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Gaming => Reviews, Previews & First Looks => Topic started by: butter_knife on October 03, 2003, 03:51:07 PM
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Unleashed from legal limbo, the only fantasy RPG you really care about is takeing shape
Article from PC Gamer Magazine Volume 10
WITH THE HUGE SUCCESS of the movies, and the resurgent interest in the works of tolkien, Middle-Earth has replaced Star Wars as the go-to fantasy world for the 20- and 30- somethings.And here you'll finally get to play a personal role in the Ring-Saga.
Let's be clear, though: Middle-Earth Online is based on the book license, not the movies. That means the develpoers have access to the material in The hobbit and the LotR trilogy, and that's it. No Silmarillion(Tolkien Enterprises won't give that up0, no movies. But that's hardly a limiting factor given the depth of material contain in these tomes.
It also needs to be clear taht you're not joining the illustrious Fellowship, which, as the MEO time-line begins, has just cleared Moria on its Ulimate journey to Mount Doom. \"It doesn't matter if the Ring is Destroyed if they have nothing to come home to,\" explains VU Games Producer Christopher Taylor. \"what you're doing is beign the hero within that structure.\" While noteable characters from the books will be intregal to the story- Tom Bombadil, Elrond, Bilbo Baggins, Farmer Maggot, and Bard- to name a few- the Fellowship pricipals won't figure anywhere other than references to their exploits and your mopping up in the aftermath of their adventures and conquests.
MEO's storyline involves 2 main arc: the impact of the fall of the Balrog, and the Wights of Barrowdowns suddenly becoming restless as the One Ring passes thru, awakening an ancient power. In the initial launch, the game world will also cover just the northwest portion of Middle Earth. Known as eriador, this area consists of several environmental biomes for you to explore (forest, mountains, northern tundra, and such), but you won't be stomping straight off to the legendary locations like Mirkwood, Rohan, or Mordor- they'll be fleshed out in one of several expansions already being planned.
gaaah that's all i could type right now...my fingers hurting
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how about copy and paste...
anyway thas cool jed...
i wanna be smeagol
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copy and paste from a magaizine onto my pc?
sorry but i dont have a scanner
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yea hoss there's something called copy and paste, but still it's good u infroming us about this........ i'll better start on planning on who i'll want to play
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oh.. crap didn't read the part about the scanner and stuff sorry!
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dat a real tough decision on who to be no it not Smeagol iymc preciousssss will soon be oursssss
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hmmm, smeagol? i eh know yes...though i will certainly have to check this out...what magazine that article from? PC Gamer...vol 10? need to hunt down a copy of that....they say anything about where u can get info online?
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I will be Lord Elrond and own all the base in both worlds.
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lol yuh understand den everybody go wha be he
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if u gonne search this online, obviously u'll use google