The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos

Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by siquick on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:47AM (#23375928)

Are there any video games which simulate sieges like the one at Helms Deep - Kind of like Command and Conquer for sieges?

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by polytely on Monday June 01, 2020 @06:22AM (#23377010)

I think your best bet would be the Total War series.

https://youtu.be/QvlSB9_NGTQ?t=521

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by throwanem on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:43AM (#23378325)

Worth mentioning that Bret Devereaux, author of the piece (and blog) under discussion here, has some salt in other articles for the Total War series' effect on his students' perception of how ancient and medieval battles worked. Fun if you're into that sort of thing, but not to be taken overly seriously, is the impression I've gathered.

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by arronax on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:58AM (#23375975)

Not sure how closely it can simulate a siege at Helms Deep, but Stronghold back in 00s seemed to be quite good overall at depicting siege warfare.

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by rnestler on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:48AM (#23379816)

I'd recommend https://fireflyworlds.com/games/stronghold/ as well. Apparently there is a HD edition available, but I haven't tried it so far.

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by fumplethumb on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:46AM (#23377842)

All I can think about when reading this stuff is playing LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth 2 on Xbox back in the day[0]! Still my favorite RTS game, though I haven’t played in years.

Sure enough, Helms Deep was one of my favorite battlefields. It was fun to give myself the defensive advantage, but also fun to give it to my (computer) opponent for a healthy challenge. I’ll never forget the value of Elvish archers on the walls.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Bat...

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by nestorD on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:29AM (#23378825)

I would recommend the 1 actually. It lets you play most of the famous scenes from the movie (and I prefered it from a gameplay point of view).

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by alternatetwo on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:47AM (#23379813)

I wholeheartedly agree! The first one is much better campaign wise. Plus, it's the same engine as c&c generals/zero hour.

Unfortunately EA lost the rights some time ago so you can't even buy the game on Origin anymore.

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by danso on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:06AM (#23376002)

Mount and Blade Warband, which has a sequel in early release named Bannerlord, has large medieval sieges and community LOTR mods:

https://youtu.be/a4Yldd_BT3A

https://youtu.be/ZOcZDlUSMng

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by JoeDaDude on Monday June 01, 2020 @05:44PM (#23384314)

How about a board game?

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12743/battle-helms-d...

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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders Are Chaos by gpuhacker on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:02AM (#23377240)

It's a really old game by now, but I still sometimes play Medieval Total War 2. The siege battles are a lot of fun but perhaps a bit too easy. I hope the game gets a sequel someday.

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