4/15/02 - Latest News

LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring Interivew with Jeff Everett
Berendir @ 12:36 pm EST

From: Gamehelper

At E3 last year Sierra led us backstage to have a sneak peek at a very early version of their Xbox only title Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings. There was much hype surrounding the title at the time, as word was already on the wind that Peter Jackson’s film version was set to impress. (at least visually;). We got an opportunity to look at the game then - mind you a very rough version – and we weren’t too impressed even taking its status into account. The game seemed to have some game play issues that even if imagined in final form didn’t seem to make much sense. The characters also had a very Zelda-ish feel and the combat wasn’t too exciting. Bear in mind, this title is based solely on the books by J.R.R. Tolkein and not on the movies [EA has their eyes set on movie renditions – ED]. {More}