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HMMcKamikaze:
Too bad it's for the 360. Hopefully they make it for the PC too. Though, it is too early to tell what platforms it will really be on.

Durrh:
Didn't it say it's coming out in January 2008? It's not January anymore. :(

But it sounds like Star Wars: Battlefront, by the title alone. And if that's true I will be a very happy man.

_Freek:
Yea, knowing EA it will probably be PS3/X360/PC

And there's no info on the pandemic site other then:

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We’re confident that Project Y is a game that will break new ground in its category and in the video game industry. Unfortunately, for the time being, we can’t even tell anyone what category. We can say, however, that the talented team working on it still has open positions to be filled. For a full description of available jobs at Pandemic, check out the jobs page.

Srsly, if this game looks good I will buy a console if its not for the PC :P

zach:
Well I personnaly will play it on a console over a pc as its not a strategy game.

But the release date says January 2008, but says you can still pre-order and that you have 191 days left. ???????

Mabey its an error as 191 days from now would put it in late September...

It should come out September 26, that my b-day! I got Halo 3 the day before my b-day in 2007 and now a lotr game near my b-day in 2008. Thats pretty awesome!

HMMcKamikaze:
In Europe month and day are reversed in the date, so it really is 9/1/08.

_Freek:
Yea, that means September :)

Krv:
I think it sounds more like Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds than Battlefront, to be honest :P

_Freek:
Yes but Pandemic doesn't do RTS games :P

LotR doesn't work on the AoE 3 engine, either. I do think if Pandemic puts enough thought and effort in a LotR "Battlefront" game, it would really work.

Krv:
Yea, it'd be fun to play. Hell, even I might play it :P Though bows instead of blasters would be a bit sucky. And they'd need to seriously upgrade the lightsaber combat bit for swords, because the Jedi in Battlefront were crap.

_Freek:
Well I would guess it would be in a new engine, too. It would be interesting to see how they will approach realism vs fast gameplay.

"Vehicles" should probably be limited to maps like they did in Battlefront. No mumakil or nazgul in Helms Deep :P

zach:

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Originally Posted by HMMcKamikaze In Europe month and day are reversed in the date, so it really is 9/1/08.

Yall are weird ....
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Originally Posted by Krv Yea, it'd be fun to play. Hell, even I might play it :P Though bows instead of blasters would be a bit sucky. And they'd need to seriously upgrade the lightsaber combat bit for swords, because the Jedi in Battlefront were crap.

Yes they would have to do lots of improvments, but it would be better to start from complete scratch.

Krv:

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Originally Posted by zach Yall are weird ....

Not really. 1st of September. 1/9. :P

zach:
No you say September 1st, 2008 its weird to say 1st of September of 2008

HMMcKamikaze:

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Originally Posted by Freek Well I would guess it would be in a new engine, too. It would be interesting to see how they will approach realism vs fast gameplay. "Vehicles" should probably be limited to maps like they did in Battlefront. No mumakil or nazgul in Helms Deep :P

Horse and Wargs would probably be available on many maps, and if we're lucky there may even be boats if there's water. Fighting on horseback could add a whole other element to the game so it doesn't get too repetitive.

Krv:

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Originally Posted by zach No you say September 1st, 2008 its weird to say 1st of September of 2008

Meh, you Yanks raped our language :(

HMMcKamikaze:
You have problems of your own, though. Last time I checked words like 'idea' shouldn't be pronounced 'idear'.

_Freek:
In dutch, its just 1 september [een september]

We take less times to pronounce our dates, so hence we do it this way.

Mounts should be interesting, especially in a real-time environment. I hope you're not just stuck with trampling though.

m@tt:
1st of September 2008. I'm English therefore this is correct :P

I've always thought we needed a comprehensive LOTR RPG type game, as ROTK was genius but limited (as in battles, characters etc).

_Freek:
Well, if this is like Battlefront it isn't strictly an RPG, but more like a Third Person Shooter. RPG's are generally a lot slower-paced as attacks are made with certain skills etc.

Wuzaa-man:

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Originally Posted by Freek In dutch, its just 1 september [een september] We take less times to pronounce our dates, so hence we do it this way. Mounts should be interesting, especially in a real-time environment. I hope you're not just stuck with trampling though.

If the horseback-combat was anything like in Mount & Blade, I'd definately buy the game.

zach:
I hopw there is cool mounted gamesplay.
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It would also be sweet to have a online ranking system determined by number of wins... Like BFME, but different.
Such as:

Soldier
archer
Horseman/Wargrider
Ranger/Scout
etc.

You can get each of these at a certain # of wins, there would have to be many more ranks and possible sub ranks(Yeoman Archer, Gondor Archer)

At each rank you get a new skill such as ride horse/ride warg. As well as unlocking new weapons, armour and clothing.

Embrin:
This is almost like what I was hoping for, except a bit different of course. An LOTR battlefront game would still be pretty sweet.

:ftw:UK!
I don't live in the UK, but still...

Sledgehammer:
As some of you know I announced this game awhile ago... From what I heard it is most likely based on a Battlefront type of game play... I would really like to see EA's first go at an RPG get redone... but who really knows.

I doubt it will ship in September as Pandemic just took over the development. But knowing EA if the core of the game is done, which it should be... they just might make a Christmas launch. If they want to push this game for Christmas they will most likely give us a huge amount of details in spring :)

zach:
You announced it but not its possible title. :P

_Freek:

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Originally Posted by zach I hopw there is cool mounted gamesplay. ----- It would also be sweet to have a online ranking system determined by number of wins... Like BFME, but different. Such as: Soldier archer Horseman/Wargrider Ranger/Scout etc. You can get each of these at a certain # of wins, there would have to be many more ranks and possible sub ranks(Yeoman Archer, Gondor Archer) At each rank you get a new skill such as ride horse/ride warg. As well as unlocking new weapons, armour and clothing.

Sjeesh you have so many ideas all the time. Go work at EA and bring some insane creativity to the table :P

I'm pretty sure the game will include some pretty extensive online ranking systems with medals and the likes. Even RTS games have those systems in place nowadays.

zach:
Well i originally was going to go to college next year at full Sail for game design, but I changed and am going to MS&T for Aerospace Engineering.

Anyways, yea I know most games have ranks and medals, but it would be cool if getting a certain rank actually helped you. Like in Halo 3 you can unlock new armour variations in both solo/multi play. But that armour only makes you look cool, doesnt change your stats. Now this would cause some balance issues, but you would have to design a system that adds a teams stats together and equlize the teams so one doesnt get level 10 people with horses, mithril armour, etc. and the other is all level 1 with rohan leather armour. That wouldnt be too hard to do.

LOTR Fan:
Let's not get too carried away... we don't even know that it will be like Battlefront...
It may be another conincidence in the great pool of coincidences.


Either that or all these rumours are correct ;)

toiletplunger7:
man, thatd be so awesome if it was like battlefront, i loved that game when I used to play it.

that would seriously be an awesome game if they didnt mess it up, lol