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Grieverlionhart
01-02-2009, 01:32 PM
After 3 hours of downloading I finally got this chunk of my hardrive filled with Lord of the rings conquest. People have wondered, is this an MMO like world of warcraft? Is this an RTS game?

Well neither. . .
If you have played Star Wars Battlefronts 1 and 2 then this game plays just like that seeing as it's Pandemic who made it again.
In the demo you can play the single player training mission aswell and go head to head in a 16 player online battle with 8 villians and hero classes. The multiplayer part I havn't tried yet but you need to sign in to an email account to play it, so onto the training mission

The game basically pits you right into the shit with no cutscenes or anything your just told to become a dopey knight and run around following the combos on screen such as X X X Y Y B or somin like that. But this is more than the bogstandard Dynasty warriors as it opens up the attack moves with the Left Bumper giving you a flaming sword that makes you rollerblade on your knees and fight like a drunken master.

It's hard to concentrate because of the narrating loudmouth medieval guy yelling stupidly funny shit at you. It is honestly hard to keep a straight face when you kill an orc and you hear bellows like "YES YOU ARE A GREAT KNIGHT!!" and "YES A POWERFUL MOVE SIR KNIGHT!!"
you get the picture. . .

Then comes the point where you play as an archer and it surprisingly works well, you have special moves such as "THE FIRE ATTACK BLOWS AWAY YOUR FOES" but works like a normal arrow shot, the poisonous cloud you shoot and the multishot which hits in random directions picking its own targets wondering how the hell you pull it off, but if you miss and get stabbed in the face the kind bellowy man yells out "YOUR ARROWS WILL DO THE KING PROUD!!"

After this you play as probably the stupidest class in the game probably because the narrator over exadurates every fucking situation, you play as a scout who can turn "BECOME INVISIBLE AND BREAK THEIR RANKS TO STAB THEM IN THE BACK YES YES!!" Now this guys moves are just at random to best explain them, he swings around getting his face smashed and randomly throws some dust which causes shit to blow up.

Finally in a big battle with a screen full of orcs you play as an old wizard who fights like the guy in the films, Gandalf I think swinging the staff if it was his meaning in life and firing lightning and firewalls at everyone, suddenly you get an idea where the fuck you are as the main badguy in the 1st part of the 1st film appears and you get a choice to play as the guy who cuts his hand off. . . Who fights just like the dopey knight but with more health. Honestly I had to pause the game I couldn't take the comedy, the bellowy man complimenting my ragdoll ass flying everywhere saying how much of an amazing swordsman I am. I finally killed the guy and the demo kicked me straight back to the menu in an instant. . .

SUM IT UP
-Controls Work well
-Hilarious commentary in background
-Online a pain in the ass and has no armies (Friend's experiance)
-Training level and singleplayer looks promising
-Worth the download from marketplace (Xbox)

Funky Biscuits
01-02-2009, 01:36 PM
For xbox?
I loved SWBF, might take a look!

KashMunni
01-02-2009, 05:19 PM
Been wanting to play this game.

Didn't know a demo has been released :o

Nemesis_vs_Leon
01-02-2009, 07:11 PM
download it for the hilarious commentary.

EDIT: I tried it on ps3. It's just like star wars battlefront but with LOTR setting. The only difference is the classes and their abilities gameplay-wise.

Here are the statistics because no one else will.

-conquest, team deathmatch, hero-only tdm, and ctf.
-2 full campaigns (seen on the menu) as well as instant action as seen in battlefront (not playable in demo, seen on menu)

The Classes: 4 classes

Warrior) Attack buttons are face buttons.
-light, med. strong attack buttons form 1 combo 3 light, 2 med, finish strong.
-Block button, dodges when moving
-Hold special button for fire attacks. Dash then slash upward, Horizontal slashing, and Vertical slashing moves.
-Throwing axe button, regenerates in 5 sec.

Archer) Controls like fps, shoulder buttons fire
-Zoom and Fire arrows. Same delay amount no matter where shot & shoots perfectly straight
-Poison arrows slow, Fire arrows explode, multi-arrow is 3 arrows instantly hitting anyone in front of you.
-light attack button from warrior kicks for him, other buttons switch arrow types

Scout) Controls like Warrior
-Throwing Axe replaced by fire bomb
-hold cloak button to sneak up, press interact button to instakill when behind target; this replaces the fire attacks.
-all other parts the same as warrior.

Mage)
-Abilities include straight-shooting lighting, one-shot not constant, energy shield that blocks enemy projectiles only, create a small circle of fire 3 people wide in size, and a shockwave to knock back nearby enemies.
-can do a 4-move melee combo with light attack button (finishes with cool magical slam), other buttons used for abilities.

Other Features:
-Ridable horse-like creatures, you can slash while on them, make them bite, and make them run faster(seen online)
-Hero characters inculde treants, el gigante-esque monsters, gandalf, the demon gandalf fought, etc.
-usable ballista turrets firing explosive arrows (affected by gravity unlike archer arrows)

That's all for now other than great graphics and the usual unnecessary excess of information on-screen all online multiplayer games have.

So far everything works as well together as the battlefront games.

PS3 controls for warrior:
square - light attack
triangle - med. attack
circle - strong attack
X - jump
r2 - throw axe
r1 - interact (ballistas, ridable creatures, change class at waypoints)
l2 - block and dodge
l1 - hold for fire attacks
left stick - moves
right stick - looks, R3 center view
->triangle, circle, l1, l2 used for abilities in other characters.

and now people ACTUALLY KNOW what's in the game instead of some personalized review.

mirelurk
01-03-2009, 05:29 AM
wow I didn't know there was a demo out, I was thinking of getting this game, i would go download it right now if only i didnt just get the red ring of death....

Halfeatendonkey
01-03-2009, 05:40 AM
i would go download it right now if only i didnt just get the red ring of death....


I would too, but im banned from Live AND i got the rrod.

Funky Biscuits
01-03-2009, 06:14 AM
O you can download it on live?
I still gotta get all my old DLC back since my Xbox broke :/

mshield
01-03-2009, 07:14 AM
I would too, but im banned from Live

Woah, how did you manage that?I once got banned for 24 hours, and to this day I still do not know why.

Anyway, friends and I are currently downloadifying. I think we need that narrator on our forums.

"THAT WAS A GREAT POST, THE BEST POST EVER POSTED IN THE HISTORY OF POSTING, YOU WILL DO THE MODERATORS PROUD WITH YOUR LEGENDARY POSTING AND THREAD MAKING!!!!"

Funky Biscuits
01-03-2009, 07:33 AM
Woah, how did you manage that?
Modded Xbox LOL

Halfeatendonkey
01-03-2009, 07:41 AM
Modded Xbox LOL


lulz

Nemesis_vs_Leon
01-03-2009, 08:20 AM
Xbox broke
I hate things that don't work, the Wii has continually won the console war because it ACTUALLY WORKS.

It really isn't worth it when the console breaks. If my PS3 shows any sign of not working, I'll sell it right away and buy everything on PC. We just need Little Big Planet on Computer.

On a brighter note, I'll probably get LOTR Conquest since it's a melee combat version of Battlefront and I've been wanting that sort of thing FOREVER. Also, it has creatures to ride, heroes, ballista turrets, etc. instead of JUST your on-foot character like most multiplayer online games. I hate being stuck with 1 type of gameplay!

I think we need that narrator on our forums.
YES!

Funky Biscuits
01-03-2009, 08:22 AM
he Wii has continually won the console war
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh95/Staaanky/freakbookcurbod2.jpg

mirelurk
01-03-2009, 08:27 AM
^^^

Nemesis_vs_Leon
01-03-2009, 09:01 AM
^^^
YOUR HILARIOUS PIC HONORS US ALL SIR KNIGHT! VERY WELL DONE! NOW PRESS X TO NOT DIE!

YouGotDone
01-03-2009, 11:06 AM
awesome game, might get it :)

Nemesis_vs_Leon
01-03-2009, 11:20 AM
^^

Nemesis_vs_Leon
01-04-2009, 03:32 PM
keep the thread alive!

Grieverlionhart
01-04-2009, 04:00 PM
Well the threads done its job, I've said my views on the demo and youve put the controls up, nothing more needed, give it a download people and enjoy