Hellbent Posted February 22, 2011 pic taken from the trailer on this site 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted February 22, 2011 If we start looking at similarities, I can identify the LOTR troll as a beefed-up ET, a ripoff of The Thing from the Fantastic Four and the list goes on and on. It's just a shapeless, towering brute, how much variety could the concept ever afford? 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. Freeze Posted February 23, 2011 It's the eyes, mostly. TBH, I think it resembles the Shambler more than anything else, save for skin color. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted February 23, 2011 Yeah, it kinda looks like it. They are both kinda stock looking brute monsters. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted February 23, 2011 There's an undeniable similarity. But really, would it matter if it WAS a blatant rip? 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted February 23, 2011 Id software using material in their games heavily inspired by other peoples' work? Surely not! 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted February 23, 2011 Heh - RAGE's cave troll looks like it's spent the last week decomposing. It's also interesting to note that id don't consider a catastrophe that approaches global mass extinction proportions to be sufficient to rid the world of British soccer hooligans. :-) 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted February 23, 2011 The brow is completely different in its design. The cave troll has a lump, the rage mutant doesn't. The troll's eyes are in deeper sockets. The cave troll does not have a nose; if it has nostrils they're damn tiny and indistinguishable from the folds of its snout skin. The mutant does have a big gaping nosehole. The mouth shape is distinctly different, too; and the mutant seems to have two rows of teeth on its jaws, something the troll doesn't. In other words: both have different designs and the only similarities are caused by the simple fact both are based on the "big dumb ogre brute" concept. 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted February 23, 2011 GreyGhost said:It's also interesting to note that id don't consider a catastrophe that approaches global mass extinction proportions to be sufficient to rid the world of British soccer hooligans. :-) Nothing is. ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Creaphis Posted February 23, 2011 GreyGhost said:British soccer hooligans. :-) Is he holding a post-apocalyptic violin bow? 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted February 23, 2011 Hey, the LOTR Moria troll looks very similar to a hornless Cyberdemon! 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted February 23, 2011 GreyGhost said:British soccer hooligans. I think I know him. :/ 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted February 24, 2011 yellowmadness54 said:whats LOTR? It's like DUNE but gay. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. Freeze Posted February 24, 2011 yellowmadness54 said:whats LOTR? Lots Of Traveling: Revisited 0 Share this post Link to post
cbronson Posted February 24, 2011 Mr. Freeze said:Lots Of Traveling: Revisited LOL 0 Share this post Link to post
killer2 Posted February 24, 2011 Technician said:It's like DUNE but gay. What makes you say that? 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted February 24, 2011 killer2 said:What makes you say that? He's the troll. 0 Share this post Link to post
hervoheebo Posted February 24, 2011 printz said:He's the troll. There's an undeniable similarity. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted February 24, 2011 Mr. Freeze said:Lots Of Traveling: Revisited It's funny because it's true. Pic related. 0 Share this post Link to post
killer2 Posted February 24, 2011 printz said:He's the troll. Nice one! 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted February 24, 2011 Danarchy said:It's funny because it's true. Pic related. All the travelling has been a big part both of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" and it's a good reason why I love both series. And it's not like the action parts are in low quantity. There's always orcs/goblins to worry about. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted February 25, 2011 printz said:All the travelling has been a big part both of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" and it's a good reason why I love both series. And it's not like the action parts are in low quantity. There's always orcs/goblins to worry about. I actually loved all the "random encounters" and travelling in The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring. For some reason, the bullshit in Book 4 was really boring. Aside from the Oliphaunt, it was a lot of cataloging the flora and cooking taters. I usually stop reading about there. 0 Share this post Link to post
yellowmadness54 Posted February 25, 2011 oh Lord of the Rings! I thought it was some other game. I shoulda caught that sooner. But the troll picture looks like a city, so it through me off. 0 Share this post Link to post
bytor Posted March 16, 2011 Coopersville said:Doom Cacodemon ripped from AD&D? "The Beholder is among the most classic of all Dungeons & Dragons monsters, appearing in every edition of the game since 1975." EDIT: pic removed 0 Share this post Link to post