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    Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic

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    Image of metallicorphan metallicorphan
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    i just found out that there is no AI in the online maps,unless the human players dont make up the 16 online


    why they did that i have no idea,cant be lag...Battlefront could still be played and this time we also have servers to play on and only 16 players a room instead of 32


    so those epic online battles just got a lot less epic

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    Image of akif24 akif24
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    Demo was okay, just too hack-n-slash for me.


    I'm an avid LOTR fan, so if the right game comes along I'll pick it up.


    An oblivion-style game would be ideal. There was something like this announced a while back, but rumour has it it's canned :(.

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    Image of sanyo sanyo
    01/13/09

    @akif24: Pretty sure you're thinking of LotR: White Council, which has been "put on hold indefinitely." [xbox360.ign.com]
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/14/09

    @sanyo: What's the definition of indefinitely?


    When your balls are slapping against her butt it's in. Definitely.

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    Image of FreakyFavabean FreakyFavabean
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    The demo was terrible. They should stick to the Star Wars stuff. It was awesome, and Star Wars' story and setting are already really confusing, so no one would care if they messed with it a little more in their game.


    But the Lord of the Rings stuff is different. There was none of this random magic stuff and there were only like 3 or 4 wizards.

    "The Fire Sword is an ancient weapon!"

    No, no it isn't.

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    Image of Bats Bats
    01/13/09

    @FreakyFavabean: Oh I'm sorry Freaky! Perhaps you'd like to read us passages from the Silmarillion and get our "ancient weapons" straight. Is this a game or a literary exposition you're hosting?
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    Image of Combichristoffersen Combichristoffersen
    01/13/09

    @Bats:

    This game lets you fight Sauron on the battlefield (PROTIP EA: Sauron never went into battle himself, he stayed in Mordor and let the nazgûl and the orcs do his dirty work), so it's already complete garbage in terms of how much respect it pays to the original story.


    There were more than three wizards in Middle-earth, though (Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast, Alatar and Pallando makes for a whopping five Istari, but the last two were busy doing little more than nothing in ome random Buttville in the eastern parts of ME, so they really aren't very important to the overall plot).

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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/14/09

    @Combichristoffersen: Perhaps Rat-o-Vin, Altair and Palladin were training mages for Lord of the Rings: Conquest? :P


    Oh and as FreakyFavabean points out. It would have been tough for Sauron to lose the ring if he'd stayed at home watching Jeremy Kyle while everyone else was having an epic war.

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    Image of Iarwain Iarwain
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    It is one of the worst games I have ever played. Mainly because of the ridiculousl lore-breaking inclusions like an abundance of mages running round Helm's Deep. Pandemic might as well take a piss all over the Lord of the Rings name, it'd probably turn out better.
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    Image of xxxxrandoxxxx xxxxrandoxxxx
    01/13/09

    @Iarwain:
    TOTALLY agree, i was playing today sittign there thinking...wait, when the fuck was there a mage class besides gandalf and the few wizards??
    and when was there a "scout" class or whatever the hell you call it
    i mean god.... way to piss on Tolkiens life work pandemic!
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/14/09

    @xxxxrandoxxxx: For the mage thing...most of the Elves had at least a minor grasp of magic. So let's just pretend that the mages are man/elf offspring. Most of Faramirs troops could be considered "Scout Class" as they were sneaking about the woods ambushing folk.


    In Star Wars Battlefront 2 they had jet pack Storm Troopers that I'd never seen outside of a movie. and Star Destroyers were about 10 meters wide.


    I don't think that the artistic license is pushed to breaking point here. It's just a bit of fun.

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    Image of Ted Ted
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    A game like this NEEDS large multiplayer battles. I'm talking 32 v 32. Or even more!
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    Image of MehGinla MehGinla
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    I wonder if you can play co-op against bots? And if co-op is available for split screen, online, or both?
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/14/09

    @MehGinla: Co-Op is available for split screen. It is against bots. It's one of my favourite features in a game. Split-Screen Co-Op is all kinds of win.
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    Image of Nerddorkgeek Nerddorkgeek
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    Yes, the trailer is pretty epic, but it's not Epic Win - it's Epic Blah. I can't help but feel we've already seen this stuff a hundred times.


    I feel like LOTR has been explored about as thoroughly as it can be. I'd rather try a MMORPG that at least pretends to search for a new storyworld. So far, I haven't found one.

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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/14/09

    @Nerddorkgeek: This isn't a MMORPG. If you prefer MMORPG's then fair enough. This is more like 3rd person Battlefield 2 Conquest mode / TF2 / Resistance 2 Co-Op.
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    Image of Bernard McGraw Bernard McGraw
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    God. I really want Battlefront 3. I loved how easy it was to destroy a star destroyer in 2.
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    Image of Blue Ninja Blue Ninja
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    All of a sudden... I want this game. Might have to download the demo, and check it out.
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    Image of ThursdayNext ThursdayNext
    01/14/09

    @BlueNinjaBE: Definitely try the demo first. I like it, but it seems to be quite polarising.
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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    I love the demo, but I'm probably only gonna pick this up used, or when it gets cheaper. I still need to get stuff like Mirror's Edge and Fable 2.
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    Image of kill02 kill02
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    What are you talking about? This game is a trash! Graphics and gameplay from 95's...
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    Image of Akua Akua
    01/13/09

    @kill02: Now all of us at Kotaku know what an exaggeration is. Thanks kill02!
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    Image of kill02 kill02
    01/13/09

    @Akua: Actually i played that game few days ago on the ps3 (EU), did you?
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    Image of Akua Akua
    01/13/09

    @kill02: Yeah, it wasn't the greatest thing i've ever played but I really wouldn't call it something from 95.
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    Image of kill02 kill02
    01/13/09

    @Akua: Yeah, maybe i little overacting, but that feeling in this game... It's ps2! When we look to other games now... everything in this game feels outdated for me.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    01/13/09

    @kill02: The game was quite terrible to be honest. I just personally really liked the multiplayer.
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    Image of thesinginghatchet thesinginghatchet
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    Demo was miserable - felt 8 years dated. It was a little more fleshed out, but was waaaay too Dynasty Warriors for me.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    01/13/09

    @thesinginghatchet: Not even close to a DW game so your argument fell.
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    Image of Somaed Somaed
    01/13/09

    In reply to Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Launch Trailer Appropriately Epic
    I definately plan on getting it for the 360 since the demo was so much better than the PS3 version.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    01/13/09

    @Somaed: Both versions are broken and fun. Don't be a troll.
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    Image of UltimatePancakeSensation UltimatePancakeSensation
    11/10/08

    In reply to LOTR Online Developer Diary
    If you're a Runemaster you can give away your hair to make dwarves happy.
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    Image of Ted Ted
    10/31/08

    In reply to Lord of the Rings Conquest Trailer
    Man, I do love me some LOTR OST.


    Can't wait for this game.

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