The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

[OuFtb]

Electronic Arts has today announced the development of The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age for all current generation consoles and the Game Boy Advance. Currently scheduled for release this fall, the title is described as a role-playing game in which players assume the role of new characters embarking on a quest in Middle-earth. The game is based on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and players will have plenty of opportunities to interact with key characters from the movies as they progress.

Players will initially employ the game's turn-based battle system on the side of the Fellowship, but will be able to unlock additional encounters in which they side with Sauron. Assembling an increasingly large party of characters as they make their way through the game, players will travel through both familiar and relatively unknown locations on their quest, including the Mines of Moria, the fallen city of Osgiliath, and Helm's Deep. A number of the individual quests in the game will intersect with major events from the movies, allowing players to witness events such as the attack on Helm's Deep from a new perspective.

The console versions of Lord of the Rings, The Third Age are being developed by EA's own Redwood Shores studio, while the GBA version is in development at Griptonite. We'll bring you more information on all four versions of the game as soon as it becomes available.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/04...s_6094614.html

I'm not into RPG games so I won't get it but it sounds desent.

[Ninja]

Got any screenshots?

[Duke]

I don't think screen shots or anything are available yet. Most of the details aren't even really out there.

Could be interesting, but the statement that FF players will enjoy/be familiar w/ it, kinda turns me off. Not a huge fan of turn based and not at all of the FF series.

[OuFtb]

I don't know if you would call these screenshots or not, doesn't look like in game shots but here are some I found,



http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/679/679759/imgs_1.html
click there for a couple more^^

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/509/509398p1.html
You can also click ^^ they seem to have a bigger article might be more info, not really intrested in the game so I didn't read it

[Ninja]

With Sudeki, Fable, Jade Empire coming out this year and SW:KOTOR2 next year, why would any XBox owner buy that?

[thrAsher]

Maybe because some of us do still enjoy turn-based strategy/RPG games. The fact this one is a cross-platform title doesn't really get me fired up,though. Still, nice to know another possibly decent RPG is on the way for the Xbox...

[Ninja]

The next EA game I'm going to be getting is Battlefield2. So I have no plans to buy a EA RPG.

[basketball_tom]

well i love LOTR and i cant wait for this game to come out. But by looking at the graphics i cant help but remember that they are almost identical to the graphics the the other LOTR game that came out in 2003. How is this one different?

[Shorezy]

As for genre Basketball it appears to be more of a classic RPG. Therefore you make your own chars and build them up and meet famous characters as you go on your quest. As for gameplay, it's turn-based which means it's like Final Fantasy where one char makes an attack/move and then the other char makes an attack/move.

I personally like turn based, adds some cool strat, but like Ninja said, I just don't see that happening with all of those games coming out. Speaking of which....FABLE!! AHHH!

[RockTheCasba]

ill try and find some screenshots