By Jim Rossignol on December 17th, 2011 at 9:10 am.
While this isn’t actually a game announcement as such, the confirmation that next summer is the summer of Lego Lord Of The Rings does rather suggest that there will be a Lego LOTR game. I’ll be looking forward to Lego Ents, Lego Balrog, Lego Orks, Lego Eye Of Mordor, and, of course, Legolas. It also strikes me that the minifigs will need to be extra-mini for Lego Hobbits and dwarves. Hmm.
17/12/2011 at 09:14 RogB says:
there’s always been ‘extra mini’ minifigs, they just use shorter (immobile) legs. (eg jawas, ‘child’ characters like anakin, the current dwarfs in the castle range)
edit: oh, and Yoda
17/12/2011 at 09:16 Prime says:
They can use Duplo for the Trolls….
17/12/2011 at 09:16 Jim Rossignol says:
Ah! My Lego knowledge is clearly inadequate.
17/12/2011 at 09:30 Anguy says:
Duplo is basically Lego in an even simpler way for small children.
http://blog.spielwaren-online-shop.ch/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/5644-Lego-Duplo-H%C3%BChnerstall.jpg
17/12/2011 at 11:39 Calathas says:
But the hobbits are supposed to be smaller than dwarves, and the dwarves shorter than normal men. So you need TWO diffrent small sizes, and there are only one kind of “minilegs” with legos. Atleast a couple of years ago there were only two. Haven’t really been keen on the lego scene for some unimaginable reason lately…
17/12/2011 at 14:49 dancingcrab says:
Your Tolkien knowledge is also flawed, Jim! It’s “orcs”, not “orks”.
17/12/2011 at 15:44 cowgod says:
They should use the minifigures from Heroica for the hobbits.
17/12/2011 at 17:20 Xocrates says:
FYI, lego used to have a theme that was essentially a Lord of the Rings/Warhammer mashup and which included Orcs, Trolls, and Dwarves.
EDIT: example: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?set=7036-1
17/12/2011 at 09:15 Prime says:
Yay! These games speak to my inner eight-year-old. Here’s hoping we get a Lego Ride of the Rohirrim! Lego ponies for the win!
17/12/2011 at 09:17 Miker says:
Excellent headline, Jom. Keep up the good work.
On topic: I’ve yet to play a Lego game. If I had to play one, which should it be?
17/12/2011 at 09:45 westyfield says:
Everyone says Indy is terrible, so it’s probably best to skip that, but otherwise I’d say play them in order. Star Wars episodes 1 to 3 was the first.
17/12/2011 at 09:48 PearlChoco says:
I Only played Lego Indy, and I loved it!
17/12/2011 at 09:57 bear912 says:
I didn’t hear great things about Batman, either. I played Lego Indiana Jones and it was alright, but a bit uninspired. I’d definitely start with one of the Lego Star Wars games, probably the “Complete Saga” (which is basically the first two games, both excellent) or the Clone Wars, which I hear is excellent as well. Lego Harry Potter was fantastic as well, but my experience with it was marred by a few frustrating bugs. I also highly recommend playing them in co-op if you can, since they’re oodles more fun to enjoy with other people. Play them with a child, a sibling, a roommate, or a significant other, whichever is applicable to you. I haven’t played any of them since the first Lego Harry Potter game, sadly, but I hear they are fantastic as well.
I also recommend playing with a controller if it’s convenient, since the lack of analogue movement with a keyboard makes some of the platforming a bit tricky. Not necessary, but it will probably improve your experience.
17/12/2011 at 16:49 DigitalSignalX says:
I found the lego star wars to be a bit un-intuitive, and relied a bit too much on QTE’s and the tedious going back and forth to previous levels with characters you unlock later on in order to advance the “plot.”
The Harry Potter series though has been pretty good, and actually follows the books decently rather then just basically being a series of themed set pieces.
18/12/2011 at 01:48 bear912 says:
When were there QTEs? I don’t remember any quicktime events, to be honest.
18/12/2011 at 17:59 RakeShark says:
I believe Lego Indy has a wonderful cathartic activity of smashing Short Round into a dozen pieces over and over again until you don’t find the brat annoying and can forgive Speilberg for that transgression.
19/12/2011 at 10:05 Jebediah Adder says:
I’d like to praise Lego Batman, as no one else does. I think it’s by far the funniest of the lot, and the level design really benefits from not being based on a movie.
17/12/2011 at 09:21 hypercrisis says:
Lord of the Rings strikes me as a relatively bleak choice for Lego. The movies were rather dark I thought. Certainly lacking in the humour typical with things made into Lego.
17/12/2011 at 09:58 bear912 says:
Which should make it all the more hilarious.
17/12/2011 at 13:37 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
It’ll be fine, they just need to fit this scene in somewhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqC5FnvAEc
17/12/2011 at 09:35 Roshin says:
No, no, NO! I want Lego Terminator or, best of all, Lego Aliens. Goddammit.
17/12/2011 at 11:09 Prime says:
Lego Doctor Who.
18/12/2011 at 12:06 GallonOfAlan says:
+1 LEGO Doctor Who. What’s the point in LEGO Terminator or Aliens? They’re far too adult for the target audience, and they don’t have the ready-made range of characters and abilities you need for a LEGO game, which is why the Indy ones were fairly shite. Doctor Who is a perfect franchise for it.
17/12/2011 at 10:03 TomEllinson says:
Brikwars.com
That is all I have to say related to this.
17/12/2011 at 10:06 bear912 says:
Excellent news! Perhaps new game to feed my hobbit of buying Lego games! They’d better release one, or elf I might have to do something drastic.
17/12/2011 at 10:40 CaspianRoach says:
I’ll wait for Lego RPS.
17/12/2011 at 10:47 bill says:
Sweet! That’s the kid’s birthday and christmas presents sorted for the next 10 years. Poor lasses…
17/12/2011 at 10:51 Jabberwocky says:
T’was in the first Age, when Morgoth sang his disharmony and cursed the Legoverse. Forevermore, lego builders everywhere could never find that one last friggin piece they need to finish their lego castle, pirate ship, or space fighter.
17/12/2011 at 11:01 jaquelined says:
Such an wonderful topic for me.
Overstock Promo Code
17/12/2011 at 11:08 DestructibleEnvironments says:
Fantastic! This will be the first Lego game I buy. :D COLOUR MEH EXCITED.
17/12/2011 at 12:00 Creeping Death says:
Orcs…
Er anyway, I’m already sold on this :)
17/12/2011 at 13:43 Nyst says:
Lego Orcs.
Legorcs?
17/12/2011 at 13:38 Kantorai says:
So where will they fit the Lego logo on that ring – along the side perhaps?
17/12/2011 at 14:58 Rikard Peterson says:
There will be no Lego logo on the ring. Unless you throw it into the fire.
17/12/2011 at 16:30 Freud says:
You can’t spell Smeagol without lego.
17/12/2011 at 19:59 FunkyBadger3 says:
Fucking yes.
17/12/2011 at 21:32 Jahkaivah says:
Why do I have the feeling this isn’t going to be the end of the Legolas jokes….