Subject: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
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Posted on: 2009-06-02 15:26:00 UTC
What do people actually think of the game or was I the only one dumb enough to buy it in the vague hope that it might be good before the reviews came out?
Here's the Wikipedia page on it (smugly rewritten entirely by me, earning me my first barnstar (*squee*)): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheLordoftheRings:_Conquest
The combat can be really awkward , especially when you're doing combos. Mounted fighting is absolutely awful, because there's no fluidity to the movements and you get knocked off if an enemy so much as looks at you.
Plus, the horrific voice acting really puts me off. It sounds like the guys they got to do it didn't even make an effort.
I think the voice acting comment is unfair. Hugo Weaving was all right as he's actually Elrond. The other voice actors, frankly, I didn't even notice them (except the Witch-king, because I hated every part of that stupid battle). The only actor (barring Weaving) who put in an effort is also the only one who shouldn't have done. "Use your special arrows!" No! I won't! The special arrows are ridiculous! Three arrows at once? I kill you!
And mounted combat was moronic. I've driven tricycles with more power. In regards to combos, what combos? Warrior class's special ability is "Rapid Death." Ironically, the best class is the Mage that shouldn't exist.