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[Mathijs]

Didn't they? The models looked pretty similar to the actors. It's just they couldn't get them to provide voice acting so they sound different. And even then, I think some of the replacement actors captured some elements of the original voices pretty well. Bilbo, especially.

[Unknown]

Mmmm,
It wasn't really giving me the Peter Jackson and New Line feeling.
I got more of a Tolkien and book(ish) feeling
I sound weird.....

[Radspakr Wolfbane]

It did well to capture elements of both the books and the movies.

So how far have you guys got so far?
I'm up to Mirkwood atm.

[NewErr]

I finished the game 4 time s, and it's the same amount of time it took for the game to bore me . The combat is so ... good .. i can fight forever without getting bored , the only part I get bored is when I have to smash crates for arrows .

I love how they combine movie elements with actual book elements ,a decent storyline , enough information about everything , side quests that are inspired by real book events . Good game for a LOTR fan .

[Rob38]

Heh, did not even know this game was out.

[NewErr]

Shame ,shame , but you will get it , right? Seeing these nice and positive reviews .

[Rob38]

I still have not even played Aragorn's Quest.

[Radspakr Wolfbane]

I don't think anyone has.

[Bashkuga]

I do, and it is not bad, the gameplay and the story is even awesome, but the only sad thing is the graphics, which look too cartoonish imo.

[Unknown]

LotR FotR game
That was awesome as they went into a lot of depth
And I think that the orcs and trolls and especially the Nazguls looked awesome

[Lauri]

FotR was indeed a fun game, I remember that I hated it the first couple of times. But the 3rd time I tried it, I acctually got out of Hobbitun Then it was more fun!

[Unknown]

Same here, the Nazgul were impossible for me
Then I learned that they love rocks
My favourite level was Bree

[Hearach]

FotR was indeed a fun game, I remember that I hated it the first couple of times. But the 3rd time I tried it, I acctually got out of Hobbitun Then it was more fun!

Same here, the Nazgul were impossible for me

Ha! That was exactly my experience with it as well.

[Nazgûl]

My review...

- Same kind of false advertising as BFME. The trailer gives the impression that this game has awesome fighting scenes, and loads of slo-mo combos and visually appealing combat, sort of like Max Payne-style. In game, I mostly find the same tiresome never ending fast pased hack n slash as in Conquest?

- The balance is WAY off. I can slash a goblin, like 10-12 times while blood sprays all over, but it doesn't die. When the goblin strikes me, I loose 1/3 of my health though? It's friggin hard to kill enemies and really easy to die? The bosses are redicilous... I'm currently at the first boss behind the blocked gate and Agandaûr's castle... the orc chieftain. It's like fighting a darn balrog.

- Trolls look more like... the Grendel from Beuwulf, than the trolls from the movies and they are INSANELY hard to kill.

- The audio is very repeatative and the dialog where you choose what to say seems pointless?

Just my 2 cents...

[Lauri]

I quit the game after quite a few hours. I think it was in one of the last chapters, in Mirkwood, and there was a bug. To fix it, I had to redo pretty much. I didn't feel like doing that.
Besides, it's not hard to figure out what happens at the end. Agandaûr's killed and we've got ourselves 3 heroes, right? It's not an original story at all...

[Mathijs]

It had some good designs and I liked walking around some familiar settings. Finished the game but have no desire to do it again. It was fun enough for me, though.

[Bashkuga]

I finished the game once, and after the ending I was like "Okay........", and then I turned off my ps3 .

[NewErr]

It was a great fun tho , far better than Conquest IMO , and I'm quite sure this is one of the games I will play after few years when i get bored .

[Nazgûl]

I'm impressed by your impression of this game Val

I do think it's visually quite appealing, especially the enviroment and general visuals. The models are good too. But the hack n slash is sooooo boring after a while. I can't seem to mange more than two moves as well, with my ranger. Worst of all is the balace. You should have to strike a friggin goblin 12-17 times with a SWORD before it dies. It's just like Conquest, only slightly more polished IMO.

[Unknown]

I thought it was an awesome game just because I love those games and it was LotR

My main problems were:

1) As Nazgul said, way to unbalanced... the health ratio is almost 1:5

 

2) Tharzog had ridiculous strength for an orc, I mean I shot him with arrows in the brain, heart and chest but he just refused to die

 

3) That dum dragon story? If my character has killed 100 trolls, defeated 2 sorcerers, the greatest mountain giant, a great giant spider, half of Mt. Gundabad, barrow wights and many orcs, then I'm sure a dragon can't be too much of a mission

 

4) Those orcs that kept on swinging their blades even while hitting them were annoying

 

5) The damage was not realistic, head shots and vital organs meant fokol to the game

 

6) The characters back stories weren't that great "I am one of the Dunedain" end of story, book closed... At least the 3rd Age gave the characters life stories

 

But I did enjoy:

1) The battle FX's

 

2) The graphics on the armour and all the characters

 

3) How the lore was given as a bonus in character conversation

 

Gameplay:

1) Buying items

 

2) Discovering items

 

3) Side quests

 

And that's it really