Thank you for visiting our little corner of Middle-earth! We can't wait for you to see the Tales of the Shire trailer tomorrow... 🌼

The world definitely needs a slow pace. Great choice for the shire themed game. Thanks for the video Matt!

Tales of the Jedi? Cool cool. Tales of the Empire? Interesting, nice. Tales of the Shire?! Now we’re talking! 🤩

I’m very excited to see how this game looks and plays. So cool that you get to see the studio!

I'd love to see a long form interview with Darren Ormandy!

I am super stoked for this! I am in love with the cozy games ever since I realized some games just stressed me out too much - on top of the stress I already had. Tales of the Shire has my heart. Woot! Thank you for the studio tour!

This video has got me extremely excited now. What a lovely group of people.

was hoping to actually see something along the lines of a behind the scenes, but seeing how passionate they are about the project and subject matter is promising at least.

I'm not into collectibles, but I would get a copy of that book! It's so beautiful!

@rand0m508

Ай бұрын

I'd love for them to do an edition of the books with a similar design. It's so beautiful!

So touching to hear these interviews. A great vid and even more hyped for this game now! We all need a cosy place within our cosy fandom 🧝‍♂️

If this comes out on the switch, definitely buying!

@Jonthecrabjuiceguy

Ай бұрын

Switch is in need of a fresh game, underrated console and perfect home for middle earth content.

@emyelton2498

Ай бұрын

@@Jonthecrabjuiceguy I agree!

I got to visit New Zealand in August and it was the most amazing experience - Wētā Workshop was a real highlight. Super excited for this game!!!

This increased my excitement tremendously! This team seems great🙌🏻

I want this video NOW!!! Can’t wait to hear more about this game!

@WhoIsCalli

Ай бұрын

Haha me too. I checked in to see when it was going live. Not soon enough 😭😆

Soooo excited for this game!! ❤ I’ve always wanted a farming/cozy hobbit game, my dream came true!

I am so STOKED for this!!!! Still trying to make the #shirecozy hashtag a thing, but in all seriousness, I'm excited to see the beautiful marriage of The Shire with cozy gaming. The teasers have been so enthralling and comforting to watch, and the ambience of the game looks like it's going to be perfection! The fun, quirky and whimsical details are all great, too!

I can’t wait for this game! I love a nice cozy Hobbity game 😍 Great interview Matt!

I'm not really a gamer ( video games) , but I'm actually really excited about this one. I just LOVE the Shire so much! I'd watch a 3 hour movie just about the Shire. Directed by Peter Jackson of course 🤣. It's great they make everything In-house 👍. Thanks Matt! 🤘😎🖖🇨🇦🕊️

I always thought an Aninal Crossing/Stardew Valley esque Shire game was a no brainer. Glad someone is making it!

I've been waiting to hear more about this!

So cool!! Excited! Thanks for the amazing video! Lover thr little dog sitting there between you guys haha

It’s inspired by the tone of Tolkien’s Hobbit? Couldn’t possibly be more excited.

Great Gandalf's beard! This is wonderful!

Look forward to! And next one being tales of Valinor, please!

My most anticipated game and I'm an avid gamer.

@ROBERT-ml7ml

Ай бұрын

What's your build specs?

@morcjul

Ай бұрын

​@@ROBERT-ml7ml RTX 2070, 32GB RAM, 1TB NMVe, 144Hz, ok fair, my i7-4790K is old now but Tales of the Shire will run just fine because the latest Assassin's Creed Games do too.

Darren Ormandy is ONE OF US!!!!!

“What would you do if you found yourself in that corner of the Shire?…” So interesting, I’m very intrigued!!

I hope there’s a collectors edition with the book in it

I really really wanna play this game for hours and just relax.

What a great interview looking forward to playing the game soon

This game looks amazing. I'm looking forward to a lotr game that's not all about slaying orcs and having adventures

@Excelsior_Library

Ай бұрын

I’m sorry what games are you talking about? Lol

@irotr53

Ай бұрын

​@@Excelsior_Librarytales of the shire

@Excelsior_Library

Ай бұрын

@@irotr53i meant the ones that do involve slaying orcs. I think that’s what people actually want. We Haven’t had one of those in a very long time. We have had Gollum, and mines and now Stardew valley in middle earth. It’s ridiculous.

@irotr53

Ай бұрын

​@@Excelsior_Libraryto be honest, the Lego lotr and hobbit games are really good if you want to experience that sorta thing

I can tell that was another amazing experience at the studio! It’s so cool to see how the channel has grown and how far you’re getting man! Congrats and thanks for giving us the best content! 🔥🤙🏻🫶

Praying the specs don't obliterate my laptop lol

Can't wait for the trailer.

I've wanted a game where all you do is play around the Shire ever since the Fellowship of the Ring game for the PS2 came out so many years ago. The best part of that game was exploring the Shire, and I've always wanted a game based on that concept. Just wish it was also for the PS4 because a PS5 is way too expensive still...

This is so exciting! I haven't touched a video game in 4 years but I may just have to find somewhere to play this even if just for a bit.

Calliope is so on point about cozy games. There’s so many games out there that have incredible scenery but instead of slowing it down it’s one thing after another like you’re in a hotdog competition or something. Speaking of that, I forget what level it is, but Les Mills Body Combat has a Shire environment that is off the chain.

I love cozy games and absolutely adore Lord of the rings I've grown up reading it and became a baker inspired by the food descriptions. This should be an easy sell for me. But for some reason, I'm still paranoid

I want to be able to hang out at the green dragon 💚

Who’s gonna buy this game?? 👉🏻 🙋🏻🙋🏻 THIS GUY!!!

Tom Bombadil mentioned!!

I love Weta game studio they make good games

Finally!! 😃

As an artist myself I hope they are hiring.

I'm very excited

❤❤❤

🔥🔥🔥🔥

I really need to know if it's going to be a senital camera or a third person camera.

Where did you get that rad Gandalf shirt?!

I hope we get to smoke pipeweed and brew barleywine in the game :)

Will there be any microtransactions or will it be something we can just pay for up front and enjoy from that point on?

@NerdoftheRings

Ай бұрын

That’s a great question. Let’s hope there aren’t micro transactions!

Where did you get the t-shirt?!?!!

windwaker vibes here

😊😊😊

감사합니다. 사랑합니다.

im excited but whats the take-away of this interview? nothing new or abt the game was shared? everyone just skirting outside the topic

Would this be a good 1st LOTR game? Or would you suggest starting somewhere else?

@SuperJoss97

Ай бұрын

In my opinion it depends on what you are looking for. There not a lot of LOTR games that you can find on current consoles or PC. If you want an action based game which doesn't pay too much attention to the lore, you can try Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War. They are fun and good games even though they are a bit "extreme" in some sections. Then, if you love the film adaptations, there are the lego games but unfortunately the hobbit one is incomplete (sadly it came out before the third film and the story was never finished). Then, if you would like to have a fun experience with friends there's Return to Moria. It is not a perfect game but it definitely feels like you are in Middle Earth, even though you see it from the perspective of the mines. It is also the only game which takes place after the destruction of the ring. Finally.. there's the Gollum game. It is flawed, unfinished, unpolished, not very good looking. Ultimately, play it if you really, really, really love the character, otherwise skip it. It is a shame it came out like this, it was a missed oppurtunity. Please everyone, feel free to add other games and opinions to the one I mentioned. There other fun LOTR games but I think they would be harder to find given the fact that they are a bit old. Also, I didn't mention Lord of the Rings Online because I don't know it very well.

@morcjul

Ай бұрын

Battle for Middle-earth Trilogy is an elite-tier strategy game

@LifeFX856

Ай бұрын

ok, sounds cool. I'll look into it when I can

@morcjul

Ай бұрын

@@IcyWun ah sorry! Official branding was Battle for Middle earth Anthology

@greyhavenraven

Ай бұрын

What do you prefer when gaming? I would ask that first, because what might be a good first for you, might be different from something for someone else (my first was Lord of the Rings Online, but if you like strategy or ttrpgs, then I have something different for ya!).

Tell us which platforms this will be on.

@AppliedNuggets

Ай бұрын

Seems like the perfect game on the go… please be on Switch!

How many times did you almost accidentally say Tales of the Jedi? 😂

So funny hearing a New Zealand accent next ti an American - we aound so strange 🤣

Does anyone know if this will be PC or console?

@TheCrazyCanuck420

Ай бұрын

Fingers crossed this will be on steam

@laerwen

Ай бұрын

Both. It's on their website (I can't link because KZread gets really cranky about links in comments here.)

I really hope that it is better than Return To Moria and that they will shed some light on the lore behind the Shire, looking forward to it :D

@JohnSmith13146

Ай бұрын

I love Return to Moria. It’s a great survival crafting game. That said, I’d love a game where I got to exist as a Hobbit without the intense resource and inventory management and constant struggle in the dark.

I am so so sooo excited for this! By the way, "how awesome is your life?!?!"

Go Kiwi’s!

Soooo Animal Crossing in the Shire.?!?

6:14 - philip seymor hoffman re-incarnated?

PleaseDontBeAnotherGollumPleaseDontBeAnotherGollumPleaseDontBeAnotherGollum

Great interviews, and the theme and aesthetic look great … but what is the player even doing? I’m left with no clue-is this a scripted narrative point-and-click adventure game, clicker game, SimCity: Hobbiton, Farm Simulator: Southfarthing … what is it? I get that they aren’t ready to show off footage of actual play or anything but it seems weird that they are keeping even the basic gameplay so totally secret

@NerdoftheRings

Ай бұрын

Their first trailer drops tomorrow, which will give some clues, I would expect. This interview was filmed back in January.

Sera-t-il traduit en français etqyand sortira-t-il sur PS5

Hello

Looking forward to this game. Thanks for the peek into the development. Hopefully, female gamers will come out in force to support this game. Also preferably, the FPS bros stay away.

Did Calliope just hint at Tom Bombadil being in the game? 👀

No matter how well executed it is, it will be compared to Stardew Valley.

hopefully the game isn't infected with DEI

1st! 🎉

This is NOT meant as in insult, but Mark Barrett looks like "Balakey" from the Key and Peele Substitute Teacher skit, all grown up.

This video told us absolutely nothing.

I wish we could get a good middle earth game. Gollum, the dwarf one and this all fall into the indie low value category and are failures. Not talked about after a week. Is there no big studio that wants to do something with LOTR besides Stardew valley in the shire? The mishandling of this IP the last decade is appalling.

@TheCrazyCanuck420

Ай бұрын

How do you know this will be a failure? It isn't done yet.

@Excelsior_Library

Ай бұрын

@@TheCrazyCanuck420 because the market has shown no interest in these types of middle earth games. An action RPG would be a hit if done right. Not sure why that doesn’t already exist.

@NerdoftheRings

Ай бұрын

Sorry, but this sounds like you are assuming “the market” is just you. Return to Moria has had a decent playership. Gollum was clearly a disaster, but that doesn’t mean anything less than a AAA Action RPG is worthless. That’s just your own bias talking.

@Excelsior_Library

Ай бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings the active player count is terrible. That may be your own bias speaking. I’m sure being involved with these companies and getting to meet creators sweetens your feelings on these projects. The fact stands that these games are underwhelming for such a popular IP. It doesn’t have to be an ARPG, and I’m not saying games that arent AAA are worthless, but the games we’ve gotten in the last few years aren’t even good for indie games.

@Hero_Of_Old

Ай бұрын

Normally I'd agree, but I think this would is an exception. A Shire themed Animal Crossing esque game is begging to be made.

Well this is bad.

If you’re going to interview someone, please remove your cap. You’re not in the living room of your apartment .

@TheCrazyCanuck420

Ай бұрын

This isn't 1950

@laerwen

Ай бұрын

LOL sorry dad. Are you like this with other adults? Cringe.

@dixiewinxeqandmore356

24 күн бұрын

Yikes.. this comment aged like milk.