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Battle for Middle-Earth Screenshots

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 03, 2004 8:23am PDT

Related Topics – screenshots, Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth website was updated the other day, offering ten new screenshots from the C&C Generals engine powered RTS game in development at EA Games. Thanks Blues News.

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Blah... RTS graphics make me want to puke right now. We're at such an in-between stage in the graphical progression for these types of games... Not very many developers understand how to balance the polygon count with the depth of field in a way that I can still tolerate looking at.

Jul 04, 2004 1:22pm PDT

Blah... RTS graphics make me want to puke right now. We're at such an in-between stage in the graphical... : jason e

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where can we see the latest videos?

Jul 03, 2004 2:13pm PDT

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where can we see the latest videos? : madclown
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- http://www.gametrailers.com They tend to have 'em all... : SilverSnake

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Your link for Bluesnews is broken, just FYI.

- A-Team
- AIXGaming

Jul 03, 2004 8:40am PDT

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Your link for Bluesnews is broken, just FYI. - A-Team - AIXGaming : ateam311
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- i bet it was on purpose too : doomed

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*looks at poor gf4 4200 and sighs*

Jul 03, 2004 10:09am PDT

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*looks at poor gf4 4200 and sighs* : xphil
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    relax guys... prices are dropping... get a 9800 pro or wait for x800 to drop current prices even more... : tommysgun
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      ... and hopefully then pci express video cards will be available. : Pneum0
      
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      Who cares? No performance increase at this point over AGP : mojoald
      
      yea waste of money for the first year : Neech

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By: Bali x Show Full Post

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Here's hoping they can squeeze every ounce of performance out of that engine because otherwise, its going to be a slideshow for most people. Generals was great for the weapons and explosions, a better running engine/interface/and controls would have made this game a real contender. It just seemed like a perfect opportunity wasted to me. =(

Jul 03, 2004 5:05pm PDT

Here's hoping they can squeeze every ounce of performance out of that engine because otherwise, its going... : Bali

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looks awesome. but i am still looking forward to Warhammer 40k more.

Jul 03, 2004 11:52am PDT

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looks awesome. but i am still looking forward to Warhammer 40k more. : jedi_27
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  i hear you :) also i think it looks crap, those soldiers are way out of proportions with those tiny li... : electric_wizard
  - Yeah, I agree, the models bug me for some reason. I'll still end up trying this for sure, but some shots... : Derringer
- I'd like to see a little more gameplay of both (especially 40k). : derelict515

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http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/lotr_battle/Battle+for+Middle-Earth/1/070304/scrn-imageSM-5.jpg

looks nice. soldiers look like dwarfs though :P

Jul 03, 2004 8:29am PDT

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http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/lotr_battle/Battle+for+Middle-Earth/1/070304/scrn-imageSM-5.jpg loo... : sikander
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- Yeah, the charecter models are.. well. Yeah... : octosloth

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GREAT!! LOW POLY MIDGET MEN!!! LETS MAKE EVERYONE A HOBBIT!! GOOOOOOO AWESOME PROGRAMMERS!

Jul 03, 2004 8:38am PDT

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GREAT!! LOW POLY MIDGET MEN!!! LETS MAKE EVERYONE A HOBBIT!! GOOOOOOO AWESOME PROGRAMMERS! : trailrix
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  Since when do programmers make the game models. : A-C
  - don't feed the trolls. : Turd Ferguson
- they have tons of poly's for a RTS : lord_omega
- My thoughts as well! : c0bra

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I was gonna say * C O N S O L E ' D * until I saw this: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/lotr_battle/Battle+for+Middle-Earth/1/070304/scrn-imageSM-10.jpg

Yeah, that's a lot of polygons.

Jul 03, 2004 8:30am PDT

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I was gonna say * C O N S O L E ' D * until I saw this: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/lotr_battle/Ba... : the archvile
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Looks nice, still very worried this game is only gonna have 4 "levels"/whatever.

Jul 03, 2004 10:35am PDT

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Looks nice, still very worried this game is only gonna have 4 "levels"/whatever. : SpiderMonkey
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    I think he was referrring to the other LOTR movie tie-in games that they've put out. Apparently they were... : azshack
    - Yeah I mean there are only 4 or whatever major battles in the films, their license only extends to what's... : SpiderMonkey

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I've always despised RTS games, but this one looks HOT!

After watching all 3 developer diary videos, it honestly looks like they're trying to innovate with this game rather than just rehash, and all of the little touches they're putting into the AI and unit emotion are sweet!

Not to mention the sight of the beautifully rendered flaming Balrog coming onto the battlefield, picking up a soldier and then crushing him into flaming ashes.

Yeah, I'm going to preorder this right now...

Jul 03, 2004 1:19pm PDT

I've always despised RTS games, but this one looks HOT! After watching all 3 developer diary videos, i... : PenicillinX57

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Ride now! Ride now! Ride for ruin and the worlds end!

Jul 03, 2004 9:57am PDT

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Ride now! Ride now! Ride for ruin and the worlds end! : johnny rotten
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- Yaaa~!~~~~!!! : DM7

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Wow... I must say, EA is looking to make a spectacular game :)

Jul 03, 2004 11:42am PDT

Wow... I must say, EA is looking to make a spectacular game :) : crunchtime4l

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OH SHI...

Jul 03, 2004 11:36am PDT

OH SHI... : Mad Brahmin Disease

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Someone get me a towel...

Jul 03, 2004 8:52am PDT

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Someone get me a towel... : mojoald
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- a sock : lord_omega

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Where is the actual game part? The screenshots are pretty good at setting up battles from the movie...but is this thing going to have multiplayer?

Gondor looks bad ass and stuff...but I don't much want to just replay movie scenes. I want to lay siege on an enemy :)

Jul 03, 2004 10:12am PDT

Where is the actual game part? The screenshots are pretty good at setting up battles from the movie...but... : gnoleb