Is Anyone Playing that New LoTR Game?

[Pewps]

Because if you are, don't click this link

http://a.pomf.se/tpjtha.webm

It's the end boss fight

And it's on par with ME3's ending.

[badfo]

why qte why

[Pewps]

why qte why

I don't get how developers think QTEs are a thing that people want. But I guess designing a fulfilling end boss is too much work these days.

[Grommok]

I just can't wait for a LotR game which doesn't shoehorn in some magic.
That said, the game's pretty fun. Although very repetitive. But maybe that's just because I spend most of the time doing side quests.

[JensenBakura]

why qte why

I don't get how developers think QTEs are a thing that people want. But I guess designing a fulfilling end boss is too much work these days.

I can only assume it's because the alternative is too much work.

[fallenchicken]

Don't know about final boss battle, but I've been playing it and really enjoying it. Happily, it's more like Arkham City--in gameplay and structure (and unhappily--in its limited environment/color diversity)--than it is like Ass Creed. I don't know why games always use QTE's in final boss battles.

I don't know why you'd want LOTR without magic. It's like, wanting to only read about the muggles in Harry Potter.

[Grommok]

Mostly to just stay true to the setting. You don't see mages running around everywhere in LotR.
And this whole wraith this seems kind of far fetched. Although pretty cool.

[Pewps]

Weren't Wizards a specific race created by the gods to investigate Morgoth or some shit? I always thought magic in LotR was a lot more subtle than other genres

[badfo]

Weren't Wizards a specific race created by the gods to investigate Morgoth or some shit? I always thought magic in LotR was a lot more subtle than other genres

Nerd.

[fallenchicken]

That was so nerdy.

[JensenBakura]

Weren't Wizards a specific race created by the gods to investigate Morgoth or some shit? I always thought magic in LotR was a lot more subtle than other genres

Yeah, pretty much. The creator made super-angels, one of which fell (Morgoth), and angels, some of which fell (Sauron). The ones who didn't had different ranks/castes, one of which were the beings known to mean as the wizards. And yes, the magic is more sutble. Pretty much 10/10 there pewps.

[Pewps]

Weren't Wizards a specific race created by the gods to investigate Morgoth or some shit? I always thought magic in LotR was a lot more subtle than other genres

Yeah, pretty much. The creator made super-angels, one of which fell (Morgoth), and angels, some of which fell (Sauron). The ones who didn't had different ranks/castes, one of which were the beings known to mean as the wizards. And yes, the magic is more sutble. Pretty much 10/10 there pewps.

That's what I figured. I read like 1/3rd of the Silmarillion in High School. I thought it was gonna be cool stories, which it had some I guess but it read a lot like the Old Testament. A bit dry.

Tbh they should've made a video game about Feanor or something.

[JensenBakura]

Weren't Wizards a specific race created by the gods to investigate Morgoth or some shit? I always thought magic in LotR was a lot more subtle than other genres

Yeah, pretty much. The creator made super-angels, one of which fell (Morgoth), and angels, some of which fell (Sauron). The ones who didn't had different ranks/castes, one of which were the beings known to mean as the wizards. And yes, the magic is more sutble. Pretty much 10/10 there pewps.

That's what I figured. I read like 1/3rd of the Silmarillion in High School. I thought it was gonna be cool stories, which it had some I guess but it read a lot like the Old Testament. A bit dry.

Tbh they should've made a video game about Feanor or something.

A lot of what Tolkien wrote was incredibly dry - but it was novel at the time. There hadn't been an original mythological (except Mormonism, but people were actually trying to pass that off as "real", so the literary elements were overshadowed by the whole "burn it, it's heresy" mentality) "IP" with that much depth for a long long time (probably partially do to the all-pervasive influence of Christianity), and for the ancestors of the DnD nerd, Tolkien was bringing something new.

Like most "firsts", it was the novelty factor and not the quality factor that elevated it to timeless.

Oh, and one other thing that really helped Tolkien was that the Christian culture accepted him (for some reason) while shunning other entries as "sinful/satanic", like the growing Vampire or Lovecraft universes.

That's why you get positive books like "Finding God in the Lord of the Rings" right alongside negative ones like "Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace behind the Magick - Harmless Fantasy or Dangerous Fascination?".