Use your six-axis to steer Legolas' arrow in mid-flight!
Pandemic is making a Lord of the Rings game. It’s called The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. According to their PR, TLOTR:C will
allow players to jump into any battle seen in the films, as well as some extras, and let you play out the battle any way you see fit.
I guess that could be fun, if the combat mechanics are interesting. But no one has really done melee combat with weapons very well; Mount and Blade probably got the closest. I imagine TLOTR:C will be more like God of War than anything else, which makes sense. But, you know, it’s hard for me to get excited about another game like that.
I’m curious to see whether Pandemic brings in any of the open-world freedom they’re known for into the game. It doesn’t sound like it from the PR, but since they do that so well I’d be surprised if it doesn’t get there in some form. The idea of a free-roaming game where you’re constricted to a “battlefield”, with multiple points of interest, quests, and conflict in said zone, sounds like a ripe concept.
Also, what is it with videogame titles and colons? Are they really necessary in every game?