Difficulty:

Hard

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Check your bargain bin"

Overall, I thought the game was fairly fun and it was really a steal for 15 bucks. The game has a really good idea behind it, but in the end, it just was not pulled off very well and is at its core not very strong.

While a good deal, the game has its problems. If you were looking for cinematic gameplay, go look somewhere else. The game's graphics are pretty dated at this point and they feel underdone and cheap. Some mechanics of the game just seem broken. You just feel ripped off when your fire bomb attack blows up on the head of the guy in front of you.

On the plus side the game's multiplayer is extremely fun. If you want to play through the campaigns I would definitely suggest bringing a friend over. This adds a whole new dimension to the game play and inevitably negates some of the negative aspects of the single player experience. The online mode is also fun, it feels like the game developers put some serious thought into it.

In the end, if you are a die-hard lord of the rings fan, give it a rent. The fact that you get to play as Sauron and the Balrog is sure to get any lord of the rings fan excited. If you're not a fan of lord of the rings, just skip it. In the long run it will just provide you with more frustration than fun.