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The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

 

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  • User Score (1)
    6.0 6.0 from 1 reviewer
  • Expert Score (13)
    5.5 5.5 from 13 reviewers
  • Gameplay (3)
    5.6 5.6 from 3 reviewers
  • Graphics (2)
    6.4 6.4 from 2 reviewers
  • Sound (2)
    7.3 7.3 from 2 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. Bright Hub

    Bright Hub
    5.4/10
    8 April 2009

    The Lord of the Rings franchise has shown us that war is a messy affair and Conquest is not the clean and spotless adventure we were hoping for. The game pieces of Middle Earth are in place, but the drama doesn't play out as hoped because of several... Read more

  2. Fragland

    6.1/10
    4 February 2009

    In the end this is a very mediocre game and while being part of Tolkiens stories must be great this game certainly hasn't been worked out deep enough. Just about every aspect of it could use more variation and therefore Conquest won't be able to keep you attention for very long. Read more

    • Play as a hero, ent, ..., Elements from the movies
    • Lockups, Too little variation, Not finished well

  3. GameCritics.com

    4 February 2009

    Taking everything that's great about The Lord of the Rings and stripping it away to leave only a carcass of mediocrity behind, Pandemic Studios has done what I had previously thought impossible; they've made the epic adventure in one of the greatest fantasy sagas of all time tedious, unappealing, and utterly joyless. Read more

    • Finishing the game in two sessions and ending the agony ASAP.
    • The entire project feels undercooked in every way.

  4. UGO

    UGO
    23 January 2009

    Released in North America on January 13, Lord of the Rings: Conquest borrows much of it's game mechanics from Star Wars: Battlefront but suffers from a lack of depth in campaign mode that led to frustration and a deep desire to switch up to any other game I owned. Character classes aren't exactly balanced, the voice over acting is annoying and the battle mechanics often left me in a vulnerable WTF position. Read more

    • anything Lords of the Rings is for you
    • you can't stand to play another action game

  5. VGChartz

    VGChartz
    5.3/10
    17 June 2009

    A Battlefront styled game set in the Lord of the Rings universe. Is it a gem? Of all the major book series' which arduously make the voyage from novels to films and even to videogames, Lord of the Rings is probably the most notable. As a videogame series, it has seen varying types of games with varying success. The series has included hack and slash, RTS, and even RPG titles. Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Good ballance, not enough variety.

    Bestbuy
    6.0/10
    Reviewer: Flatbill, Bestbuy
    22 September 2011

    I liked this game despite all the borrowed New Line scenes. I found myself playing this game over and over for the skirmishes, it is fun to do some of them. The first intro level provided good training in your moves until you had to use one of the Hero's, they were too difficult to use, and I just felt clumsy and preferred a regular character. This game felt like it was hastily assembled with the lack of cut scenes and glitchy levels. Read more

    • Well ballanced characters
    • Only 4 classes on each side.

  • WikiFreak Description

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a role-playing game published by EA Games and developed by Pandemic Studios, is made for PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 3 consoles and has an ESRB: T rating. Set in “The Lord of the Rings” universe of J.R.R. Tolkien. Players will finally fight the entirety of these epic battles any way they want. The player can play as the heroic forces of good, as well as conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron’s evil …

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The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a role-playing game published by EA Games and developed by Pandemic Studios, is made for PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 3 consoles and has an ESRB: T rating. Set in “The Lord of the Rings” universe of J.R.R. Tolkien. Players will finally fight the entirety of these epic battles any way they want. The player can play as the heroic forces of good, as well as conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself.

Features

The game features a brand new ‘Evil’ campaign where players battle through scenarios that take place after Frodo fails to destroy the One Ring. It features battlefront gameplay in a fantasy setting that allows players to choose the way they fight, as Warrior, Archer, Mage or Scout in melee and ranged combat. It also features an online multiplayer mode that has players pick their allegiance then battle in 16-player online clashes, or in 4-player co-op campaigns. Other features are local multiplayer— split-screen with up to 4 players competitively or 2 player co-op and a cast of characters and weapons: Heroes, Wargs, Ents, Oliphaunts, Cave-trolls, the Balrog, Nazgul, ballistae, and more. The game requires a DVD Rom Drive to play, DirectX 9.0c or 10, 6 GB free hard disk drive, Windows XP / Vista operating system, Intel Core2 DUO 2.4GHz or equivalent processor, 1 GB RAM and 256 MB, nVidia GeForce 7800 (Pixel Shader 3.0) video card.

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