Lord Of The Rings Tactics Is A Fun RPG Experience For The PSP Despite Having Less Than Perfect Grapics & Sound.
THE GOOD : Great Music, Great Voice Overs, 2 Fun Campaigns, Gandalf ( Whats Not To Like About Gandalf ).
THE BAD : Less Than Perfect Graphics, Saurmans Beard, Not Very Good Lighting Effects, Missions Are All The Same There Is No Change In Missions At All They Are All Kill Certin People Missions.
Lord of the Rings games have been pretty hot, but there was never a decent portable Lord of the Rings game. But don't worry because this portable LOTR game is one great RPG. I think we better look at the different goods and downs of LOTR: Tactics seperatley.
Gameplay : The gameplay is fun and addictive in this game, and it works simply. The game sets out different battlefields to fight on with different enemies. The battle is fought with 2 phases- the movement phase and the battle phase. In the movement phase you can move your characters around the battlefield to where you like, and there's plenty of environment and different objects to move on. Strategy applies when you move , since the place you move to determines if you can attack your enemy in the battle phase or not, and whether the attack will be accurate or not.
The battle phase is where you choose your attack, and then blast it onto your enemies. You can perform attacks from long or short range for almost every character, and also perform unique skills. After the battle phase is fought, you repeat the process until your objective is complete. The objectives in the game are all interesting, from making you escape the pits of Moria to fighting off the trolls. There are enough variety of enemies to satisfy any gamer, and they all fair well with the game.
You won't expect to blow through the game fast, since it's long and challenging complete with 2 different campaigns- a good and evil one. One lets you control the good characters, like Aragorn and Frodo, and the other lets you control the evil characters that range from the Sauron to Saruman. There's also a multiplayer that you can try with your friends, so expect enough value in this game. There's not alot to say about it's controls because it's an RPG game. But the thing is the controls are set out nicely so there's nothing to worry about. The only problem is the camera view at times.
Graphics : The graphics in this game are pretty good. Every character is made well and complete, up to the smallest detail. The Graphics Could Have Been Much Better Though.
But there are a few flaws like the occasional object glitch where an object blocks your view. The special effects are stunning though, and is enough to make up for the sometimes bad-camera.
No slow downs are great too.
Sound : The sound is defitnitaley where the game shines, and it's pretty good although it could have been much better . All the characters are voiced by the original actors from the movie, even for all the enemies. The special effects are always toned right and never disappoint.
The Music Is The best part of this game because it is offical Lord Of The Rings Music and it is excellent.
Overall, this is a fairly good game for RPG and Lord of the Rings fans, so PSP owners will do well to give it a try.
Those who like the odd RPG game will surely have a blast one this game with two campaigns and alot of Saurmans evil beard this game is sure to please.