Ironworks Gaming Forum

Ironworks Gaming Forum (http://www.ironworksforum.com/forum/index.php)
-   Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Bhaal (http://www.ironworksforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12)
-   -   Lord of The Rings Mod (or maybe a total conversion?) (http://www.ironworksforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10717)

The Cavalier 12-03-2002 08:33 PM

Well, you have to be a fan of this movie if you like roleplaying, right? I thought they did a very good job on the movie; I've read all three of the books, and the book "The Hobbit" or whatever it was called, I don't remember. I prefer the Special extended version of the film.

Anyway, wouldn't this make a great mod, or more likely, a total conversion? I mean, you could make it very accurate, right? This has probaly been talked about alot, huh? I don't know much about mods and stuff, heck, I can barely install a mod, but if someone did this, it would be great. I would pay money for something like this.

Of course, you would have to be able to recruit NPCs like strider and company, but you would have to be able to create a party too. (This is arguably one of the greatest adventures of all time; and what better adventure to take a party through.) You could even have a couple characters who try to take the ring and whatnot. If it was accurate to the movie/books enough, you could probaly just use the movie/books as a walkthrough.

Anyway, just a thought. If I had the ability, I would have been working on this for some time now.

[ 12-03-2002, 08:37 PM: Message edited by: The Cavalier ]

Throrgrim 12-04-2002 03:05 AM

i already use LOTR portraits but making this mod would probably result in completely reprogramming the game (which is not clever).
if u really like RPG there r 3 LOTR games out at the mo:
the official fellowship one by black label games:
good but short
the PS2 two towers:
supposed to be good but short again
or u could buy the one by interplay (though i have never seen it) which is based on the Neveverwinter Nights engine which is more or less BG2. u level up etc.
but ur right, it would make one ace mod (i wonder if u could romance arwen and fight aragorn for her :D )

Sever 12-04-2002 06:40 AM

There's a mod floating around called Battle at the Deep which is supposed to be a LotR related battle (Helm's Deep maybe?!) I haven't played it, though, so i can't be sure. If you want to check it out it's here

Also, if you think Tolkien's work is cool, then you should check out his best. The Silmarillion is a much better story (IMO) though is written in a different style to encompass 600 years into one book.

Brennihelvete 12-04-2002 07:51 AM

After sthe Silmarillion jump onto Unfinshed theales to get even more information. The History of the Making of the lort of the rings series is also very interesting.

However I LotR is greatly affected by huge wars, how a party would survive fighting a hundred thousend orcs or how any pc would handle 100000 orcs and about 10000 allies and general events at the same on the screen is a complete mystery to me :D
Though thats my dream scenario, fighting the last battle with some Uber mage that put up some havy fireworks on the battleground [img]smile.gif[/img]

Throrgrim 12-04-2002 12:12 PM

i didnt understand wot the heck the silmarillion was saying.
its like
first, there was imalta, the one who walked Berinland, sowing his children seeds blablanla.
wot??? makes no sense.
i reckon Lord of the Rings is WAY better.

Buster_Wiz 12-04-2002 01:03 PM

Well, you could always just tell the journey from a specific characters point of view like Frodo as he goes to destroy the ring, or Gandalf as he rides all over the place killing demons and whatnot. *shrug* I think that would be about the only way this would be doable without totally revamping the game engine

philip 12-04-2002 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sever:
There's a mod floating around called Battle at the Deep which is supposed to be a LotR related battle (Helm's Deep maybe?!) I haven't played it, though, so i can't be sure. If you want to check it out it's here


it's the battle of helm's deep and if you can manage to get it i don't know how fast your connection is but it's really worth the download. it is very hard i played it like 3 times now and i still an't find a way to complete it

NamelessOne 12-04-2002 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Throrgrim:
i didnt understand wot the heck the silmarillion was saying.
its like
first, there was imalta, the one who walked Berinland, sowing his children seeds blablanla.
wot??? makes no sense.
i reckon Lord of the Rings is WAY better.

Try reading through it again but while you're doing it start to make a list of who people are. It can get very confusing because there are so many names. I thought it was pretty good even though i didn't know what was going on half the time.
A silmarillion mod could be made pretty easy. Your party could encounter Ulmo who asks you to retrieve the silmarillion from morgoth, send them to a dungeon with loads of balrogs and orcs finish it off with a huge fight with morgoth and get the jewel and bring it back for a hefty reward. Or be attacked by the elves that wanted the jewel on your way back.

Brennihelvete 12-04-2002 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Throrgrim:
i didnt understand wot the heck the silmarillion was saying.
its like
first, there was imalta, the one who walked Berinland, sowing his children seeds blablanla.
wot??? makes no sense.
i reckon Lord of the Rings is WAY better.

You have to use the indexes and the appendices quite alot to get something out of it, but in the end its quite a good story and you understand much more of the plot in LotR

The Cavalier 12-04-2002 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by philip:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Sever:
There's a mod floating around called Battle at the Deep which is supposed to be a LotR related battle (Helm's Deep maybe?!) I haven't played it, though, so i can't be sure. If you want to check it out it's here


it's the battle of helm's deep and if you can manage to get it i don't know how fast your connection is but it's really worth the download. it is very hard i played it like 3 times now and i still an't find a way to complete it</font>[/QUOTE]SO, it IS the Battle of Helm's Deep? Myabe I'll download after I see The Two Towers on the 18th. So, what exactly do you do in the battle? I wouldn't mind participating in a battle with floods of weaker enemies just attacking and attacking and testing my parties endurance. I would like to see how my party would hold up.

However, I think that you could just revamp the game, and run it on the Infinity engine (hence the total conversion) but like I said, I don't know crap about computers, somaybe you can't do that. I don't know.

Also, what is this "silmarillion" or whatever? I've been looking for something good to read, and this sounds interesting.

[ 12-04-2002, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: The Cavalier ]

philip 12-05-2002 10:40 AM

it is a total conversion. It starts with some orcs attacking you and then basically follows the storyline from the book: you retreat in the caverns and have to fight your way out later. you play with aragorn, legolas and gimli and lots of other characters which you can only let attack not choosing their weapons and such so sort of elementals only people yhis time

Throrgrim 12-05-2002 10:43 AM

lol, my main char is called aragorn ne ways! aragorn portrait, level 23 fighter (originally thorgrim)
lol lol lol

Sever 12-15-2002 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Cavalier:
Also, what is this "silmarillion" or whatever? I've been looking for something good to read, and this sounds interesting.[/QB]
The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first novel in Middle Earth. It wasn't actually published until after his death and was as rare as hen's teeth until the movie hype started. It's a complicated story with many characters but gets better and better as you re-read it. I've read it four times and would probably learn something new if i picked it up again. If you're interested, you can find it and many more of Tolkien's lesser known works here

Edit: Oh yeah, and there's not a single freakin' hobbit to be found! [img]graemlins/happydance.gif[/img]

[ 12-15-2002, 02:51 AM: Message edited by: Sever ]

Gazza 12-15-2002 03:28 AM

If you ask me The Silmarilion reads a lot like the Bible. But I think that's meant to be the point isn't it?

Halbarad1891 12-15-2002 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sever:
The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first novel in Middle Earth. It wasn't actually published until after his death and was as rare as hen's teeth until the movie hype started. It's a complicated story with many characters but gets better and better as you re-read it. I've read it four times and would probably learn something new if i picked it up again. If you're interested, you can find it and many more of Tolkien's lesser known works here

Edit: Oh yeah, and there's not a single freakin' hobbit to be found! [img]graemlins/happydance.gif[/img]
Actually most of Tolkien's works were "rare" before the movie came out... they were commonly overlooked by a lot of people. Of the three (Hobbit, LoTR, Sil) The Silmarillion was the most difficult to find, but that's not saying much, as you could find it in any large bookstore, and most small ones.
And technically, there are Hobbits in the Silmarillion, in the last section "Of The Rings of Power and The Third Age".

Sever 12-16-2002 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Halbarad1891:
And technically, there are Hobbits in the Silmarillion, in the last section "Of The Rings of Power and The Third Age".[/QB]
When I say Silmarillion, i refer to "Quenta Silmarillion" and not any other works which are often bundled with it.


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:02 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
©2024 Ironworks Gaming & ©2024 The Great Escape Studios TM - All Rights Reserved