"for once, we are getting a videogame that has a blue sky..."

Um, what? There are other video games that have blue skies. And what's wrong with having a blue sky?

I want to know if somebody could answer this question? Are a boy or girl?

@Birdman: Indeed, it was pleasant. I played through it with a friend when we were both 13 as soon as it came out and we had a good time. It felt like a throwback to N64 platforming, and that's alright with me.

However, the BEST Lord of the Rings game in my book is deffinitely the Super Nintendo one. It's awful in almost every sense, except maybe sound-wise, but there was something wonderful about playing through it with 3 friends. I still don't get why they don't go for an action-RPG with light platforming elements with 4-player, drop-in drop-out multiplayer in mind. This one seems like a step in the right direction. Getting to choose the stage is cool, but the way it was made on the 2 slightly fun EA action games made it feel too arcadey. Besides, it laked any sense of depth. Those experience points weren't fooling anyone.

It may be tough, but finding a balance beetween those several gameplay elements may be the only way I see to make a truly good LotR game, with diversified gameplay fitting an adventure with a plethora of memorable characteristics to it. Make it big, make it true to the originals, make it beautiful make it multiplayer, make it feature several gameplay possibilities ranging from character to character and stage to stage, and then we'll talk. Anything else is an understatement to the series.

@ Crunshii,

Huh?

Played this game a ton at E3. Definitely geared towards kids, had some nice elements, and probably had the best "little sibling" co-op I've ever seen. I wonder how it will sell, do under 10 year olds want to be Aragon?