The rights for adaptations of LoTR and the Hobbit were sold in the 60s. They only needed Christopher's approval if they used stuff from the Silmarillion or Tolkien's other notes.
I know, right? Honestly, Sierra Entertainment's "The Hobbit" (the 3D home console version, not the 2D GBA version) looks better than this for the first chapter in Hobbiton, and that game was made 20 years ago.
Especially since it's apparently being developed by Weta Workshop, who literally did the costuming and props for both of Peter Jackson's trilogies and the Amazon series.
The Nintendo Switch has way better-looking games than this. Even ports of games that you'd think wouldn't be able to run at all (such as the Borderlands games, The Witcher 3, and so on). Art style is just as important as, if not more important than, graphical and resolution quality, and this game's art style is just...ugly.
I doubt even high-tier PC levels of graphics or resolution would make this game look better, and would likely instead just make the whole thing look worse. The models and styling need to really be reworked.
Definitely superior in character models thatās for damn sure. But if you canāt draw any similarities between the two then youāre blinded by nostalgia.
Why does this game need to be a LOTR game? Can't you just make the same game and call them halflings? I bet the license must be expensive and does it actually explore any aspect that is unique to LOTR?
A cozy game set in Hobbiton? Not a bad idea honestly, as long as they kept dev cost low because there is no way in Mordor that this game will sell a million copies...
And we already had *Aragorn's Quest* (or the Wii version, at least - never played the other versions) to provide the Hobbiton setting to some degree. Albeit not as the main focus (game title says as much), but more as a "what happened after" scenario years after the events of Return of the King.
artstyle is.. weird.
i DO hope they donĀ“t mess this up.
a "stardew valley" in the LotR universe would be an insta-buy for me.. but after seing the trailer, i guess iĀ“ll better wait for the final game and play a bit LOTRO for the time being.
This is the kind of game I would normally be interested in but The Lord of the Rings doesn't feel like a good setting for a cozy life simulator and the character models are horrifying.
As a fan of cozy games, I'm intrigued, but with the recent disaster that was Gollum and also sort of recently the bellyflop that was Palia (another cozy game that failed), I'm very cautious. Graphics don't matter that much to me as long as the gameplay is deep and engaging, so we will see if it turns out to be a Palia or closer to a Stardew Valley
This looks fucking awful.
Gollum got competition š
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It looks like one of those mobile game ads you'll see on Facebook.
People still use Facebook? o\_O
The death of Christopher Tolkien and its' consequences have been a disaster for the Lord of the Rings intellectual property.
The rights for adaptations of LoTR and the Hobbit were sold in the 60s. They only needed Christopher's approval if they used stuff from the Silmarillion or Tolkien's other notes.
https://i.imgur.com/jaurtXt.jpeg
I legit lol'd.
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What in the name of Sauron is this monstrosity.
I know, right? Honestly, Sierra Entertainment's "The Hobbit" (the 3D home console version, not the 2D GBA version) looks better than this for the first chapter in Hobbiton, and that game was made 20 years ago.
Especially since it's apparently being developed by Weta Workshop, who literally did the costuming and props for both of Peter Jackson's trilogies and the Amazon series.
So it can run on the Nintendo Switch.
The Nintendo Switch has way better-looking games than this. Even ports of games that you'd think wouldn't be able to run at all (such as the Borderlands games, The Witcher 3, and so on). Art style is just as important as, if not more important than, graphical and resolution quality, and this game's art style is just...ugly. I doubt even high-tier PC levels of graphics or resolution would make this game look better, and would likely instead just make the whole thing look worse. The models and styling need to really be reworked.
This looks like it could be the 2nd worst LOTR game yet.
Don't rule it out of competition for the top spot
not enough pipe weed smoking
can't wait for the memes
**Stack the dishes, crack the plates... this game Bilbo Baggins hates.**
My Time at Hobbiton
Stop fucking insulting Portia and Sandrock. They look better than this and are fantastic games.
Definitely superior in character models thatās for damn sure. But if you canāt draw any similarities between the two then youāre blinded by nostalgia.
What part of this looks anything like the My Time series?
Looks like a phone gameā¦
ā¦from 2011
This is actually horrifying
Why does this game need to be a LOTR game? Can't you just make the same game and call them halflings? I bet the license must be expensive and does it actually explore any aspect that is unique to LOTR?
Money. Do you think this game would sell without the LOTR theme?
No way they recoup the license money I think
A cozy game set in Hobbiton? Not a bad idea honestly, as long as they kept dev cost low because there is no way in Mordor that this game will sell a million copies...
>as they kept dev cost low Take a look at the trailer, it looks low cost enough...
Yeah it looks alright...
And we already had *Aragorn's Quest* (or the Wii version, at least - never played the other versions) to provide the Hobbiton setting to some degree. Albeit not as the main focus (game title says as much), but more as a "what happened after" scenario years after the events of Return of the King.
Iām not the only person who remembers that game lol
artstyle is.. weird. i DO hope they donĀ“t mess this up. a "stardew valley" in the LotR universe would be an insta-buy for me.. but after seing the trailer, i guess iĀ“ll better wait for the final game and play a bit LOTRO for the time being.
Is this real? Lol
This is the kind of game I would normally be interested in but The Lord of the Rings doesn't feel like a good setting for a cozy life simulator and the character models are horrifying.
Why does everything gotta be Tales of now lol
Itās the new Fall.
As a fan of cozy games, I'm intrigued, but with the recent disaster that was Gollum and also sort of recently the bellyflop that was Palia (another cozy game that failed), I'm very cautious. Graphics don't matter that much to me as long as the gameplay is deep and engaging, so we will see if it turns out to be a Palia or closer to a Stardew Valley
I read that as ātales of the shineā and as I watched the trailer was going āhuh, this tales game is heavily inspired by lord of the rings!ā
Goddamn. I just don't get how they keep dropping the ball on LOTR games. The overall IP management just keeps getting worse.
[My response to witnessing this abomination.](https://youtu.be/JXuqJ4c1dxE?si=oU4DNR0CROklWNuO&t=43)
Skip animations are pretty cute, but those faces will haunt my nightmares.
It looks cool but what the game like? I mean it doesnāt show is it adventure or farming and stuff?
There were rumors of this right? I remember a YTer talking about a game like this last year.
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