The Hobbit Animated Film — Inside Mirkwood (CED Magic)
Some images of the in-game map of Mirkwood are floating around the ‘net thanks to showgoers at PAX. A few of these have been posted on the official European LotRO forums, thanks to dinkydino666 and ObiWan07.
I’m going to leave the images as text links so nothing is ruined for those of you who are wanting to keep things a surprise. I’ll have some thoughts after the break.
- Siege of Mirkwood Map 1
- Siege of Mirkwood Map 2
Given the way some of the horse stables are packed, I wonder if this map works more akin to how Moria did. For those unaware, Moria had an overall map that looked somewhat small, but each“zone” could be zoomed in on. Essentially, it was way bigger than it looked based upon the initial map overview.
As noted by Turanian on the European forums, the area encompassed in this map is just a tiny piece of Mirkwood as it is mapped by Tolkien. Whether or not the game will expand beyond this is anyone’s guess (obviously the scale in the games isn’t quite what it is in the books), but personally I’m glad to be given a chance to check it out.
For those who are interested, the zone has an official entry on the Lorebook.
Thanks to Victor for pointing this one out!
I hope each zone does have a sub-zone map, a la Moria, as this would represent a generally larger area to explore. The zones do seem to have marked boundaries, which would imply sub-zone maps, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed for now.