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It’s been five years since the final film in the Lord of The Rings trilogy but that hasn’t stemmed the flow of licensed products related to the films. The various games released have covered a wide variety of genres, from massively multiplayer games to real-time strategy titles. Lord of The Rings is the perfect source for games with a complex story, a dramatic backdrop and a host of well-defined and memorable characters and races. Conquest brings the LoTR universe to the hack-and-slash genre. The game’s developer, Pandemic, has dealt with big movie licenses before, being responsible for Star Wars: Battlefront. Conquest bears more than a passing similarity to this, essentially being the same idea but with wizards and elves rather than stormtroopers and rebel soldiers. You can fight your way through the hordes of enemies as a warrior, mage, scout or archer. Each character has a stronger or weaker long-ranged and melee attack according to their abilities. Missions have varied objectives that generally involve fighting your way to a particular location. Enemies are varied enough that a lot of strategy is required to beat some. Conquest really shines online, with up to 16 players able to play together along with armies of AI allies and enemies. The eponymous Conquest mode is the star of the show, with two teams trying to capture map control points while defending their own. This was a popular mode on Star Wars: Battlefront and works just as well here. For fans of the hack-and-slash genre, the Lord of The Rings universe or the Star Wars: Battlefront games, Conquest is a surefire hit – and for everyone else, this is still a title with enough of its own gameplay merits to have you swinging swords and firing arrows for many weeks to come.Read full review
This is a combination of the original Star Wars Battlefront and The Lord Of The Rings movies. This is the perfect Lord Of The Rings game for me. The graphics are a lot like the old Star Wars Battlefront PC edition, except the actual people are more defined (which makes the game have a good graphics rating). The disc and code are only needed for one-time installation, and then can be reused on another computer. There are no more severs for online multiplayer, though it is possible to simply create a local LAN game and have multiple local computers connect, basically multiplayer at home. Two computers with the same disc and code installation can play together on a local LAN game. This game causes my iMac2010 with a i5 processor(with Windows 7 installed) a little hotter than I like. I found this game works with Windows 7 and Windows 10.Read full review
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I recently was given the choice to pick any video game I wanted. Having been curious about Lord of the Rings: Conquest ever since it came out in 2009, I decided to give it a try. Despite having received many negative reviews, I thoroughly enjoyed this game. I had read it was a lot like Star Wars: Battlefront, which isn't too surprising as the same company, Pandemic, developed both games. It turns out it really is a LOT like Battlefront which, for me is a great thing! I like Battlefront a lot. Actually, make that a LOT. I think it's my favorite game. Well, it was until I played LOTR: Conquest. Now I'm not sure which game I like more. The game play isn't as deep as Battlefront in my opinion, but it is, I guess deeper than some games. The voice acting from Gandalf and Faramir isn't exactly great, and neither is Legolas's. But, no game is perfect. This is an incredibly fun game despite some of the bad voice acting and the almost rare weird-looking graphics. Another plus is the locations. They're beautiful, and look exactly like they did in the movie. The four classes you can play as are the scout, mage, warrior, and archer. I like them all a lot, though the archer and mage are probably my favorite. The mage is just slightly overpowered. But you can bring him down with just a few shots as an archer, which balances the gameplay. The campaign is really fun. And, though it doesn't stick to the book or the movie entirely, it is nice to see something different. The locations in the campaigns are designed beautifully, and overall I have really enjoyed playing this game!Read full review
The game is really cool, and I've loved Lord of the Rings ever since the movies came out, my little brother and sister and I were really into it, so it's nice to see a game that revives it. The problem is, online on the XBOX 360, you only get 16 players, but the levels are huge, so you'd need way more players to make it fun. It's also really easy to die in the most unfair ways, people can turn invisible and sneak up on you and instantly kill you and there's nothing you can do about it. You can also do two-player co-op on one console, or you can do four players against bots, but you can't do four players in co-op mode for some reason. There are also no shields in the game. Not anywhere at all, even for decoration. The movie was loaded with shields but this game totally lacks them. It's otherwise good, but not worth more than like $20.Read full review
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