Dont belive the GS review, judge for yourself!
User Rating: 6.5 | The Lord of the Rings: Conquest X360
First off id like to point out to everyone that i am not at all a fan of lord of the rings, i always thought it was a little too "fairy tail emo" for my taste. After seeing the review on GS and watching replays, regardless of the poor rateing i was still curious about the game. I decided to try the demo, and i was greatly surprised. The game play is great, dont believe when ppl say its all about button mashing because it really isnt. If you play on the hardest difficulty every move has to be timed right, effective for that specific situation. You cant just simply mash X or Y to do random combos because any opening, mistake, or foolish movement will be taken advantage of. The combat system is great, unit classes are well balanced. This game really does feel like battlefield with a lord of the ring theme. EA and Pandemic had the right idea, adding in epic cut scenes from the movie and using the actual movie soundtrack, really set up a great feel for this game. Your there a solider, in this huge battle, and really i cant describe the grand scale of the battles themselves, but they are epic and every bit worthy. Playing as good is fun, you get to relive all the great battles and moments from the movie, however the real delight to this game is the evil campagin. Thats right, you can play as evil. Giving a compleat new story line, new movie cut scenes, and some disurbingly evil and twisted missions that will make you drool. I think GS rated this game low, due to the fact that the AI in the singleplayer isnt all that helpfull, you cant expect the AI to know what you want, its pritty ovbious your ment to play this online with a friend or coop split screen. A lot of elements are rather hard, rideing/fighting on a horse or the various other mounts can be very challenging and frustrating at times, but if you really spend the time to get good at it, the reward is soo satisfying. The game is ment to be played on the hardest difficulty, and it is punishing but only then can u really see how each class shines, and how little button mashing is invovled. Parrying, blocking, breaking enemy guards, useing ur throwing axe to stun/knock down enemy's all become vital factors in survival.
All and all i think this game is a must have, i gave it an 8.5, however since it isnt for everyone, i strongly suggest you try the demo or rent it before you commit that 59.99$...
