Lord of the Rings: War in the North

[Pheran]

I'm still playing DS3, but here's another coop RPG that has completely slipped under my radar until now - Lord of the Rings: War in the North. When I started writing this post I thought the game was coming out next month, but it turns out it's delayed until November 1st. Oh well, since I already typed this up I'll post it anyway. 😛

War in the North Trailer
E3 Gameplay Demo

The way the view looks makes me think this is going to be coop across multiple consoles only (or possibly split screen), but it still looks interesting.

 

[RPD]

Looks pretty interesting.

 

[chalmers]

Well this is different than your Rock Band thread, someone else has actually posted in it.

 

[Modeps]

I played an early version of it at PAX East this year. Was quite rough around the edges but it had potential to be rad. It's Snowblind, so that helps.

 

[Venom20]

this looks interested indeed, I"ll have to put it on my list

 

[warcrow]

Yup, I agree with Modeps. I played it at E3 and it honestly wasn't very fun. I'm a fan of Snowblind's work so I was really looking forward to this one too. It's possible the game needs more than 15 minutes to suck someone in--so grain of salt here--but it just didnt do it for me.

Here's to hoping the final build pulls through.

-edit- I just watched the gameplay video and it struck me how generic some aspects of the game seemed. I really wish this game had some kind of visual hook, something to make it stand out. Right now it looks like LOTRO.

 

[Todd33]

I'm dying for a good LOTR game, hope this one is at least worth playing.

 

[Pheran]

Well, it's out! Ars seems to like it, at least for multiplayer.

 

[Craig234]

Lightning deal on now for $29.99 on Amazon.