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[–] FatTony 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I can be a little nitpicky here: In the beginning the dwarf said: "Ah, the Mines of Moria. I hope this will lead to Dwarrowdelf." Now the Mines of Moria is just a nickname for Khazad Dum. Which translates to Dwarrowdelf.

So basically he just said: "Ah, Dwarrowdelf. I hope this will lead to Dwarrowdelf."

(Alright fine, they probably refer to the actual mines of Khazad Dum. And with "Dwarrowdelf" possibly just the Pillar-hall. But that's still wrong so I win.)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is that really the best gameplay they could show? Not much happened. Visually it's extremely outdated.

As long as they're not trying to charge $60 it's fine I guess. Edit: So it's $39.99 ಠಿ⁠ヮ⁠ಠ I'll have to wait on reviews.

[–] Gadg3tm 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

I think that may have been the most boring gameplay demo I have ever seen. 13 minutes of fuck all

[–] Dasnap 18 points 1 year ago

Why does this remind me of Yogventures?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I was super excited for this game, and after watching that gameplay video, removed it from my wishlist. Was really hoping for a good moria survival game, but all the mechanics in this video look subpar.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The gameplay better be GotY-level of enjoyable to justify that level of jank.

[–] Dasnap 12 points 1 year ago

Narrator: "It wasn't."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they serious with this? This is a joke right? No way someone looks at that and say "yep, this looks awesome for 2023". I'll pay $10 for this, only because I'm a huge lotr fan, but $10 is my upper limit for what I just saw.

[–] newthrowaway20 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well if that gollum game is any indication, and the Amazon show, the rights owners for LOTR don't give a fuck about how their property gets used and abused. I expect a lot more shovelware in the future.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Guess I'll have to enjoy what's been made thus far, and accept that there likely won't be anything good made in the future.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Copyright for the first Middle Earth starts running out in 2032, 95 years after The Hobbit was published. Probably want to milk this out of money while they still can, even if it's for scraps.

[–] random_character_a 11 points 1 year ago

I really don't care about outdated graphics, but unless the exploration is brilliant, I don't see much potential content. Combat looked 'hack and slash' without proper mechanism.

[–] DepressedCoconut 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Mirshe 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'd accept this if it were a DS game. Not on major consoles in 2023.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Jesus, this thing looks like a switch game yet still struggles with getting an acceptable framerate. And the animations... Do the devs know we're well past 6th gen?

[–] FLX 8 points 1 year ago

What's with all these crappy LOTR games? It looks so boring I won't even try it.

[–] DeriHunter 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can see it being loved by the certain communities, like deep rock and such, but come on, you have the biggest and most popular fantasy world ever made and this is what you get out of it?

[–] echo64 2 points 1 year ago

The company that owns the licensing to lotr is currently in a phase of will license the ip out to anyone mode. So whilst you might think there's someone out there making decisions on what to do with the property, it's more that a bunch of low budget companies are asking for the license and getting it for cheap

[–] GuStJaR 5 points 1 year ago

Is it a mobile game? Looks terrible!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Nah, Deep Rock look way better and more fun

[–] Zrybew 5 points 1 year ago

Minecraft + Lara Croft

[–] Goombalover3000 2 points 1 year ago

I get a Valheim mixed with LOTR vibes, I can't remember if this is coming from a big studio or not....

[–] ZTriv 1 points 1 year ago

Where does one go to play a good LOTR game these days? Feels like there a is a big void.