Okay so this isn't a very good game in terms of game
BUT
it's probably the most respectable fanwork of original tolkien's work that exists. It explains the story of what happened on the lands of the north while everything was happening with LotR, and it accomplishes not stepping on anything tolkien said or the tone of the original works. That is, by itself, the most respectable accomplishment any lord of the rings product has ever got since the movie adaptation of LotR.
BUT
it's probably the most respectable fanwork of original tolkien's work that exists. It explains the story of what happened on the lands of the north while everything was happening with LotR, and it accomplishes not stepping on anything tolkien said or the tone of the original works. That is, by itself, the most respectable accomplishment any lord of the rings product has ever got since the movie adaptation of LotR.
memories
So close to greatness, the art-style is still gorgeous with levels that look like paintings, excellent animations and flowy combat. But the game is weighed down by uninteresting main characters, a shorter campaign, and lots of bugs. Music is fantastic, the writing feels appropriately Tolkien (if albeit sometimes simplified) but seeing characters from the lore in the Peter Jackson aesthetic universe like Elladan and Elrohir as well as Halbarad is awesome and they fit the movie's aesthetics perfectly. Voice acting is all over the place, some Fellowship members especially are jarringly different from their movie counterparts despite having the same design as the films (Elrond is especially very different from Hugo Weaving's performance as Elrond). The player characters are all blandly voice acted, but there are some good performances here! The fantastic original character of Beleram the Great Eagle is amazingly voice-acted, the before-mentioned lore characters of the Elven twins Elladan and Elrohir sound perfect for the setting and characters. Gandalf (while sounding different from Ian McKellen), is a fantastic interpretation of the character. Legolas and Gimli sound good, as well as a few others! If they gave this another half year to year in development, I think this could have been one of the ARPG greats, but sadly it is instead a truly flawed hidden gem, it is very much worth playing and is a blast doing so, but it could have been so much more. I overall recommend it for the fantastic aesthetics straight from the films and greater Legendarium of Tolkien, very fun hack and slash combat with gory finishers, and just sheer enjoyment! Have fun!
i borrowed this game from a guy i went to high school with and i played it nonstop because it was so satisfying and fun to play but then i stopped talking to that guy because he was a FREAK and forgot that i had the game but he kept coming to my house repeatedly and calling me all the time for MONTHS and then one day my brother answered the door and found out he was using getting this game back as an excuse to keep trying to contact me and my brother went to get the game for him and i remember the heartache i felt watching him walk to the door with this game in hand from where i was hiding out of sight in the hallway. i miss it but i never heard from that guy again.
this game is a contender for most times completed I think, me and a friend just used to run the campaign everyday for weeks towards the end of 2012, fond memories
Game breaking glitch prevented completion.
One of my favourite childhood games, it's such a massive shame it isn't available anymore. I'm glad I still have it though, it's an amazing game.
Eh. Might come back to it at some point, but the combat is far too repetitive for me to care right now. If you've played 5 minutes of the combat, congratulations, you've played the whole game. The story isn't nearly captivating enough for me to care to keep going.
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Combat is simple and repetitive, but that's fine because it's so satisfying. Animations are incredibly clean, combos and crits are intuitive but not so easy it's boring. Seriously wish Skyrim's melee combat was like this. All equipment and weapons are also fantastically visually designed. No one's here for the story but that's just as well because whoever wrote the dialogue needs to be shot, it was cringe when I was 10 and it's unbearable now. Extra half a star for combining multiplayer and unique classes/skill trees. Seriously if WitN and Skyrim combined it would be the best high fantasy game of all time
j'ai adoré ce jeu j'y jouait pas seul mais je l'ai refait en solo et ça restait une bonne expériences, étant fan de LOTR
Perfect to play in a party!
Un muy buen action RPG, con buen combate y una historia que aporta un poco de lore a la guerra del anillo.
what that other guy said. i played this a shitton with my dad and the game always felt like it took a few years off of my lifespan
i remember this game being really, really long. i fell like when i've beaten it in the early 10's, i must have been playing it for months or years.
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beat this game with three of my other friends, if you enjoy the lord of the rings movies and the books as well as the hobbit, you'll love this game. it puts you in the atmosphere of the world made by Tolkien. this game is a little janky for modern day standers but for a game that came out over a decade ago it is perfect.
Currently playing co-op with my brother. May not finish.
Mechanically, the game reminds me of Dragon's Dogma and Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning--a rather slow-paced hack 'n' slash mixed with an RPG. Enemies are very spongey and everything is very brown.
Mechanically, the game reminds me of Dragon's Dogma and Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning--a rather slow-paced hack 'n' slash mixed with an RPG. Enemies are very spongey and everything is very brown.
Didn’t finished it. But I remember fun couch coop sessions with my friend. Despite being quite simple.