Comic-Con 2014: Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor with Troy Baker
I was lucky enough to talk to the cast and creators of Monlith’s upcoming action adventure RPG Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego. Myself and other members of media peppered Michael de Plater (Director of Design), Christian Cantamessa (Lead Writer), and Troy Baker (voice of Talion), with questions about the upcoming title which is set to launch on September 28th. Baker, who gamers might recognize from starring roles in The Last of Us and Bioshock: Infinite, had some interesting things to say about the voicing the game’s protagonist Talion and just how important Tolkien’s work is to nerds everywhere.
Maybe it’s just me but I’m starting to feel like I’m getting ripped off with these DLC’s. Don’t get me wrong, I love being able to download more content to breathe new life to an old game…or to go deeper in to story line that they glossed over the first time around.
But now I feel like they are making a game, instantly taking content out, putting it to the side only to release a few weeks after the game drops to squeeze a few more bucks out of people. I wouldn’t be surprised if MvC4 only has 4 characters at launch….with 30 DLCs available the next day. I know this is nothing new and I should just get used to it…so I’ll shut up now.
No I agree, this is becoming a formula for making money. The sad thing Is, I’m one of those suckers that will pump raw cash into a franchise if I love it enough.. I recently had to hold back on buy the latest ME2 DLC (Costume pack 2) because I’ve beaten the game 4 times …