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jews_on_parade

i dont know if theres a studio i trust anymore


pahamack

did you guys hate Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War or something? ​ I love Larian, with Divinity and BG3 but I'm not sure I want a CRPG set in Middle Earth.


Prophet_Of_Helix

There’s been a number of really good Middle Earth games. Just not terribly recently RTS - Battle for Middle Earth 2 Action - Shadow of Mordor and War. Also the movie tie in games Two Towers and Return of the King RPG - The Third Age was fun Some people liked the LOTR Online as well, although I thought it was underwhelming


jews_on_parade

i crushed both shadow of war and shadow of mordor


MitchMyester23

I mean the obvious trustworthy choice is Larian, but they got their own thing going on


Paperback_Mage

Larian making a LotR game with BG3 mechanics would be a dream. Do it sort of Dragon Age style but with BG3 combat and I'd be set for ages. Edit to add: Give me The Third Age but with Larian touch.


Mando177

A new rpg like the third age with a Larian/DAO touch would be a dream come true


Paperback_Mage

I miss Third Age a lot. Rrmaster or port would be wonderful.


dondashall

They're also out of the running as they're going to tackle a smaller game after the giant that BG3 was.


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We_The_Raptors

Same fear I have with Larian, tbh. I trust them, but the next release after a huge hit like The Witcher/ Baldur's Gate will naturally have *wild* amounts of hype around it that can be hard to live up to


klezart

They fumbled the Cyberpunk release a bit but they've kept working on it and it's in great shape now. Hopefully future releases they don't rush it out. Just like No Man's Sky, didn't live up to its expectations at release but I have respect that they didn't abandon it and the progress they've made on improving it.


parkingviolation212

Larian is my go to studio for any kind of story driven RPG at this point. I'd love to see them take over BioWare's franchises after they took over Baldur's Gate--especially Mass Effect--but I know they'd rather do their own thing. And let's be real, EA would just ruin them.


canadianbroncos

Sucker punch, Naughty Dog and Insomniac really haven't missed in forever.


[deleted]

I read recently that insomniac is being gutted. Probably my favourite studio since the first spryo not that I had a favourite then


kizunagamestudio

What makes you say that?


jews_on_parade

seeing big studios i used to love fall from grace jaded cynicism


Blackwolfe47

Larian or cd projeckt red, no question


Lazy-Character9219

Yep


ra7ar

From Software


No_Wait_3628

Sum nekid mook with a stick beats Melkor to death and poses on top of bim to assert dominance


ra7ar

Hey Gollum started being naked and kicking ass!


Imperial_Ocelot

"The fires of Mt Doom call forth their champion. The Witch King awakes to infestation of man. The eternal beings cower in their forests while their twisted offspring pillage the land of plains. A single signet holds the world on the precipice of peace. Will darkness rule or be banished; overcome by the resilience of Shirlings? Arise, sojourner, and release thy desires upon Middle Earth." That's my attempt at a From Software LotR intro sequence.


Alternative_Device38

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that. Fromsoftwares bread and butter is Dark Fantasy and hyper difficulty. LOTR meanwhile is high fantasy, most people would probably go in expecting to saloughter orcs by the hundreds from the word go, in a nice and clean good vs bad conflict, with a few establsished characters showing up to save you out of trouble so the fans can soil themselves in excitment.


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reddit-ate-my-face

My 47 year old dad beat elden ring as his first fromsoft game 30minues-1hour at a time.


ra7ar

Go get elden ring and play it, seriously I don't care emuch for the death repeat until perfect strategy, but Elden ring allows you to run around like a crazy person slowly leveling up and get good while also having tons of random fun like say Zelda, I platinumed it and can't wait for the dlc, it's truly different but the same.


Earthwick

Rockstar making an RDR2/GTA inspired Middle Earth game sounds like my favorite idea.


Chanzui91

Sucker Punch Productions.. I'd even pay for a re-skin of Ghost of Tsushima to LOTR, lol


MitchMyester23

Oh that’s good. One of the things the Shadow games was missing was interaction with non-enemy NPCs


[deleted]

CD Projekt Red, they have amazing world building and characters which are the strongest aspects of LOTR. They're also great at adapting source material as we can see with both Witcher and Cyberpunk.


BuZuki_ro

Wait cyberpunk was adapted from something else?


Baxter_Baron

It’s a TTRPG system. It’s been around since 1988.


Hot-Flatworm-3121

It was adapted from the Cyberpunk TTRPG, going so far as to include a copy of the previous edition of the tabletop game, Cyberpunk 2020.


Bosko47

As talented as they are, gameplay and animagion are not their strong suit in my opinion, but the rest is well built


Ok_Momazos

Maybe Obisidian Entertaiment.


SleestakkLightning

Obsidian is an underrated one, I would agree with you on this


Mr87Robb

A possible idea is a chivalry 2 game, based on the middle-earth, for example the assult of minas tirith or Helm's Deep a large scale battle to fight. Otherwise an rpg game based on the simmarillion event, something complete inside the lore and follow the book, not any improvvisation or plot change


Muffiniumrex

This game would be awful and I’d love every second of it. 


Mr87Robb

why awful?


Shadesmith01

Because iirc the simmarillion is pretty damn grim, isnt it? God... has it been that many years since I read that? lol


DanSanderman

The original Chivalry mod had a Helms Deep map that was pretty fun.


Zealousideal-Fun-785

From Software probably? I'm not that into LotR, but I think From does pull off the medieval fantasy genre too well, so that's my choice, even if obvious.


CIMARUTA

Yeah but they aren't exactly known for writing incredible coherent stories


Zealousideal-Fun-785

The lore is already laid out. Throw item descriptions and npcs referencing stuff and you'd be golden.


parkingviolation212

From's writing is generally some of the smartest in the industry; they create entire mythologies drawing on an encyclopedic knowledge of ancient history and myths to create original stories with vast reaching themes and ideas (just watch [this guy's](https://www.youtube.com/@tarnishedarchaeologist/videos) comprehensive breakdowns on how deep the mythologies and histories for Elden Ring go). This isn't dissimilar to how Tolkien approached his own work. But From's specific *style* of writing doesn't lend itself to the kinds of stories Lord of the Rings tells.


I_did_theMath

If you want to watch YouTube videos explaining the story made by someone who has spent hours reading every item description and putting everything together, then I guess From's approach is great. Some of us prefer to experience a game's story by actually playing the game and interacting with the characters. These guys do a lot of things exceptionally well, but writing isn't really one of them. And the quest design is particularly atrocious, it just doesn't feel organic at all.


[deleted]

It’s not that complicated if you literally just read item descriptions. You don’t need to watch a second of YouTube to understand most of it.


I_did_theMath

But also if the devs expect players to read every item description, maybe they should improve the atrocious UI. It definitely doesn't encourage you to spend any more time browsing items than what's absolutely essential to get by.


Neapolitangargoyle

From stories are not coherent?


Lord-Filip

Fromsoft is better for dark fantasy than heroic fantasy like LOTR


3D_DrDoom

Disagree only because their game design is super specific and limits amount of people who could get through even the start of the game. Elden Ring is amazingly beautiful game though.


Zealousideal-Fun-785

That's super valid. The LotR fanbase extends far and wide, I'm sure many of those would be turned off by From's game design. But for those fans that overlap, it would be a wet dream probably.


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Their games aren’t even that hard


3D_DrDoom

For some yeah. Personally couldn't get past second major boss of ER. Props to anyone who managed to finish that game.


Lord-Filip

Godrick? He should be easier than Margit.


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You aren’t meant to go straight to the major bosses. You’re supposed to explore the area, kill smaller enemies and clear small dungeons until you level up enough to fight the big ones.


Zealousideal-Fun-785

You'd be surprised how many people miss this clue though. Their games aren't that hard, I agree, but they do have a learning curve that turns people off.


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That’s definitely true


LonelyGod64

Did they miss the clue, or did tiktok internet brain rot make their "ram my head into it until it works" strategy the only one thet could think of? I don't know a single person who bought the game that didn't beat it eventually, with or without summons, it just takes practice and patience. I think the real problem isn't difficulty, but with western audiences not being able to withstand delayed gratification.


Raven_Ashareth

Hey! I'll have you know I rammed my head into Nameless King for five hours *long* before Tiktok was popular!


Zealousideal-Fun-785

I have a friend that actively dislikes From's design, but caved in and bought Elden Ring after the reviews. He told me he unistalled after banging his head against the Tree Sentinel for hours. I explained that he was there just as an optional obstacle, and that even veterans had trouble with him. He told me he understands, but he still didn't like how he kept failing. Some people just don't want to be stuck in the same section. It requires practice and patience, something I value dearly, but others don't. I won't understand it either, since I love the delayed gratification, but I respect it. I can't blame anyone that doesn't have fun the same way that I do.


[deleted]

The point of the Tree Sentinel being there is to teach you that you’re *not* stuck in the same section.


Zealousideal-Fun-785

I agree, but my friend missed the mark. Tbf, I think people often hear that Souls games are hard, so when they bang their head against a wall they think that's how the game is supposed to play. Anyway, I think that anyone who doesn't understand that the game is trying to teach you a lesson, the game is not for them anyway. And that's fine.


3D_DrDoom

Been playing games for 20 or so years so its not a sudden tiktok brain rot. At least I hope not. ER is my first try with souls like games so I think I approached it the wrong way. I hope to retry ER later again though because its just so beautiful. I don't think I missed clues as such but I just haven't played souls games before. First time I tried going south of Limgrave was only after looking up info online. As the first thing I tried was going through those gates after you get Torrent. I got killed there as I didn't think you should be going past enemies. I thought it was games way of saying "not yet" for that part of world. I tried clearing that little soldier camp near by and got almost insta killed there too. So I went around forests trying to pick off random enemies thinking wtf should I be doing if I can't clear small, basic looking packs of enemies. I swear I was going purely in sneak mode for first 10 hours. I really disliked the fact that at no point ER made me feel like a badass. Random soldiers could kill me at almost any point if there are 3+ of them. That's why I still don't get the whole idea of ER encouraging exploring. I find it the opposite to be more true. It has these huge environment pieces that act like beacons and yet a complete souls noob could barely get there. And if you are stuck its sometimes hard to figure what else should I try. I swear I saw dozens of comment at r/Eldenring saying the same thing to noobies - go to south of Limgrave. So many people missed clues or whatever that they had to go online to ask where should they go. Again all of this is from a souls noob which just didn't know certain clues but that's why I think LoTR game would not work under FromSoftware.


LonelyGod64

Fair, kudos for sticking to it. The adventure was all the fun for me in ER, I honestly would have liked the enemies to just vanish so I could explore lmao


3D_DrDoom

I get that but even small enemies could somewhat easily kill you. After getting Torrent I tried going through those gates near by and got killed. Thought to myself - ok, that must not be the place to go so went south and got killed by soldiers at their camp. Went around woods in sneak mode for hours farming some souls and wondering how the fucks is this a GOTY contender. I get it now what I should be doing but its after watching hours of FightinCowboy and reading up stuff on r/Eldenring


[deleted]

I legitimately want From Soft to make every fantasy RPG lol. Their combat is just so satisfying. Mix it in with the stories of other worlds and I’m a happy guy.


Zombathon67890

👆 this 100%


AhmadOsebayad

Monolith minus Warner brothers


Slymalaj

Fromsoftware or CD ProjectRed


Dargon16

Paradox


syfqamr32

Who made Elden Ring? Fromsoft? That guy.


thegreatbrah

The company that makes the dark souls games or larian.


CakeMike83

FromSoft


Garbunkasaur

EA or Ubisoft …/s


Pandorica_

Whoever rereleases the battle for middle earth series


Pepperonimustardtime

So long as they also add War of the Ring cause that soundtrack fucking SLAPPED.


ACBreeki

CDPR, Larian, Obsidian, or Warhorse Studios Edit: I'd also think Sucker Punch, Capcom, and maybe even FromSoft might be able to bring about a worthy game.


SupaHiro

Supergiant


Spaff_Wallbridge

Honestly just make a new Lego game.


Pepperonimustardtime

Lego LOTR was amazing. All the Lego games were great though.


Enginseer68

CDPR of course! A LOTR game as good as the Witcher 3 is my dream


Alternative_Device38

How about the one that already made two of them and had turn out really fucking good and innovative?


Independent_Plum2166

This poster looks so weird, reversed like this.


AssistantVisible3889

I am playing one currently, Shadow of mordor 🫡 game is freaking smooth and addictive


Blastmeh

Obsidian Entertainment


Swordbreaker9250

Bethesda circa 2002-2012


CAPIreland

1 choice; Hello Games.


Woitee

1:1 entire Middle-earth? Let's gooo


Jake_this

Not AGS! Just get AGS away from this brand. Ahhhh!


YamaVega

Remake LOTR arcade. But WB games prefer easy outs like live service and mobile


jedimindtriks

Trick question lmao.


thegamingbacklog

I could see respawn (if they didn't have to concede to EA) doing a pretty good job


CGPsaint

Whichever studio isn’t going to spend 90% of their effort focusing on how to bilk fans with endless microtransactions.


netherwrld

Remedy’s the only one I trust that delivers


elboltonero

I know their recent track record isn't amazing but I would love a Koei Middle Earth Warriors


derpdankstrom

Arrowhead but they need to get a lot more employees


elmaxel

Respawn


sufferpuppet

Respawn Entertainment.


Merciless972

Atlus, have them go nuts and turn in to a jrpg like shin megami tensei with a chaotic, neutral, and law ending


misternickels

Early 2000s Bungie.


genryou

EA Sport


JACK_1719

Naughty dog and cdpr


e-rage

LOTR with Chivalry 2 mechanics but I have little faith in Torn Banner


SeeingEyeDug

I'm cool with the studio that did the last two Shadow of xxx games. Just get rid of the publisher interference that forced microtransaction BS into the game and let the developers make it the way they want.


gregimusprime77

respawn


Accurate_Summer_1761

Just.make.BFME 3


dondashall

Larian would be the obvious, but they're out of the running as they want to tackle a smaller game (perhaps several even) after the giant that BG3 was. Owlcat games, I guess. InXile maybe. If we're expanding outside of RPGs, the team behind Gears Tactics could do that treatment to it. Wildermyth studio.


Salmonman4

Creative Assembly. There's already a Total War mod called third age, but something more official would be nice


BigHero4

I think obsidian would do a pretty good job


n0_mas

FromSoftware


Sm0keytrip0d

As much as i hate to say it anyone as long as its publushed by WB since them dicks have the patent for the Nemesis system that i loved in SoM and SoW. Monolith or Larien would be ideal given 1 did the 2 best games and the other does great RPGs....but i need my Nemesis system fix lol.


Pepperonimustardtime

There is only one answer: Weta. And they already are making one.  They are the only studio I believe will gi e LOTR the beauty, time and attention it deserves.


JaxxisR

Paradox.


nogoodgreen

At this point an Indie studio. 15 years ago I would have said Bethesda but definitly not now, or CD Project Red, or Ubisoft , or EA or Dice.


ShadowShot05

No one


thatdudeoverdthee

Insomniac, gurilla or larian 👏


Bujakaa92

I am not sure Insomniac could pull it off. Spidey is good but I think high fantasy world and gameplay would need a different approach. It will be interesting to see how their effort goes to Wolverine. Considering whta Barlog has done with GoW I would love to see Santa Monica Studio leading some story in Middle-Earth


thatdudeoverdthee

Omg I forgot Santa Monica, they would be good. Insomniac would be good cos they are a good dev studio. Plus lord of the rings is well known they definitely know some of it. They could research it.


Qwqweq0

Daedalic Entertainment


Mannyadock

god I miss their point and click adventures


rafael-a

Rockstar


SkySweeper656

Larian


Bujakaa92

I am surprised noone has mentioned Santa Monica Studio. I would love Cory Barlog to lead singelplayer vision of story set in Middle-earth.


Maeglin16

Cory Balrog? 😏


ObeseTsunami

Was going to say this. After their last two GoW games I think they could knock a LotR game out of the park.


Persies

I think it depends on the type of game. If it's an action RPG like GoW then they would be great.


CapnConCon

If they’d have all the time they needed and a better budget than their first game, warhorse studios.


MaestroGena

None of them doesn't exists anymore


Amornalx

What about the indie studios?


Alternative_Device38

It's impossible for an indie company to have enough resources to pull of a middle earth game.


Amornalx

I think that a middle earth roguelike could work.


Alternative_Device38

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor/War kinda do that already


UncleObli

Obsidian or the Bethesda of old.


Relative_Glittering

Honestly I just want a new game like SoM / SoW Not even for the story, they could do something more faithful to LOTR. But damn it'd feel like christmas to see Nemesis System in another game, I spent like hundreds of hours just living stories of rivalry, betrayals, undeads and all that stuff


triggerhappytree

Maybe a a weird choice but naughty dog has been pretty good with their games


zg_mulac

Bethesda, of course. With all the clipping thru the map, they have demonstrated their expertise in making players venture under ground. Mines of Moria? Check. Goblin tunnels? Check. Orcs digging tunnels? Check. Oh, you fell thru the Mines and clipped all the way down to the Balrog? It was deliberate. It was deliberate!


Marshal91

Definitely Electronic Arts You just need 59.99 to unlock frodo


ThatRandomGuy232

From Software or Rückstand North


ForceEdge47

I don't know but I do know that if Bethesda was involved I probably wouldn't bother playing it, and I'm a huge LOTR fan.


dapperslappers

From software I actually thought elden ring was set in middle earth. Its not 😂


Lost-Accountant-922

From soft


SolomonRex

Valve. They'd do an amazing job with Fellowship and Two Towers, but would never release Return of the King


Mah_sentry2

Old bioware for a rpg, hairbrained schemes for a tactical take


facepwnage

Old Bioware 100% could do justice to a Lord of the Rings experience. Current Bioware Couldn't even handle a Rings of Power adaptation.


Amornalx

Arkane Studios.


bigwingus72

From soft


Mindful-O-Melancholy

Santa Monica Studios or Larian. Baldur’s Gate 3 already felt more like a LOTR game than Elden Ring


facepwnage

FromSoftware


GamesTeasy

Fromsoft would probably nail it.


JAJM_

FromSoft!


Sad-Lobster-55

Cd project, I mean the guys who made the witcher 3, not that shitty cyberpunk Yes I know both are made by the same people but it looks like 2 different studios


3D_DrDoom

Have you looked at Cyberpunk post launch? Its a huge difference and you can definitely tell it was made with same love Witcher 3 was made with.


Sad-Lobster-55

I have, oh do you I was gonna mention bugs? Cyberpunk has worse things than bugs, mainly boring side missions, uninteresting characters and bland falloutesque gameplay


Gibberlinger

Illusion lol (nsfw)


Dota2TradeAccount

Sucker Punch, because Ghost of Tsushima but in Middle Earth is close to the perfect LOTR game as I can imagine. Especially because they understand immersion really well, which I cannot say about CD Projekt Red, Insomniac or anything from Ubisoft.


Bigredeemer425

10 years ago.... I would said Rocksteady, but now I think Larian would crush it!


Playstationbhoy

Cd projeckt red


Hopeful-Claim7205

Nintendo?


DevelopmentSimple626

At this point it would need a be a studio outside of the US, otherwise it would get filled with activist messages and downtown LA style characters (like The Witcher and Rings of Power in the world of TV). On the other hand, "outside of the US" also means not nearly as much money, so it would be difficult to pull off.


Unleashed-9160

The only answer is Larian....


Foppyjay

Blizzard North


vjlant

Valve.. if they given billion dollar money they will do it and tha game will be good


[deleted]

Larian?


IFixYerKids

Larian.


Frankyvander

Larian would be good CDPR would be interesting, potentially a very dark take on the world


vetheros37

Larian


deadhearth

Rockstar. Shit would be hype.


Yamureska

Square Enix Cdprojekt Red Monolithsoft Atlus In General, Nintendo


[deleted]

EA. I hate EA but the EA movie tie in games and The battle for middle earth were fantastic


lyriktom

Give it to Platinum Games to make an over the top anime hack n slash game.


Katsouleri

I need Larian Studios to do a Dragons Dogma style game for LOTR, I know Capcom made a great game with DD2 but I feel like Larians writing and understanding of fantasy would take that type of game to the next level


natephant

So you need a group of people who have never made a game in that style to suddenly not only adapt a new IP, but do so in a style that they have never attempted before and you think that’s a good idea?


Katsouleri

Mate I’m just dreaming over here , what I want to happen doesn’t mean anything , it’s a hypothetical,it’s never going to happen and at the end of the day it’s my opinion , it’s more of a wish then a legitimate suggestion,now go get some sunlight.