So I have had my way with LOR Tactics and wanted to give you my two cents. This is an excellent strategy RPG. Typical elements we look for in rpgs like leveling up, buying upgrades, magic abilities, etc.. What you can't do is buy armor or weapons but you'll find the gold you win from battles is quickly spent on other things anyway. One thing I noticed about the "upgrades" are that many of them don't seem practical. For instance, Frodo and Sam have the optional ability to go into stealth mode which hides them from enemy fire. This would make sense if the missions would end with Frodo's demise as you would expect, but outside of one or two missions where he is required to stay alive, this is not the case. So, its easy to pump up his rock throw ability and strength and use him as a dispendable fighter in most cases.
I had tons of fun with this game. First I played through as the fellowship. It took about 5 hours to go through on normal difficulty and was just a great experience. There were times when the camera angles were problematic, but for the most part, it was not a problem. The story is not very linear however, but does follow the movie as you'll have clips from the film before each level. So I leveled up to 15 for almost everyone and had little problem defeating any of the levels, some seemed almost too easy, but still great fun.
Next I started playing the game as Sauron and the other hosts of Mordor. This became a bit more difficult from the start. I've pumped in 5 levels on normal difficulty and I have had to repeat some numerous times. The difficulty goes way up with Mordor as your team. So this is frustrating but very entertaining indeed. You don't get much gold from the hard fought battles so leveling up your evil characters is much much MUCH more difficult. But still having a great time.
$50 may seem like a bit much, however, for this game. I reccomend you either rent this, or try to buy it used or on eBay. $30 is a great price for this game. The graphics and animations are wonderful, sound is fantastic, and the gameplay is excellent as well.
stewie said: "this game got crap reviews everyware link link"
While 6.6/10 is not so good, I'm not sure how you'd qualify 7.7/10 "crap". And from the reading I've been doing, there seems to be a general trend that fan reviews are highrer than the publisher reviews. This is generally the case, though. Even Metacritic only has 9 reviews to add to their total, which is only 69/100. The three fan reviews average 92/100, though.
I think it's fair to say that if you're looking for a fun, although short, strategy RPG, you may enjoy this game. If you're looking for the killer RPG, you'll be disappointed, it seems.
Keep your head up and keep walking if you happen to step in this pile of digital dookie, it's not worth stoppin to scrape off your shoe, do yourself a favor n go pick up the LOTR editions of Risk or Monopoly, they're cheaper, have infinitely more replay value, and you won't feel like kicking yourself during ANY part of the gameplay... A winner on all counts I'd say lol
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