Hello!
We hope you've been enjoying Version 8.0 and its subsequent patches. When we released 8.0, we made a point of mentioning that this was our last proper release and that the Return of the King campaign wasn't happening. The reason for this is that while we certainly had written out a bunch of what we wanted to do for these missions, we weren't sure if we had the manpower to pull them off as epically as we wanted to. Once we realized that yes, we could do it, we announced that the continuation of our epic Lord of the Rings campaign was indeed in development.
That's what this article is previewing. It's not a wordy article like you might be used to from us. We're not discussing objectives or revealing the names or order of the missions. That's all going to be a surprise, and these few screenshots are more of a taste of what to expect in terms of immersion and storytelling.
An eerie glow emanates from a forlorn ossuary...
A king stumbles upon a prince...
A cozy tavern...
A busy square...
Return of the King already outmatches our previous campaigns in terms of numbers of custom assets made. There's hundreds of new and exclusive props already created - ranging from city structures, doodads, new characters, new animations and many hundreds of new voice lines (and much more) - bringing the story to life in a way that we haven't achieved before.
Like Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers before it, the Return of the King will cover familiar events, but will also feature places and stories never-before-seen in a Lord of the Rings video game adaptation...
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We are taking great care in carrying on past story threads, including the fates of those you've managed to save from their doom in prior missions...
The Sons of Gondor...
That's all for now. Look out for 8.3 sometime in the near future. The Return of the King, however, will not be released for a long time. But when it is, it will be worth the wait!
Yours,
The Age of the Ring Team
I'm really looking forward to this, you've guys have done an incredibly good job on this mod since day one. Always been a great time playing everything that has been created here, keep up the amazing work. I wish your team all the best!
One of the best development teams in existence, thank you for your dedication to Tolkien's legendarium
this last image bring me the feels!
Beautiful work as always! tks guys
Amazing. Loving it already :)
"Boromir!!!! Boromir!!!!"
"This city was once the jewel of our kingdom. A place of light and beauty and music and so it shall be once more. Let the armies of Mordor know this. Never again will the land of my people fall into enemy hands. The city of Osgiliath has been reclaimed for Gondor!!"
"I would see the glory of Gondor restored. Have you ever seen it Aragorn? The White tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver. Its banners caught high in the morning breeze. Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets?"
"I have seen the White City, long ago. "
"One day, our paths will lead us there. And the tower guards shall take up the call: 'The Lords of Gondor have returned!'"
Honestly I do not know what to expect (except for the best, obviously), though if my eyes do not decieve me we are getting some SA flashbacks. Everything looks so beautiful.From the looks of it this will be the crown jewel of this mod.
maybe those two images are Numenor and Eregion
Lets hope this means we are getting some Zigur and (especially) Annatar
even adventure factions
Wonderful work !
AAAAMAZİNGG
I like the first picture, I'm looking forward to this mission
Woah!
Looks amaizing
The Pelennor Fields would be epic this time
Greatest Team Development in the world
best christmas news, will be waiting for this
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i'm guessing fifth picture is Dol Amroth and sixth Rivendell.
Numenor and Eregion rather
Yes.
Double yes.
Is it near to release?
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