Even though the final Lord of the Rings film was well over five years ago, the movie trilogy obviously sparked a furious lusting for Middle Earth-related games, something EA did their best to capitalise on with mixed results. Now the licence is back with studio Warner Bros., who just sent over the latest update on their new game Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest.
Here's what their press release had to say for itself:
In The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Middle-earth comes to the Wii for the first time ever, delivering action-packed gameplay by utilizing the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™. Become the legendary Aragorn and embark upon a quest reliving the hero’s most valiant battles from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Wielding a sword, shield, bow and spear, players will battle enemies and journey through a colorful and fresh rendition of Middle-earth where they can switch between spear and sword on horseback, taking down evil foes in a truly action-packed gameplay experience. Exclusively for the Wii, two-player co-op gameplay featuring Gandalf allows kids, families and friends to work together in the heart of the action.
Hey, anything that lets kids, families and friends slash their way through armies of orcs and ogres is good in our book. Don't forget as well that the game is scheduled for a release on DS as well, but without the multiplayer aspects and Remote-swinging action. Be sure to check out the brand new trailer of the Wii version below.
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First I've seen or heard of this.....looks promising.
not to bad.... kind of a fable like.
That actually looks pretty damn good. lol Sure the art style could be labeled at kiddie, but I think it looks really good.
I haven't given up on this just yet, but oh how I wish they had treated my beautiful books to a game they deserve.
I can only hope that the obligatory Hobbit movie tie-in, will be aimed at a wider audience, and not just the keedz.
@JR: ching!
Played this at E3 and it was absolutely horrible. Mindless, tedious battles are bad, but when combined with the co-op system they had was horrible. No-split screen, or even same screen like the LEGO games, instead, one player playing with total screen focus, and the other player just trying to stay visible on the screen so they could play. Think Mario Galaxy sort of help, but complicated by player 2 having an actual character who player one is struggling to get 'on-camera' while fighting.
I found it a horrible experience, but was happy to hear of the game's delay (it was supposed to be out for Christmas originally). I hold out hope that these issues have been attacked so that the game will be made enjoyable.
I played the original hobbit on Xbox, and it was quite boring. Hopefully this won't be too bad.
Nice. =D
personally, i'm not quite sure what to make of this. seems a pretty generic action game, and i, like 110, am reminded of the old Hobbit game... which, as much as i love the franchise.... was pretty bad. i do hope i'm wrong, though.
oh, and since when does Aragorn use a shield or a spear???
Looks alright. I'll stick to waiting for The Hobbit (the film.)
I'm interested. Bit too cell shaped and PS2ish, but as long as the gameplay holds up, who the frack cares?! The other previews I've read sound promising. Please be good. Radared (ie. I need a revw)
I wonder how much difference in gameplay there's gonna be when compared to the two games based directly upon the films.
Looks fun though, especially for a Lord of the Rings fan like me.
@bro2dragons I love the franchise too, which is why I sort of don't like when they ruin it with cheesy video games. And since when does Frodo have such a big sword, or a shield?
Looks kind of Twilight Princess-like. I'm a huge LOTR fan, so I'm definitely watching this closely. Hopefully it'll deliver.
@pixel: Can we expect some new Middle-Earth themed pixel art to celebrate?
If it's as good as Return of The King, I'll buy it. That game was awesome!
It sure has a lot of potential.
Its being made by Headstrong Games the same dev who did the awesome House of The Dead Overkill so who knows with these guys it might turn out to be really good.
will it use Wii Motion Plus?if not then that would be just plain stupid, i'll just wait for Zelda Wii
Looks kind of like The Hobbit. I own the PC version and love it.
the co-op could make this solid
It can't be worse than the pure hell of sitting through two of those dang movies; thankfully I got my ladyfriend to go with one of her friends to the final one, narrowly escaping a third torture session.
EDIT - I love Star Trek, so I'm not making fun of LOTR fans. Much
A few scenes in that trailer looked more like Lego Aragorn's Quest
Missed the best one warioswoods
OnTopic The game looks like it has potential.
The words 'co-op' caught my attention, we'll see how good the 2 player is in the review.
Visuals look unusually competent, must be the toon-ish look and the fact that it's not ported down, nice.
Gandalf is the other character in co-op I read somewhere.
I hope it uses wiimotionplus 2!
at the best this could be as good as the return of the king (game), tough i do fear this will be a bad game
I would rather play as Gandalf. Anyway, the game looks kinda good. But being how its aimed towared younger audiences its probably very easy.
This DOES look like the Hobbit game. Is this the same company?
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