What if Bethesda teamed up with Warner Bros. and made the most badass LOTR game.

An open-world, free roam, first person game set in Middle Earth with a great storyline and cutscenes.

I know what MERP is but since Warner Bros. have shut it down, I don't see it going anywhere, but imagine the possibilities of this game, playing as a Hobbit, Elf or normal human or even a wizard. 

Imagine you choosing one of the main characters, for example you could choose Gimli and see the whole story in the game from his POV, and the same thing with the others!

What do you guys think?

good idea. might be epic

It would probably have lots of bugs in the PS3 version.

because the mess that skyrim was i'll stick to maybe

Doesn't matter still unplayable on the PS3. Trololol.

Alright, next-gen then with another studio developing but both Bethesda and Warner Bros. publishing.

Doesn't matter Bethesda still involved therefore unplayable on PS platform - Also no DLC for PS version.

You guys don't want this game to come out do you?

sounds like a badass idea to me.  Then Peter Jackson can direct an elder scrolls movie or HBO series (a la Game of Thrones).  LOTR and Elder Scrolls just remind me of each other so much.

On a side note.  Anyone notice how many similarities A Song of Ice and Fire has with Elder Scrolls mythology?  The first men coming from the North and the area therefore feeling independent of the rest of the empire.  The one dragon(born) being left that has powers based around dragons.  The overall vibe just seems the same too, more than just middle ages.  Of course they're both very unique but I feel like Bethesda may be a bunch of George RR Martin fans and taken a lot of inspiration from him.  Also Whiterun looks like Edoras from LOTR haha