22 Sep, 2023
2023-9-22 6:44:04 AM UTC
A new, cozy-themed Lord of the Rings game is on the way from Wētā Workshop and Private Division. Details are currently scant, but the game does centre on everyone's favourite hairy-footed, hole-dwelling, second-breakfast-eating creatures.
The game's called Tales Of The Shire and was revealed via a brief teaser trailer showing some art work and a logo treatment. The teaser shows a woman watercoloring a picture of a hobbit, on a desk cluttered with tools, artwork, and various plants. She stops watercoloring and leaves the frame. She opens a door off-screen, letting in a breeze, light, and the sounds of children laughing and birds singing. The wind flips the pages of the book, showing more artwork of hobbits and hobbit holes, before it closes and shows the game's logo.
What the game actually is up to speculation, but it's easy to imagine a Story of Seasons/Stardew Valley style farming sim is on the horizon. While the artwork in the teaser depicts hobbits, it's difficult to identify any of them as specific characters from LotR. The teaser does namedrop specific Shire locations like The Green Dragon and Bywater.
Tales Of The Shire is slated to release in 2024 on console and PC. More information will be revealed next year.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-co ... -on-the-way/1100-6517911/
22 April
2024-4-22 4:07:35 PM UTC
22 April
2024-4-22 4:28:47 PM UTC
Looks to be a fun game! I am looking forward to trying it.
22 April
2024-4-22 4:40:05 PM UTC
Of all the games one could play, The Waltons in Middel-earth is the one I would probably enjoy playing
19 June
2024-6-19 1:55:36 AM UTC
20 June
2024-6-20 5:15:28 AM UTC
In the demo, I went out on quests, collecting food for recipes, like a special breed of mushroom. I brought them back, harvested some carrots from the garden, and went into my lovely low-ceiling hobbit home. It was comfortable. Then I went to the kitchen and followed a recipe, first slicing up the veggies and then searing it in a pan. I could eat my second breakfast or put the food in my backpack and take it with me.
I also had to go find another hobbit named Marigold. On the quests, it’s quite easy to know where you need to go because these little birds serve as your guides, pointing the way to where you need to turn. You can also just open up your map and figure out where your home is on the way back.
The gardening and cooking tasks are quite elaborate and you can spend a lot of time making sure you have the right ingredients for your meals. You have to cook the ingredients just right or you might burn something or otherwise ruin your meal. Sometimes you’re tasked with making a salty meal for your quest.
As noted, you won’t get to fight hooded Ringwraiths on black steeds, but you’ll find plenty to do if you like a relaxing game. It’s coming this year from Weta Workshop to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam on the PC, the Nintendo Switch and Netflix Gaming.
https://venturebeat.com/games/tales-of ... kien-preview-impressions/
20 June
2024-6-20 7:06:30 AM UTC
Live gameplay footage here: it switches back and forth between showing the people talking, and them talking over the game, giving a lot more than what is in the trailers.
20 June
2024-6-20 12:04:56 PM UTC
The Waltons in Middle-earth....now that made me laugh
20 June
2024-6-20 12:06:19 PM UTC
Better of with Zelda though. And yet,I have not encountered the game
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