Visiting the Tales of the Shire Studio | Nerd in New Zealand 

I'd love for them to do an edition of the books with a similar design. It's so beautiful!

Switch is in need of a fresh game, underrated console and perfect home for middle earth content.

@@Jonthecrabjuiceguy I agree!

Haha me too. I checked in to see when it was going live. Not soon enough 😭😆

What's your build specs?

​@@ROBERT-ml7ml RTX 2070, 32GB RAM, 1TB NMVe, 144Hz, ok fair, my i7-4790K is old now but Tales of the Shire will run just fine because the latest Assassin's Creed Games do too.

I’m sorry what games are you talking about? Lol

​@@Excelsior_Librarytales of the shire

@@irotr53i meant the ones that do involve slaying orcs. I think that’s what people actually want. We Haven’t had one of those in a very long time. We have had Gollum, and mines and now Stardew valley in middle earth. It’s ridiculous.

​@@Excelsior_Libraryto be honest, the Lego lotr and hobbit games are really good if you want to experience that sorta thing

I love Return to Moria. It’s a great survival crafting game. That said, I’d love a game where I got to exist as a Hobbit without the intense resource and inventory management and constant struggle in the dark.

Their first trailer drops tomorrow, which will give some clues, I would expect. This interview was filmed back in January.

Seems like the perfect game on the go… please be on Switch!

That’s a great question. Let’s hope there aren’t micro transactions!

In my opinion it depends on what you are looking for. There not a lot of LOTR games that you can find on current consoles or PC. If you want an action based game which doesn't pay too much attention to the lore, you can try Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. They are fun and good games even though they are a bit "extreme" in some sections. Then, if you love the film adaptations, there are the lego games but unfortunately the hobbit one is incomplete (sadly it came out before the third film and the story was never finished). Then, if you would like to have a fun experience with friends there's Return to Moria. It is not a perfect game but it definitely feels like you are in Middle Earth, even though you see it from the perspective of the mines. It is also the only game which takes place after the destruction of the ring. Finally.. there's the Gollum game. It is flawed, unfinished, unpolished, not very good looking. Ultimately, play it if you really, really, really love the character, otherwise skip it. It is a shame it came out like this, it was a missed oppurtunity. Please everyone, feel free to add other games and opinions to the one I mentioned. There other fun LOTR games but I think they would be harder to find given the fact that they are a bit old. Also, I didn't mention Lord of the Rings Online because I don't know it very well.

Battle for Middle-earth Trilogy is an elite-tier strategy game

ok, sounds cool. I'll look into it when I can

@@IcyWun ah sorry! Official branding was Battle for Middle earth Anthology

What do you prefer when gaming? I would ask that first, because what might be a good first for you, might be different from something for someone else (my first was Lord of the Rings Online, but if you like strategy or ttrpgs, then I have something different for ya!).

Fingers crossed this will be on steam

Both. It's on their website (I can't link because RU-vid gets really cranky about links in comments here.)

How do you know this will be a failure? It isn't done yet.

@@TheCrazyCanuck420 because the market has shown no interest in these types of middle earth games. An action RPG would be a hit if done right. Not sure why that doesn’t already exist.

Sorry, but this sounds like you are assuming “the market” is just you. Return to Moria has had a decent playership. Gollum was clearly a disaster, but that doesn’t mean anything less than a AAA Action RPG is worthless. That’s just your own bias talking.

@@NerdoftheRings the active player count is terrible. That may be your own bias speaking. I’m sure being involved with these companies and getting to meet creators sweetens your feelings on these projects. The fact stands that these games are underwhelming for such a popular IP. It doesn’t have to be an ARPG, and I’m not saying games that arent AAA are worthless, but the games we’ve gotten in the last few years aren’t even good for indie games.

Normally I'd agree, but I think this would is an exception. A Shire themed Animal Crossing esque game is begging to be made.

This isn't 1950

LOL sorry dad. Are you like this with other adults? Cringe.

Yikes.. this comment aged like milk.