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[Darkmakaimura]

The official trailer of Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.

This looks interesting but I hope it's not a buggy mess.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

The official trailer of Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.

This looks interesting but I hope it's not a buggy mess.

Tell me is not a Daedalic game

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Tell me is not a Daedalic game

Publisher is North Beach Games and the developer is Free Range Games. I've honestly never heard of these publishers or developers.

 

[darrylgorn]

Looks alright but hard to judge based on how little has been revealed so far.

Employing John Rhys-Davies was a good move though.

Really need more gameplay footage before I can gauge what to think about it.

 

[kruis]

Visually the game looks like a crossgen PS2/PS3 game... Embarrassing for a 2023 title.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Employing John Rhys-Davies was a good move though.

Oh that's cool. I didn't even realize that. Is he reprising his role as Gimli in this?

 

[KXVXII9X]

I feel bad for TLotR gaming fans. This just isn't it...

 

[Raven77]

Looks fun and interesting. Graphics aren't everything.

 

[Kacho]

This looks like utter shit. What the hell man. Lol

 

[March Climber]

Visually the game looks like a crossgen PS2/PS3 game... Embarrassing for a 2023 title.

Nah, this is definitely a mid-PS4 gen third party AA game, graphics-wise. I've seen this exact look before. It should run at 60fps but probably won't.

 

[Represent.]

These devs should honestly be abolished from the industry. I saw better looking games in 2008. Why are there so many shitty ass devs? What the fuck is going on?

 

[BrutalTruth_]

Lmao these graphics

 

[Represent.]

seriously what the fuck is this

 

[Hawking Radiation]

 

[Laieon]

We're getting shitty Dwarf and Golem games but no Battle for Middle Earth 3.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I like the Gollum game minus the technical issues.

Return to Moria might be okay and I'm not too worried about the graphics. But if I understand correctly it's a lot about crafting and I'm more interested in exploring and platforming.

Also this is supposed to take place in the Fourth Age so I'm not sure what the big bad is.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

What I don't understand is that since many companies have the rights to Lord of the Rings, is it supposed that the owner is Warner Bros.?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

What I don't understand is that since many companies have the rights to Lord of the Rings, is it supposed that the owner is Warner Bros.?

My understanding that's only for the movies. Most of these games and other media don't claim the movies as part of their Middle Earth universe and are only inspired by it.

 

[Mopey bloke]

Someone mentioned PS2, which I imagine means it will look great and be 60 FPS. Finally a game about Dwarves that has graphics. Ross Scott will be elated.

 

[Raven77]

seriously what the fuck is this

You guys just don't get it. Judging by the trailer there's obviously some very complex building and construction systems going on in the background. This is like a SimCity game.

 

[lh032]

i dont see anything wrong with the visuals, its a survival crafting game with tons of NPC and activities going around.

Sad this is not coming to PS though, PS lack alot of survival crafting games

 

[RoadHazard]

Why is everyone only making shit LOTR games that nobody wants?

 

[Fafalada]

i dont see anything wrong with the visuals, its a survival crafting game with tons of NPC and activities going around.

Sad this is not coming to PS though, PS lack alot of survival crafting games

 

[lh032]

 

[Woopah]

We're getting shitty Dwarf and Golem games but no Battle for Middle Earth 3.

BfME III is one of my dream games.

 

[Regginator]

Looked pretty interesting initially when I thought it was some kind of strategy-ish tower defence game, but that combat segment though, sheesh...

 

[Ogbert]

This looks absolutely dreadful.

 

[Pagusas]

so was the LOTR licensee just hawked off to the cheapest bidders? What the hell is going on?

 

[mrcroket]

I never thought it was possible that any other developer could release another LOTR game that would make gollum look good. Unbelievable.

 

[SolidQ]

powerful graphic for only next gen game

 

[Kerotan]

If this is another Gollum the IP is getting butchered. A good concept so hopefully it's at least a 6 or 7 out of 10 and not a 3/10 like Gollum.

Feels like LOTR needs a Spiderman moment where insomniac and Sony made it big again.

They should be begging Sony and Santa Monica to make a fellowship of the ring game and make it relevant again.

 

[RoboFu]

That actrually looks like it could be alot of fun.

 

[Disco Dave]

Unbelievable to think that the PS2 is still receiving new games 23 years later.

 

[GymWolf]

I feel sad for lotr fans at this point.

 

[PlayedStation]

This game will have up to 8-player co-op with you and other Dwarven friends fighting for survival and building bases in procedurally generated environments, so every experience is always different. Seems and looks like it will have an appeal similar to Grounded, and that sounds great to me.

 

[Berlok]

These devs should honestly be abolished from the industry. I saw better looking games in 2008. Why are there so many shitty ass devs? What the fuck is going on?

It reminds me of a Skaarj from Unreal

 

[Holammer]

Meme'ing aside, it's a fucking multiplayer survival/crafting game where players can dig & build. Add a bunch fo players on screen + monster events and it becomes impossible to plan polycounts to make it purdy like some Sony Walking simulator.
For the genre it's actually looking pretty damn solid. You have to compare it with Rust, Valheim, Conan Exiles, Grounded.

 

[Drizzlehell]

it's a fucking multiplayer survival/crafting game where players can dig & build

Seriously, where's my damned Lord of The Rings RPG? Someone really needs to step up and give this franchise a Hogwarts Legacy treatment or so help me god...

 

[Holammer]

Seriously, where's my damned Lord of The Rings RPG? Someone really needs to step up and give this franchise a Hogwarts Legacy treatment or so help me god...

Warner already did a few Tolkien games, give Avalanche the license.

 

[Skifi28]

I think the issue lies in the character artstyle rather than the graphics.

 

[kriolo]

20 usd?

 

[Fake]

A franchise so good get so bad...

They do like to earn money using the franchise name.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Warner already did a few Tolkien games, give Avalanche the license.

Agreed. I don't think that Warner would do anything interesting with it at this point, and I wasn't a big fan of Mordor games anyway. I'd really like to see a huge, sprawling, detailed, and atmospheric depiction of Middle-Earth in an action role-playing game form. That's like my dream game right now.

 

[InterMusketeer]

The LotR rights are pretty cheap huh.

 

[Ammogeddon]

What year is this? Looks shite.

 

[Rheon]

This looked so entirely bland and visually unimpressive.

The devs should be ashamed.

 

[KXVXII9X]

Meme'ing aside, it's a fucking multiplayer survival/crafting game where players can dig & build. Add a bunch fo players on screen + monster events and it becomes impossible to plan polycounts to make it purdy like some Sony Walking simulator.
For the genre it's actually looking pretty damn solid. You have to compare it with Rust, Valheim, Conan Exiles, Grounded.

Grounded looks LEAGUES better though. We are on XSX/S and PS5 consoles now. I don't think it is too much to expect games to look slightly better than PS3 games, even when they are survival based.

Some of the geometry and textures in one screenshots looks like something from PS2. We are three generations ahead of that.

Zelda TotK also has some survival mechanics with actual physics and it looks much better on dates mobile hardware. The Tomorrow Children, Minecraft RTX mode, and even Dragon Quest Builders 2 look better as well.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

seriously what the fuck is this

Coming soon in Windows 98

 

[Dr.brain64]

 

[Arsic]

I’m praying the new mmo won’t be total shit because this is caca.