Posted Fri Jul 11, 2014 at 10:09 AM PDT by Trevor Ruben
He sounds familiar...
Unsurprisingly, Troy Baker is voicing the main character in WB Games' upcomming 'Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor.' In the video released today, Baker discusses with the game's lead writer and cinematic director, Christain Cantamessa, about the kind of respect a game like this needs to have for its source material, among other things.
Normally, the writing in a game commonly described with the words assassin's and creed isn't held to too high a standard, but when you throw in the words Tolkein and 'Lord of the Rings,' then there's something to talk about. Check it out:
'Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor' is set to bridge a bit of the gap between 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' in an open-world adventure on Oct. 7. It's coming out on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC.
You can find the latest info on 'Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor' linked from our Video Game Release Schedule.
Source: WB Games
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