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Why is a such a storied IP like Lord of The Rings being treated with such disrespect lately?
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stickkidsam
Member
The Eye of Brownon unleashed his armies upon Middle Earth.
swaffles23
Member
I thought the same thing watching that trailer during the show.
Christopher Tokien was the protector of his dad's work and he died in 2020. They are gonna bastardize the shit out of LOTR
Christopher Tokien was the protector of his dad's work and he died in 2020. They are gonna bastardize the shit out of LOTR
Captain Toad
Banned
You could say this about most huge non-gaming IPs throughout gaming history.
Kamina
Golden Boy
kvltus lvlzvs
Banned
Best quote I've seen on the internet all week.
Stuart360
Member
What i find more interesting is why arent all the big studios in for these games?, because i seriously cant believe some of these small publishers could outbid them for the rights.
I mean could you imagine a Elder Scrolls style open world RPG set in the universe?, bed wetting stuff.
I mean could you imagine a Elder Scrolls style open world RPG set in the universe?, bed wetting stuff.
93xfan
Banned
Amazing show. Not sure what you watched
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
So true. He didn't whore off his father's work and at times I disliked him for it (I really wanted a Silmarillion adaptation of some sort) but now I respect his decisions. The Tolkien Estate will be desperate to claw in money over the next couple decades before LOTR becomes public domain. I don't know if they can do something to stop it entering the public domain but 20-30 years from now we could be getting LOTR content from all sides.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
I thought that was just the rights to the movies or some shit? They don't own all of Middle Earth content do they?
MrTroubleMaker
Member
the ip owner is to blame .... Embracer Group
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diffusionx
Gold Member
I think there is a much better chance of getting a quality LOTR property after it hits PD than we do now. But, who even knows if I will be alive in 20 years.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Darkmakaimura
Member
I own it. But it's not a AAA game.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
It’s like Warhammer now. Theyll let anybody fart out a low budget mess. Doesn’t Embracer own the rights?
Darkmakaimura
Member
Lately Warhammer 40k has been getting much better. I'm guessing Games Workshop is finally caring more about who they hand it to.
Mibu no ookami
Member
Same reason we got so many bad Spider-Man games for years and Bond games after Goldeneye.
Money.
People want cheap and fast money, so they greenlight things with the hopes of an easy cash-in, but time and time again we see that if you give these franchises the love and resources that they deserve, the return is almost always substantial.
You give Spider-Man to a competent studio like Insomniac and we immediately get the best spider-man game of all time.
We should EASILY be able to get an amazign Star Trek game... but here we are...
Money.
People want cheap and fast money, so they greenlight things with the hopes of an easy cash-in, but time and time again we see that if you give these franchises the love and resources that they deserve, the return is almost always substantial.
You give Spider-Man to a competent studio like Insomniac and we immediately get the best spider-man game of all time.
We should EASILY be able to get an amazign Star Trek game... but here we are...
Drizzlehell
Banned
As far as I know current owners of the Tolkien estate or whatever don't give a shit about artistic integrity and probably just wanna cash in. Quality isn't as much of a priority when Jeff Bezos money is on the table.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
The Boggit was superior in every way.Funny enough my first video game in Middle Earth was the old Hobbit graphic text adventure which I had on the Commodore 64.
The game even came with the full Hobbit book.
midasmulligan
Member
Bloodsuckers with zero respect for the richness and authenticity of the IP. All they see is $$$ and extracting as much blood from the modern consumer. Oh how they served up a modern pile of bastardized trash for the tastes of the modern consumer a la Rings of Power.LOTR is getting 5 new games by March 2024. And by the looks of it, each one of them is trying to be worse than the previous.
First Gollum. One of the worst games made in years. Straight out of the PS2 era.
Now this shit. LOTR: Return to Moria, which, I guarantee you, will be only marginally better than Gollum.
What will the other 3 be? Do we know?
What the hell is this
Seriously what the fuck
This is Lord of The Rings. Deserves more respect. This is a current-gen exclusive by the way.
Get some noteworthy devs on it, give it a real budget. Cancel this trash, its probably going to cost $70 too.
You'd think that with an IP like this, one that lends itself and translates so perfectly to the gaming medium... We'd get a real, high budget, AAA RPG or something. So much potential for good games.
But nope. We get this.
Why is this IP getting treated with such disrespect as of late? Thats all I can call it at this point.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Hot steamy ripe shit, that show. I'm judging, you people that support it. Judging!
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I feel like the last good LotR game was War in the North. It made sense from a Lore perspective. Like Shadow of Wardor 1 and 2 could be fun games but I don't think they fit in with the lore all that much.