Ian told me that they made one called 'The War Of The Ring' and I thought, "This might be pretty darn cool!"
Well, I would like to know if it is or not. Have any of you played it? I am already a bit dissapointed because when I envisioned a Lord of the Rings RTS I thought of every country as a different side (Gondor, Rohan, Mordor, etc) and thought it would be neat as kind of a 'Rise of Nations' or 'Age of Empires' clone or something.
But from the screenshots I have seen, I notice that it is basically Warcraft 3 with Lord of the Rings units, horrible looking if I may say.
I wish it could have been done like 'Rise of Nations' I absolutely love the single player in that game, the world map and Risk type gameplay, is what a Lord of the Rings RTS needs. It could even stand to be a bit deeper, maybe make the map a whole lot bigger, add in a bunch of events, key units, city battles, the whole works.
Just some thoughts. Hope you guys all had a great Christmas! ^.^
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Archer-Penguin thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
basically Warcraft 3 with Lord of the Rings units, horrible looking if I may say.
It's alright. It should be out though.
There's another RTS based on LotR coming called like... Battle For Middle Earth or something (I don't remember) but it has like... AMAZING graphics, like "omg is that orc's wart oozing pus? eww" good graphics.
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Skaw had this to say about Pirotess:
I played the Demo.It's alright. It should be out though.
It's been out for the last month or so. I think I've sold like one copy.
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Alaan probably says this to all the girls:
Wow. If they pull that game off it will be unbelievably awesome.
Yeah... that looks a lot like sacrifice.. and sacrifice was amazing
and this shot of it looks like Total War. It would be amazing if they could combine elements from both games, but I'm not putting my hopes up. [ 12-26-2003: Message edited by: diadem ]
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So quoth diadem:
Yeah... that looks a lot like sacrifice.. and sacrifice was amazingand this shot of it looks like Total War. It would be amazing if they could combine elements from both games, but I'm not putting my hopes up.
It's being done by the team that used to be Westwood Studios (BfME), so I imagine it would play more like C&C than it would anything else.
Anywho, for what it's worth, here's what PC Gamer said about War of the Ring:
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Highs: Strong story; challenging AI; hero units are cool; solid multiplayer options
Lows: Derivative gameplay; limited options mean it may not have enough "meat" for vets
Bottom Line: The Middle-Earth license spawns an engaging, if not world-altering, RTS Game
Total Score: 78%
Liquid Entertainment has also worked on Battle Realms, which was an excellent RTS.
Something to keep in mind - Battle for Middle Earth is based on the LOTR movies, not the Middle Earth books & lore written by Tolkein. This may not matter to you, but it does to me.
-Tok
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Delyl Caledor said this about your mom:
I'd wait for this one.
I WANT!! 
