Ripper and YAZ Play: Lord of the Rings - War in the North [VIDEO]

[RipperX]

Ripper and Yaz check out Lord of the Rings War in the North for an epic 35+ minute game-play with exclusive info from Mikail Yazbeck, producer and creative game designer from Fatshark!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Y91DupssY

What's in this video?

-Exclusive Co-Op Gameplay with Ripper and YAZ for LOTR: War in the North

-Mikail Yazbeck gets crazy and talks about life, love and fire particles.

-Would you, "the viewer" like us to keep the Cut-Scenes in or not?

-Thoughts on Shrinkage? Males and Females please respond.

-Mikail talks about his new role at Fatshark and the new games they are releasing, one being the acclaimed RPG "War of the Roses".

-What Games would you like us to play next?

-Thoughts on Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Snowblind Studios

This is a continuous video series in which Ripper and Yaz will go from game to game, commenting on the game and also commenting on life, things and other things. We are trying to make this as interactive as possible and hope to hear you're feedback and more.

*HUGS*

[Apsod]

Play M&B2 with him and I will give you a cookie, now go!

[Paul]

RipperX and Yazzy united, a nightmare comes true.

[chadz]

But he's gone from M&B2, so that's a win.

[Apsod]

But he's gone from M&B2, so that's a win.

How come?

PS. The hell is up with Lottery Lørdag? :S

[Angantyr]

Interesting about the English knightly honey badger helmet 

[ManOfWar]

But he's gone from M&B2, so that's a win.

Mind explaining?

[CrazyCracka420]

Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance (console video game) was my favorite action "co-op" RPG I've ever played.  Way better than the old school Baldur's gate games on the PC.  I hate RPG games where you have to control 4 or more characters.  Even going back to Final Fantasy days on NES, games like Dragon Warrior (where you controlled 1 character) were waaaay better.

I wouldn't mind a game like LotR - War in the North for it's "co-op" elements.  However I don't like the model that every MMORPG follows these days: 
Instanced dungeons (no more shared resources you have to fight over). 
Fake PVP where you can't loot items from the dead (i.e. not enough risk vs reward in PVP). 
Quest models (when you run out of quests, then the game is over?)
Emphasis on pixel crack (i.e. equipment) and not on skill gain (and overall "skill" that you personally bring to the table).

[Angantyr]

Please don't compare Dark Alliance with Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Cracka, at least only do so as action games and not as RPGs. Dark Alliance was as more or less only action where Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 were real story-driven RPGs with branching, multiple choice dialogue and personal and game world consequences for your characters, something that worked very well (and uniquely in game history afaik) when played in co-op (in BG2).

But I must say I also prefer to control one main character, which was also possible in co-op BG2.

[Prox]

Did you kill beleram at the end?