Players can also make use of familiar creatures such as oliphaunts and trolls, use horses and wargs as mounts, and periodically take control of series heroes or villains, including Gandalf, Saruman, Aragorn, Sauron, Legolas, and even a Balrog. There are four playable classes, allowing gamers to wield swords in melee combat as a Warrior, fire arrows at enemies as an Archer, use stealth and cunning as a Scout, or employ magic to attack or heal as a Mage. evil and then battle through familiar locations from Peter Jackson's film adaptations. However, Amazon still has the mega-budget TV show in the works, so they might be saving themselves a penny or two in the long run by scrapping the video game after it was revealed the first season alone is setting the studio back almost half a billion dollars, without even considering the $250 million it cost to even acquire the rights in the first place.Pandemic Studios applies the same formula it used in the popular Star Wars: Battlefront series to another cherished mythology in The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, this time letting players take either side of J.R.R. That being said, gamers with a soft spot for Middle-Earth at least have Lord of the Rings: Gollum to look forward to, with the first gameplay teaser trailer arriving a few weeks ago, but the finished product isn’t expected to arrive until next year. Tolkien’s rich, dense and expansive lore, which has resulted in several solid games over the years but nothing that’s generated anything approaching the same sort of longevity and immersion enjoyed by the likes of World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls Online and others, despite the superficial similarities between the three sprawling fantasy properties. It’s a shame, because there’s serious potential in a MMORPG based on J.R.R. Amazon might own Twitch, which gives them a huge presence in the gaming industry, but in-house titles have never been the outfit’s strong suit. It’s yet another setback for Amazon Game Studios, who in the broadest of terms haven’t managed to release a single successful effort since launching in 2014, and The Lord of the Rings can now be added to the discard pile along with team-based brawler Breakaway and Relentless Studios’ third-person shooter Crucible.
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