Warner Prepping Lord Of The Rings: Aragorn's Quest
See Full ImageOkay, so now Warner Bros. Interactive is in control of the "Lord of the Rings" franchise, and they've revealed their first game based on the legendary fantasy series.
According to ShackNews, an official E3 list showing off debut titles has displayed Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, which ought to pique your interest if you were a fan of the books and movies (and really, who isn't?). However, before you go envisioning epic, bloody battles from the viewpoint of Strider, you should know that this game is described as "the first Lord of the Rings videogame created specifically for kids and their families." So instead of fairly complex strategy and intricate battle mechanics, we'll get "accessible gameplay set in a friendly, colorful rendition of Middle Earth." The player will still be able to take part in a variety of combat, including both sword fighting and archery, but we doubt you'll be chopping the heads off orcs. Now, we don't mind making games for kids and families and what have you, but - and forgive us for saying so - what part of the battle-ravaged Middle Earth is "family-friendly?" The movies weren't for kids and neither were the books...why make a game based on more adult content for a younger audience? Yes, I know, expand the demographic and all that, but it still seems like a strange decision.
Warner hasn't announced the targeted platforms just yet but if Aragorn's Quest is coming to any of the PlayStation systems, we'll let you know.
5/21/2009 Ben Dutka
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TheHighlander
Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 11:14:45 AM
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Precious, precious....a game about the hero of the ring....my precious. No more Tolkien my precious, he's a bad man. He writeses too much. Too much descriptionses my precious, too many wordses. It makes my head huuuuuuurt my precious, it does, yes. Yes, my precious it does.
My precious doesn't like it when my head does hurt. No more elveses or hobbitses. No more short ones with beardses, my precious hates them so.
Gollum.
My precious says a game about new things and new people. Gollum.
No more swordses, no more fighting. My precious wants a game about catching fishes, and eatsing them. That's it isn't it my precious.
Precious? Where is my precious? Where is my precious!? It's that Baggins again! Don't like hobbitses. Kill Baggins! Precious! where are you my precious?
Oh, here you are, I was sitting on you! Dirty Hobbitses, trying to steal my precious! kill Hosbitses....
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Whatever happened to the remake of the Hobbit?
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TheHighlander
Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 3:38:35 PM
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EA announces "Gollum's Precious" a new free roaming adventure game that draws together narrative features from The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion with the humor Monty Python.
A story penned by non other than JJ Abrams, and directed by King Kong's Peter Jackson. "Gollum's Precious" raises dungeon crawling adventure to new heights as everyone's favorite magically mutated, ne'er do well searches for his precious.
High Octane action with the game's innovative "blind man's bluff" control scheme that uses the PS3's Sixaxis controller in ways never seen before. Multiple game modes including, "feeling around in the darkness", "Grasping for my precious" and of course "Co-op cave fishing". Who could forget Gollum's Fish song? "Gollum's Precious" reproduces it in game as a mood enhancing sound track while you and a friend spend fruitless hours fishing for cave fish.
Finally, uncover the secrets of Smeagol mode. Ah, but to do that you have to....well, that would be telling wouldn't it?
"Gollum's Precious" coming in Winter 2150...or not at all.
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-Arvis
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 2:03:34 PM
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The only LOTR game i really enjoyed was "the third Age" now that was good.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 7:32:54 PM
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Perhaps they will release it with the upcoming Hobbit movie. That is definitly are more kid friendly story, have to say a game around argorn, probably not so much.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 10:32:01 PM
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Karosso
Friday, May 22, 2009 @ 6:59:21 AM
You must watch at least five times each one :-)
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