LOTR Strategy Game

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-08-04 11:24pm

http://www.gamespy.com/previews/august03/wotrpc/

From what I've read so far, it looks pretty cool.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-08-05 12:50am

It looks like a WCIII mod to be quite frank and is not in any way shape or form grabbing my attention.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-05 01:13am

Blech. We need more units onscreen. LOTR is EPIC! 50 units isn't EPIC, it's a SKIRMISH.

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-08-05 01:31am

That's not a LOTR strategy game, this is a LOTR strategy game!

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-08-05 01:50am

I am disappointed by the graphics. Its hard to tell whats what, I think it should have a more AOE type look.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-08-05 01:57am

I'll wait until the Rome: Total War LOTR mod, thank you very fucking much. That's about the only engine I'd trust to do the series justice.

10,000 untis on screen, fully 3D, with seige weapons and scaled fortifications and cities.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-08-05 02:53am

Looks like they're going to ruin LOTR with this. I want my MASSIVE battles, Helms Deep, Pelennor Fields and Dagorlad.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-08-05 04:16am

Baron Mordo wrote:That's not a LOTR strategy game, this is a LOTR strategy game!

I got THAT motherfucker!

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-08-05 04:17am

Damn. I thought this thread was about LOTR risk. That game ROCKS!

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-08-05 04:29am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Damn. I thought this thread was about LOTR risk. That game ROCKS!

I thought it was the Games Workshop one.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-08-05 01:01pm

Hotfoot wrote:I'll wait until the Rome: Total War LOTR mod, thank you very fucking much. That's about the only engine I'd trust to do the series justice.

10,000 untis on screen, fully 3D, with seige weapons and scaled fortifications and cities.

10K units still isn't enough

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-08-05 01:08pm

phongn wrote:10K units still isn't enough

Ah, but the peak engagement of LOTR:TTT only involved about 10,000 Uruk-hai and a few hundred humans. So RTW is powerful enough to effective render it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-08-05 01:19pm

The Atlas of Middle Earth estimated some 2.7K human troops (of 3.2K total) defending against 10K+ attacking.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-08-05 01:34pm

phongn wrote:The Atlas of Middle Earth estimated some 2.7K human troops (of 3.2K total) defending against 10K+ attacking.

Is that with or without the mounted reinforcements?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-08-05 01:48pm

With the reinforcements, but remember that the battle in the book went differently than that in the movie.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-08-05 01:54pm

phongn wrote:With the reinforcements, but remember that the battle in the book went differently than that in the movie.

Of course.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-08-05 05:20pm

phongn wrote:
Hotfoot wrote:I'll wait until the Rome: Total War LOTR mod, thank you very fucking much. That's about the only engine I'd trust to do the series justice.

10,000 untis on screen, fully 3D, with seige weapons and scaled fortifications and cities.
10K units still isn't enough

Sorry, should be 10,000+ units, as is the info on RTW specs.

Still, that should be more than enough for most engagements, and even if it's not, reinforcements can make up for the numbers significantly above 10,000.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-08-05 05:24pm

Now then, all we need is an engine that can handle the Seige of Minas Tirith.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-08-05 09:58pm

phongn wrote:Now then, all we need is an engine that can handle the Seige of Minas Tirith.

Minas Tirith has nothing on Dagorlad.

(Dagorlad is the battle at the start of FOTR)