LEGO Lord of the Rings - coming 2012

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LEGO Lord of the Rings - coming 2012

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Just found this and sharing is caring (unless it's the wife of your best friend, then it's adultery).

warning: evil german subtitles, you have been warned



I just hope they are not using voice-actors for the real game.
The charme of the LEGO [Franchise name here] games was the portrayal
of the story without words and a lot of comedy / parody.

A more serious Lego game would just feel wrong to me.
"Bring your thousands, I have my axe."
"Bring your cannons, I have my armor."
"Bring your mighty... I am my own champion."
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They're using voice acting from now on, starting with LEGO Batman 2.
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but a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow
was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law! Now, the fool
seeks to return to the past, and undo the future that is Aku...
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Executor32 wrote:They're using voice acting from now on, starting with LEGO Batman 2.
Removing one of the best core elements?! :banghead: Fuck... that'll pretty much kill all the fun for me...

I'll cry in the corner and gorge myself on chocolate icecream now.
"Bring your thousands, I have my axe."
"Bring your cannons, I have my armor."
"Bring your mighty... I am my own champion."
Cue Unit-01 ramming half the Lance of Longinus down Adam's head and a bemused Gendo, "Wrong end, son."
Ikari Gendo, NGE Fanfiction "Standing Tall"
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TBH with half of these I reckon it's the value of the Lego brand that's actually being used, following the generally positive critical reception the series has had they're just looking for any old thing to Lego up.

Also, obviously, this lets them remind everyone of hobbits in time for the movie at the end of this year.
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And the inevitable real life LEGO tie in.

For some reason Frodo's face, when he's caught in Shelob's webbing, just cracked me up. http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us ... /9470.aspx
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Stark wrote:Is the LOTR licence worth anything anymore? Surely the time for this game was five years ago.
I'm pretty sure LOTR is popular enough that the licence will be worth quite a bit for the foreseeable future. Also, the Hobbit movie is about to come out.
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