AoE2 - The Lord of the Rings RPG
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2019
- This is the best RPG scenario for AoE2 I've ever seen. Play as one of the members of the fellowship as your group battles its way to Mordor.
The RPG map on Steam by adidob and LoCoDoN: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
The Lord of the Rings graphics mod for Steam players, converted by TheDukeofHabsburg: steamcommunity.com/workshop/f...
Tales of Middle Earth for non-Steam players by ToME Team: aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith...
Map description:
You start roaming through Dunedain lands, before going through the pass of Caradhras, then through the Doors of Durin into the Mines of Moria, where you will face Balrog. Out of the mines of moria, if you survive, you enter into Lothria and then fight one last battle at Amon Hen against the Urukhia Leader until finally making it through the Dead Marshes to Mount Doom, where your fate is to destroy the One Ring.. Join Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Boromir as they try to get the ring safely past Moria and past Balrog and Sauron!
Settings:
p1 - Gandalf the Grey (Celts)
P2 - Aragorn (Celts)
p3 - Legolas (Britons)
p4 - Gimli (Celts)
p5 - Boromir (Celts)
p6 - Frodo and Sam (Celts)
p7 - Locals AI (Ethiopians)
p8 - Enemy AI (Aztecs)
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Background music from Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
Game: Age of Empires 2 HD with Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, and Rise the Rajas expansions - Hry
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5:19 ah yes, the memorable Gandalf line: "i'm stuck 11 give me a ram"
I laughed so hard at this
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"That still only counts as one" is the answer to the "why can I put 20 elephants on a transport ship but not 21 archers?" question
well actually yes, LotR and AoE have much in common
@Ex KeyserSoze yeah they have unlimited amount of arrows
@@ahmadmuslih nah Legolas ran out of arrows...
Once
Because elephants dont need to keep 2 metres distance between them, archers have to 😐
"It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no telling in what wall you might get stuck in."
- Bilbo Baggins, Ram-Occupant
yes
Ah yes. The Lord of the rings, where the only survivors of the quest are a relieved Gandalf and a very traumatized Samwise Gamgee
And legolas stuck in a wall
I remember it like it was yesterday. Great movies.
The answer to the question "what if GRRM wrote LOTR"
@@jasv49 Indeed. Almost everyone died. XD
@JazzMan everyone would die in the first part and denethor will bring gondor to ruin.
Thanks for featuring my RPG Spirit!
You should read other comments before to say that! "^ ^"
@@marcdedouvan Are you Marcknops?
@@locodon6448 who?
@@locodon6448 when overhaul getting an update?
Spirit's showcase of your mod is the best AOE 2 video I have ever seen.
Amazing work! To you and all those who contributed.
So Gimli killed Galadriel, Gandalf was safed by a ram, Gimli and Legolas killed a dragon in Moria and Boromir glitched through a wall... Can't say I remember these scenes. Good reason to rewatch the movies.
You need to watch the extended edition for those scenes
Some of these events are laughably contrary to both the spirit and actual events of the book’s story.
@@Gojoseon I know right? They forgot how Sam brained Sauron with the sack of potatoes he'd gathered during the Entmoot and trapped the Witch King in a wall
@@gsuaysuwgs the extended edition of the extended edition you mean
@@shinkiro403 Yeah lol
"... As it falls it reaches out for him with its whip but cleverly Gandalf is standing more than a foot away from the ledge ....”
That made my day 😂
He didn't have to say 'run, you fools', 5 seconds later
Or was it fly you fools?
@@salildeshpande7 fly
@@salildeshpande7 yeah it was fly
"You should head for the Gap of Rohan....so you can go through the gap of glitches." said Boromir as he was struck in the wall.
I tried going shopping at the Gap of Rohan. Was v. disappointed to find out there was no Gap in Rohan.
@@bobert702 there's an old navy tho
"You have my Bow."
"And my axe"
"And my glitchy walls" - Moria
Moria walls and cliffs and rocks have taken more lives than you know....
@@locodon6448 The goblins are on strike demanding basic OSHA compliance. Some handrails for those bridges wouldn't go amiss either. And we need better password protection than the elvish word for friend, or the human word for water fruit!
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Random Siege Engineer: "And you got my ram"
marry and pippin where having second breakfast.
Legend says to this day , Legolas still awaits , trapped within the walls of Moria
An elf stuck in an underground cave full of goblins... _why am I getting PTSD?_
Spoilers
[a certain someone]: *"Did someone say GOBLINS?"*
Oh my god, I used to spend countless hours making LOTR AoE2 scenarios when I was like 10 you have no idea how amazing this is to me
Same
The number of crappy fanmade Helm's Deep scenarios out there is truly mind-boggling...
Haha, same. My stat-boosted berserker, longbowman, and champion slew hordes of grey men-at-arms. A complex of Turkish wonders was always my Barad-Dur, and the Spanish wonder had to do as Orthanc.
Shelob's Lair is now in the map. Face her and get a nice bonus. Hidden caves, let me know if you find her.
Cracked me up when The Watcher in the Water pops up as a ship.
In almost every scenario it is represented by a longboat for some reason.
@@TovKafur I'm more accustomed to seeing it as a turtle ship
Boromir shoulda been the arrow tank :D
That's dark
Where once was light, now darkness falls
Somehow my team, got stuck inside the walls
(adapted from Gollum's Song, look it up)
Underrated Comment!! X,D
3:22 haha that nice oliphaunt fact. It's a nice touch
I really missed that adorable elephant pic too
By the time he said "Now one awesome thing about this scenario..." (12:53) I already forgor that I was watching an AoE video!
In the return of the king when Aragorn fights the troll, they originally made that sauron. But in the end the changed it to a troll
I love that a few of the models (Sauron and the Spiders notably) are the same models for Baldurs Gate
A dark ancient growl is heard in the halls... when suddenly across the room Gimli appears!
Oliphaunt fact at 3:20 always da best
Explains Lord of the Rings lore to AoE nerds, as if 98% of AoE nerds didn't know the movies back to front
Fun fact: The orc model in the texture pack is actually from the Baldur’s Gate game series, which is personally my favourite RPG game
So is the Red Dragon
"They are taking the homeboys to lazer tag" - Legalize Greenleaf
This was obviously a labour of love. I miss RPG games like this. I got Warcraft 3, Diablo, Heroes of Might and Magic vibes from this.
Ahhh yes, I remember the time when Sauron killed Frodo, then Gandalf killed Sauron right over the fires of Mount Doom.
It was such a great moment in both the movies and the books.
Quoting Tolkien: "As Frodo fell to the floor, the lifeless corpse stared into Gandalf's eyes. With the greatest growl, Gandalf shouted "Kisama!" as he backfliped into fighting mode. Sauron gave a boasting laugh. Then, Gandalf put on the ring, turning invisible. "Where is it?" Sauron thought in despair, but his expression didnt change. Then he remembered he can see people who wear the ring, but it was too late, Gandalf's kamehame was at full charge."
@@kikolapersona hey don't spoiler me , I am reading the books right now
@@kikolapersona Doujin artist or fan art artist or any aspiring mangaka out there, read this comment and illustrate it, cause damn while I just got stupidly hyped.
@@someorclad9738 I think you don’t know what a doujin is
So does he say "spirit of the Lahire" or "spirit of the law here"? I really can't tell...
yes
Spirit of the Lahire wishes to kill something
@@bananenzijndebeste2 Lahire has become so close to spirit of the law his name is slowly transforming into lahire. Soon his sword shall become bloody, but let it not dry or else lahire shall be sad.
''law here'' but since Joan of arc vids where he jokingly said ''La Hire'', it stuck for us viewers.
We'll never be able to tell them apart again
I would have followed you Player 2 ... my captain... my king.
Man, this reminds me of a similar map rpg for battle for middle earth, pretty much the same thing, but everyone had to protect frodo at all times.
on steam workshop?
One thing that could improve this already godlike scenario:
Recruiting non-core fellowship members to replace the dead Fellowship.
Yes, let's journey to Mordor with Tom Bombadil and Treebeard!
Finally a chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor to show his quality
The most awesome part of this was Frodo duelling *Sauron* on his own. Sure, he lost, but man could that little hobbit put up a fight by the end of things!
Wait... Are those orc sprites from Baldur's Gate 2? And Sauron is Sarevok? Awesome
Also Firkragg as the Moria Dragon
I may have already said this on another video, I don't remember but I'm just gonna reiterate that I do not, nor have I ever, play(ed) any Age of Empires game and yet I still find this channel interesting and entertaining.
Imagine if they made the Battle of Minas Tirith in AOE2
Amazing scenario. A pity that people are more interested on criticize some things here and there than appreciate the work spent on this. Congratulations to all people involved, this is fr**cking amazing.
Gimli really reminds me of his appearance in the old Game Boy Advance version of Return of the King
The storytelling here is brilliant, as well as in the Game of Thrones video, I can listen to you tell about in-game stories for hours.
Well, this ended like many RPG adventures, with the noble heroes slowly becoming murder hobos and spreading chaos and destruction to their suposed allies (like they did in Lothlorien)
I'm really impressed that you said Caradhras correctly. Good Job
But it still bugs me that they use Orthanc for Barad-Dûr.
Interesting that some of the 'Trolls' (with spiked mace and helmet) were recognisable as the Bugbears from Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance! Loved that game so was fun to see them again..
Legolas killed by getting trapped in the wall.
Don’t remember that from the movie.
Great, now I want to play Battle for middle earth.
Lovely story telling! I could listen to these for hours near a campfire
I really wish *Spirit* would make more of these, just like he did in Game of Thrones Overhaul.
Sadly, I don't think he likes revisiting these, just show them off once and that's that. :(
i have thee feeling that this needs to be its own movie
Dude, it was Epic , a great video, editing and adventure . Please make more videos about custom maps, the way you narrate the story or that game, it's endearing
Cave: *collapses
Gandalf: Hey, step-ram, help me, I'm stuck
Gendalf needs a ram to free himself from the rocks, that's a legendary scenario
lol, I added a set of Teleport triggers since to send you back to a checkpoint.
@@locodon6448 Gendalf be like: give me your extra rams
Well, to be fair, that was most likely a glitch.
You earned my subscription with this one.
flawless and hilarious storytelling
I love these play by plays
The amount of work. Good job to the creators
The models for orc archers, dragons and Sauron are from Baldurs Gate. (Sauron is Sarevok from Badurs Gate 1, and the orcs and dragon models are from Baldurs Gate 2.)
Your honestly quite good at these story re-tellings
OLIPHAUNT FACT...
*Spits Tea* BWAHAHAHAHA!
The Oliphant fact makes this entire video.
Incredibly good looking mod. Would never have seen this if not for this vid. ty
Wow, how much time must've been spent on this! Exceptional thought and attention to detail clearly went into this. My only complaints would be no Merry/Pippin and how everything after the first book/movie was basically yada yadad away lol. But even so, it looks really good!
My GOD! I LOL. That was coll. Spit, I watch your videos with my brother. I just got them to start playing AOE, normally I don't comment very often, but that was one of the best yet.
Hey Spirit, could you do a video on the best Steam AoE2 mods? Maybe in separate categories - best random maps, best graphics sets, best scenarios, best gameplay enhancing mods, etc
AoE2 and LoTR fits perfectly together.
Also, Baldur's Gate apperantly. (according to some, a few sprites came from that game)
I love that alot of the sprites are used from Icewind Dale 😁
I had to pause and grin seeing Sarevok being used as a sprite for Sauron and Firkragg as the Moria Dragon also the Orc sprites were fun to see
How much pierce-armor do you want?
Gimli: "Yes."
It's amazing how feats the Baldurs Gate II's models of some creatures into Age of Empires II.
Fun fact: Sauron's physical form is actually Sarevok from BG1.
Sauron's fortress looks awfully similar to Saruman's tower. hmmm...
Its now Barad-Orthanc !
"the union of the two towers"
Saruman is just a Sauron stan
Awesome video! As always. I knew that mod existed back in the day in aok heaven but with this really shines. I wonder if you would do in a future a video about Age of Chivalry: Hegemony wich is technically a mod but also has a lot of game mechannics changed, and even to 2015 they continued adding more civs. Cheers
This thing was always my dream. When I was still in school and played a lot with AoE2 map editor, I made various stuff but my dream was to make a hack and slash crpg with the editor. I always knew it was possible, but my skill wasn't up for it since I was just a dumb kid. But I'm really happy to know that it is really can be done.
1:30 Well, actually...
Gimli probably would've been invisible, as The One is vastly different to the seven.
Gandalf, well that's debatable, since he is a maia but also has a "mortal" body; and because we don't know how exactly mastery over The Ring would effect the invisibility.
Can't have someone say something about LOTR without at least one contradiction, can we now?
Edit: The Sauron vs Aragorn Duel wasn't in the books, but a cut scene from ROTK (Sauron was CGI'd into that troll at the black gate).
I won't die on this hill, and I know it's just a Reddit post, but there are convincing arguments (for me) in here about why Gandalf and dwarves wouldn't be turned invisible: old.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/18aqww/question_why_does_saurons_ring_seemingly_turn/
I've seen the deleted scene you mention, but I was referencing a passage in The Black Gate Opens. It only makes sense to me if I read it as Aragorn personally calling Sauron (not his armies) out of Mordor.
_ "Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth! Justice shall be done upon him. For wrongfully he has made war upon Gondor and wrested its lands. Therefore the King of Gondor demands that he should atone for his evils, and depart then for ever. Come forth!" The was a long silence, and from wall and gate no cry or sound was heard in answer. But Sauron had already laid his plans, and he had a mind first to play these mice cruelly before he struck to kill. _
The fellowship of the ring never encountered an enemy as fearsome and terrible as... A wall
Legend are back
Damn this looks amazing!
One does not simply live longer than Aragorn
New area designed, Isengard where you face off with the White Wizard. Make sure you find Tree Beard on the way, his Ent's will help greatly. To get to Isengard, find a cave under Carahdras.
You also get a shortcut to Balins Tomb this way, but beware the Dragon Maze.
YOU'RE STILL ADDING MORE STUFF INTO THIS?!
*You don't get enough recognition.* (._.)
Wow!
Loved it mate!
Imagine LOTR with AOE2 DE upgrades... That would be an amazing experience.
Needless to say, AOE2 will always be my favorite RTS game.
Never seen a mod like this on AOE2. Awesome!
I really want to see a full video of this played by a group of friends with voice chat.
I thought it was Caradhras :D. Awesome video!
What a fun scenario, with interesting maps and creatures. They should make a movie about this.
I looove these szenario videos :)
this run-through of the mod is as epic as the movie itself!!
Amazing mod, great video
Is that just me or does Sauron look like Sarevok from Baldur's Gate?
Dartaen a lot of the graphics are from BG, liken the dragon and the goblin archers
yes indeed.
Now i want to see the Lord of the Rings movies...again....in succesion...and the extended cut of course ^^
never close a video of the lord of the rings faster to see a video of the lord of the rings
They're taking the hobbits to Isen.. I'm stuck in a wall
Excellent Choice!
you are such an awesome Narrator SotL. Would definitely listen to you reading books or something 11
AOE2 - my precious...
I wonder if anyone here has played the actual TLotR RPG's for the gameboy advance (from which the sprites are taken from).
DUDE!!
I played the return of the king one. Got three characters over level 46, my gimli was 55, probably beat the game with that character 20+times. Good times
@@nehemiahjensen8812 If you ever get the chance you should try the two towers as well. It's a bit more clunky (there are no 3 attack combos, just single strikes) but still quite good.
@@trashaimgamer7822Yep, I have them both, but I only ever beat two towers with Gandalf. He had much cooler powers in two towers. I've been looking for a fellowship of the ring game for years now, but I don't think that was ever a thing
@@nehemiahjensen8812 There are games for The Fellowship of the Ring, but they are not really all that good cause they are made by a different company. They are based entirely off the books which some might prefer, but they don't get any conclusion. The two Towers RPG does include parts of The Fellowship of the Ring though.
So cool, good story telling
Finally, two things I love the most, combined. 😍
Is it even LOTR without the Rohirrim charge at the Pelennor fields
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I love how they took the sword spider models from Baldur's gate.
You guys are making me want to do a Baldur's gate RPG next....
@@locodon6448 OH man yes! That would be awesome to see Baldur's Gate in AOE 2! Awesome work on this mod by the way ; )
The ring wouldn't make humans sneaky either. Hobbits go invisible because that's their "natural attribute" by which Tolkien described them. Humans will probably get stronger and sturdier, elves faster and so on. But I get why a dwarf and istari might not get affected normally due to their origin. Though both Gandalf and dwarves used rings. Gandalf used elven ring and dwarves had their own ones. What they did is a mystery though.
Isildur was invisible when using ring.
@TheArklyte you're wrong, the ring has its own will and it knows the best how should it affect its wearer to make him useful. Probably the ones with enough power and knowledge would partly bend the ring's will and abuse it instead of being a mindless tool.
@@Michal235 Yeah. And Narya (The ring Gandalf possesed) is described as having the power to inspire others to resist tyranny, domination and despair, as well as having the power (in common with the other Three Rings) to hide the wielder from remote observation (except by the wielder of the One) and giving resistance to the weariness of time. It is also thought to have magical properties and fire powers, as when fighting Durin's Bane, Gandalf claims to wield the Flame of Anor.
Using Sarevok's model is a nice touch.
3:18 Ofcourse it only counts as one,this is aoe2.
If you had a transport ship in this mode,you could fit 10 oliphants in it,but not 11 archers.
i do like how this use's some buldurs gate spites. they do fit well.
Hi Spirit, as a future topic can you please remake the slav overview, i feel that is missing your trademark in depth analysis. Ty a lot
Maybe wait for DE because the free "supplies" might be really op early in the age that becomes accessable. Quoting the wiki-page: "Tracking removed: Effects apply to all civilizations for free upon reaching the Feudal Age. Slavs receive free Supplies instead." And, "Supplies: Militia-line units cost -15F. Cost: 150F, 100G. Available to all civilizations except Goths."