Pages: [1] 
|
 |
|
 Author
|
Topic: LOTR RTS? (Read 2665 times)
|
Arthur_Parker
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5865
Internet Detective
|
Heard there is a LOTR RTS coming out that's meant to be good. Anyone know anything about it?
I tried searching for it but way, way too many LOTR things out there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Venkman
Terracotta Army
Posts: 11536
|
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle EarthThat's the one from E3 at least, so is the newest LoTR RTS I guess. Other than a crapload of elements on screen, like enough to rival Rome: Total War, I have no idea what it's about. What do you consider a "good" RTS? It's been awhile since I've played, so the newest thing I saw was Hero units.... which was just one more thing to filter into The_Perfect_Build_Order_01 that every Dune ripoff has been for the decade since.
|
|
|
|
|
Soukyan
Terracotta Army
Posts: 1995
|
If nothing else, Battle for Middle Earth will at least put you in the middle of all the famous battles. Aside from playing that experience, it doesn't look like a far cray from WC3. They do have a piece about Unit Emotions which is pretty interesting. All the units will react appropriately for their situation. For example, units that win a battle will cheer and cry to press onward instead of just standing still and waiting. Units that are being trampled by a huge oliphant will scattered and run for their lives. The list goes on. I believe Gamespy has a piece on it and there's a movie that shows off this particular feature with running commentary from a developer.
|
"Life is no cabaret... we're inviting you anyway." ~ Amanda Palmer"Tree, awesome, numa numa, love triangle, internal combustion engine, mountain, walk, whiskey, peace, pascagoula" ~ Lantyssa"Les vrais paradis sont les paradis qu'on a perdus." ~Marcel Proust |
|
|
Alrindel
Terracotta Army
Posts: 203
|
hobbit rush keke ^^
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur_Parker
Terracotta Army
Posts: 5865
Internet Detective
|
What do you consider a "good" RTS? It's been awhile since I've played, so the newest thing I saw was Hero units.... which was just one more thing to filter into The_Perfect_Build_Order_01 that every Dune ripoff has been for the decade since. Thanks for the link, good rts? Dunno last ones I played and enjoyed would be Dune 2, C & C then Starcraft. I got bored with it after that but thinking been a long time might try some again. |
|
|
|
|
|
Venkman
Terracotta Army
Posts: 11536
|
Ah cool. Then yea, Battle for Middle Earth will be a good one to check out RTS games through. Unless they remove resource mining altogether (as they have in Warhammer: Dawn of War), it'll be just similar enough to C&C that it'll be easily approachable, but probably different enough with the integration of Hero characters to be interesting. |
|
|
|
|
|
Pages: [1] 
|
|
|
 |
