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[origamiscienceguy]

I want a Lord of the Rings game from the perspective of Gollum.  You have a Middle Earth world map, lots of different biomes and settlements and factions you can sneak around, steal from, murder sneakily, and otherwise explore.  Eventually Gollum's body starts shutting down the longer he strays from the direction of the One Ring, which will constantly blaze like a beacon on the world map, and Gollum gets stronger the nearer he is to it.

There would have to be a reason to not always be near the ring though.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I want a Lord of the Rings game from the perspective of Gollum.  You have a Middle Earth world map, lots of different biomes and settlements and factions you can sneak around, steal from, murder sneakily, and otherwise explore.  Eventually Gollum's body starts shutting down the longer he strays from the direction of the One Ring, which will constantly blaze like a beacon on the world map, and Gollum gets stronger the nearer he is to it.

There would have to be a reason to not always be near the ring though.

Hunting, evading orcs and men, and maybe trying to gain ground on Frodo by taking another path?

[LeoLeonardoIII]

I want a Lord of the Rings game from the perspective of Gollum.  You have a Middle Earth world map, lots of different biomes and settlements and factions you can sneak around, steal from, murder sneakily, and otherwise explore.  Eventually Gollum's body starts shutting down the longer he strays from the direction of the One Ring, which will constantly blaze like a beacon on the world map, and Gollum gets stronger the nearer he is to it.

There would have to be a reason to not always be near the ring though.

Hunting, evading orcs and men, and maybe trying to gain ground on Frodo by taking another path?

You have to arrange things to make the Fellowship split up so you can ambush the Ringbearer. Which suggests the Orc attack at the end of Fellowship is secretly Gollum-caused.

Also the game could add spoiler encounters to spoil your attempt as soon as you get close. The Fellowship gains an ally, enters a safe zone, etc.

[Persus13]

Pretty sure the books imply Gollum was working with the Moria orcs.

Also, perhaps at the beginning of the game he doesn't know where the ring is, and has to learn from spying, what happened to it.

There's a lot of untapped potential for good LOTR games.

[itisnotlogical]

I wish there were a Silmarillion game. Maybe not starting from the beginning of the universe, but the events surrounding the Silmarils and Melkor seem like pretty good ground for an RPG.

And maybe some characters that aren't reskins of Aragon, Legolas and/or Gimli.

[NRDL]

+1 to a silmarilion game, honestly I'd like to see a text based game of that.  Real old school.  You input your name, you're just a random member of one of the races, but the world would have to be DENSE.  The amount of commands and options in every area you enter would be staggering.  This would be the First War with Morgoth, so you basically have text-based factions and faction heads, all of whom you could potentially join, and they send you on missions.

As for the Gollum game, I was thinking that the closer you got to the Ring, the stronger Gollum gets, but the more he loses control.  As in, he starts moving on the travel map and in loaded in areas without you directly controlling him, eventually leading him to stupidly attack whoever's holding the Ring ( which if this game is to be randomly generated, might not be Frodo ).  So it's a balance of avoiding wasting away and losing control and getting yourself killed, all the while setting up ambushes, cutting off avenues of travel for the ring bearer, and just being patient. 

[hector13]

Never take control away from the player, man.

[A Thing]

I wish there were a Silmarillion game. Maybe not starting from the beginning of the universe, but the events surrounding the Silmarils and Melkor seem like pretty good ground for an RPG.

And maybe some characters that aren't reskins of Aragon, Legolas and/or Gimli.

It's a bit surprising there hasn't been one already. The Silmarillion is vague in enough places (like the unnamed 10 elven dudes that accompany Beren and Finrod) that you could easily fit something in there without being limited too much (besides stuff like all Noldor characters being doomed\anyone that isn't Beren being able to get the Silmarils.)

Also, you could have a graphical interpretation of Wolf-Sauron, and who doesn't want to see that silly nonsense?

[smirk]

I don't think you could pull off a game that's just "the Silmarillion", not without it running into the multiple hundreds of hours. It'd be better to just take specific stories out and make games around them, like the tale of Beren and Luthien or the children of Hurin (oh man, that'd be one helluva game. "Press 'X' to seduce this strangely familiar woman!") Heck, a game company could make a whole 'Silmarillion' series.

I suppose if you wanted to follow the war itself, you could make it a fighting game like the Dynasty Warriors series. That'd get you all five major battles plus stuff like the Kinslaying, the fall of Gondolin, etc.

Oh, wait. Now I really want a Banner Saga mod that starts at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and follows the refugees. You could have the fall of Gondolin in there, and everything. The tone would fit perfectly.

[A Thing]

I don't think you could pull off a game that's just "the Silmarillion", not without it running into the multiple hundreds of hours. It'd be better to just take specific stories out and make games around them, like the tale of Beren and Luthien or the children of Hurin (oh man, that'd be one helluva game. "Press 'X' to seduce this strangely familiar woman!") Heck, a game company could make a whole 'Silmarillion' series.

I suppose if you wanted to follow the war itself, you could make it a fighting game like the Dynasty Warriors series. That'd get you all five major battles plus stuff like the Kinslaying, the fall of Gondolin, etc.

Oh, wait. Now I really want a Banner Saga mod that starts at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and follows the refugees. You could have the fall of Gondolin in there, and everything. The tone would fit perfectly.

Yeah, that is what I was implying. Covering the entirety of the Silmarillion (even cutting out the Valinor bits) would, as you said, be a bit too much for one game. 

[Antsan]

I hear Sil (a roguelike) is pretty close to the source material. It's still a pretty traditional roguelike though.

Say, A Thing, have you by any chance ever played the Realms Of Arkania trilogy? Or am I misinterpreting that avatar?

[A Thing]

I hear Sil (a roguelike) is pretty close to the source material. It's still a pretty traditional roguelike though.

Say, A Thing, have you by any chance ever played the Realms Of Arkania trilogy? Or am I misinterpreting that avatar?

I have played Sil, but not recently. I enjoy roguelikes but I'm not very good at them.

Yeah, I took the portrait from Realms of Arkania 2 recently. Just found the massive evil wizard close-up funny for whatever reason.

[Mephansteras]

I want a game that combines the vehicle creation/modification system in Cataclysm: DDA and puts it in a Wasteland/Mad Max kind of setting.

[KingofstarrySkies]

I want a game that combines the vehicle creation/modification system in Cataclysm: DDA and puts it in a Wasteland/Mad Max kind of setting.

And gives it a better fucking UI. I'm a master of DF's UI and I still can't get past that shit.

[AzyWng]

Something like a mixup of the Yakuza series (a beat-em up with special attacks, random encounters for fighting, revelations, and a whole lot of side/sub-stories) and We Happy Few (randomly-generated world) would be pretty cool.