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LEGO: Lord of the Rings Will Feature 85 Playable Characters
Written Friday, August 17, 2012 By Lee Bradley
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The rather charming looking LEGO: Lord of the Rings will feature a whopping 85 playable characters, including some that did not appear in the movie adaptations, say devs Traveller’s Tales.

Taking place during the Second Age and based on maps from the original Tolkien novels, the game will attempt to offer a complete recreation of Middle Earth, with all the familiar locations and more.

You’ll be able to traverse the entirety of Middle Earth, or if you’re feeling a bit lazy, take advantage of an instant travel feature. "We wanted much bigger and better than just having hubs that lead to playthroughs of the films," said TT Games' Nick Ricks.

In addition to this, the game will also feature dialogue taken from the films themselves, snippets of which you can hear in the latest trailer. 

LEGO: Lord of the Rings is out in Autumn 2012.

[via The Verge]




 
 

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Comment #1 by JoeyStone
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:07:45 AM
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I heard rumours of an October 26th release date elsewhere. Fingers crossed that sticks.


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Comment #2 by KnifeLife
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:09:05 AM
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Bring on Tom bombadill crazy dancing hobbit !


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Comment #3 by Darth PaulBlack
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:09:45 AM
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Tom Bombadil : D


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Comment #4 by Glarth
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:21:47 AM
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Bring on Radagast the brown :)


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Comment #5 by Bar Of Clay
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:22:50 AM
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could it not have been based on the books rather the Mr Jacksons adaptations, still looks amazing. Will be as brilliant at Star Wars TCS i am sure & Legos attention to detail wont have changed


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Comment #6 by Grey Delta
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:27:20 AM
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I'm still hoping for a Lego compilation with most (if not all) of these Lego games. Playing through Batman 2 ATM, looking forward to this!


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Comment #7 by Ice-012
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:50:37 AM
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I love how the music stops when Gimli shouts, "Not the beard!"
rofl


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Comment #8 by Lamprey319
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 07:51:15 AM
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I'm hoping that it's properly tested before release and isn't full of glitches that are never patched. You know, just for a change.


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Comment #9 by Sinful Samhein
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 08:06:20 AM
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Yes, a well built glitch-free LEGO game would be awesome. And so would Radagast the Brown.


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Comment #10 by R0Y4LEwitCHEESE
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 08:11:25 AM
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Lego Sean Bean FTW.


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Comment #11 by bjh_27
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 08:13:25 AM
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I am hoping they don't go for lots of big battles like the last star wars game. Mass spawning enemies get so annoying. Give me the great gameplay and graphics of the last 2 lego games and I will be chuffed...Batman 2 and Pirates were simply awesome. LSW III not so...imo


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Comment #12 by ChainGrave
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 08:14:01 AM
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I wonder when lego will bring out an original game, probably never as it's lego...


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Comment #13 by DarthTrakd
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 08:40:17 AM
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I really hope the cheevies unlock when I get the requirements, looking at you lego SW3 and your damn minikit cheevie I had to play through twice for...

really hoping for some Bombadil crazy actions, still my favorite character from the novels, hopefully they'll leave out the War in the North characters... that game was shit


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Comment #14 by Bajan Elite
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 09:17:12 AM
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Where is the option to play in HD?


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Comment #15 by shavron
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 09:29:46 AM
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@12, they released LEGO: Universe on the PC a couple of years ago.


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Comment #16 by Kinky Mong
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 09:53:57 AM
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@15: And there's that Lego City: Undercover game later this year too.


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Comment #17 by bLaKgRaVy
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 10:13:16 AM
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"Taking place during the Second Age and based on maps from the original Tolkien novels, the game will attempt to offer a complete recreation of Middle Earth, with all the familiar locations and more."

Didn't the main story of the Lord of the Rings take place in the Third Age? I know it really started in the Second Age (with Sauron forging the rings and all that backstory), but the actual novels/movies took place in the Third Age...


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Comment #18 by Jack Frost
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 10:22:48 AM
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@#16 - Yeah, but that's not going to be available on the 360, unfortunately. Damn shame, it looks like LEGO GTA.

OT: Am I the only one who feels it's a little lazy of them to use the voices from the films?


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Comment #19 by secretkaos187
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 11:08:53 AM
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Frodo!, DON't WEAR THE RING! The magical Bling Bling. I will for sure be playing/buying this at one point in time,may not be launch but I will.


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Comment #20 by Banes
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 11:10:47 AM
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I love me some Lego games. Day one purchase for me!


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Comment #21 by israelbeta
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 11:12:46 AM
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@#18 - About using the voice from the film: what choice do they have? For a chunk of the target market, the film voices are how the characters should sound. Fail to include those voices and you'd have people complaining about being ripped off. Hell, I saw a number of folks complaining at the lack of Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans from the "Amazing Spider-Man" game.


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Comment #22 by Iceskater101
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 11:31:00 AM
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My guy friend needs to get this.. he is such a big fan of Lord of the Rings.


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Comment #23 by lid
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 11:36:18 AM
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why is the video such bad quality?


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Comment #24 by freedog11
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 01:14:38 PM
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oh crap the fate of middle earth in a lego *facepalm* this will end badly......i will get this game to see the lego humor though


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Comment #25 by AGow95
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 03:31:02 PM
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This is the first time I've wanted to get a Lego game in years, but I know that they'll release it again when The Hobbit has been released but with more stuff, actually since the Hobbit films going to be three parts they'll probably release a third or fourth version of this.


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Comment #26 by Octarine
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 04:16:27 PM
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@17: You are correct, sir, and have beaten me to the punch. :D


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Comment #27 by ERIKDOTCOM
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 04:58:55 PM
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I'm totally ready for this, in part because I just finished another LotR marathon! :D


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Comment #28 by ELiiTexCRO
Friday, August 17, 2012 @ 06:57:19 PM
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Autumn 2012 ? for Australia were in Winter ?


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Comment #29 by skaghead
Saturday, August 18, 2012 @ 11:21:19 AM
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@28 this is a northern hemisphere website,so work it out...


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Comment #30 by JGar77
Saturday, August 18, 2012 @ 03:38:03 PM
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There should have been a Lord of the Rings game like this ages ago. I find it odd that the first time a company goes through with the idea and premise explained above, it ends up being Lego. Which I have nothing against, I would just prefer it to, well, NOT be Lego...


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Comment #31 by LeafRaider
Saturday, August 18, 2012 @ 04:45:22 PM
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@18 will they never really use voices so no it's not lazy as such...


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Comment #32 by DecadentBeaver
Sunday, August 19, 2012 @ 02:51:42 PM
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I've played the Lego Batman and Harry Potter 1 games so far, and have to say I'm very impressed with them, to the point I'm buying the Indiana Jones and a Star Wars Lego game this coming week. A lot of fun to be had, and plenty of replay value too. Gonna keep an eye on the LoTR Lego game, as I'm a huge fan of the films and books.


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Comment #33 by Sabeythang
Monday, August 20, 2012 @ 01:09:14 AM
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Figwit? :)


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Comment #34 by E11I077H
Monday, August 20, 2012 @ 03:44:59 PM
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Looks so good, i am a huge fan of lego games and love LOTR to bits. Hopefully it comes out on October 26th


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Comment #35 by Sargent Thenard
Saturday, August 25, 2012 @ 11:39:35 PM
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Another Lego Game? Definitely on my list.


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Developer:
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Warner Brothers Interactive

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US: November 13, 2012

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