the same effects as the other 500 games
Was almost interested in this until I saw it's EGS exclusive. Welp. At least by the time it's out on Steam I'll have a good idea of how the game actually plays and can make a better decision on whether or not I'll bite.
I can see what they're going for with it, though: kind of a LotR-themed Dwarf Fortress/Deep Rock Galactic-style hybrid. There's definitely potential here.
I can see what they're going for with it, though: kind of a LotR-themed Dwarf Fortress/Deep Rock Galactic-style hybrid. There's definitely potential here.
This is what it sounds like to me and I would very much be up for it.
Dwarves are the greatest fantasy/scifi race/faction and the War of Dwarves and Orcs is the most brutal epic shizzle in fantasy.
Watch as the developers put Legalos surfing on a shield and elf-dwarf love stories into the game sigh.
Watch as the developers put Legalos surfing on a shield and elf-dwarf love stories into the game sigh.