Any one tried LOTR Game?

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mank!

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Somebody I know who is a huge LOTR fan tried it and was shocked. It's apparently very shit and un-LOTRish. I shall ask him more when he wakes up.
 
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granny

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Computer or board game?

I've got the board game and it's great - it's a cooperative game so you all play together against Sauron (who's just a big bit of black plastic). It's tough though, played it about 5 times with different numbers of people and only succeeded once - mind you we always seem to get bladdered while we're playing it which doesn't help...

As for computer LOTR game, nope, not seen it.
 
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GDW

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Yes I mean the pc game. Im fearing the worst though as there has been no hype, little advertising and a quick trawl of google doesnt even find it!!!

Saw it in Game lastnight and didnt even know it had been released.
 
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WPKenny

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I saw some really cool adverts for it on the TV a short while ago.

I also played the LOTR demo. Didn't really seem to relate too strongly to what I saw on the advert but I guess that could be a later part of the game.

In the demo it's basically like a 3d platform/puzzle game where you control Frodo in Hobbiton.

Not very interesting. Gfx weren't anything to write home about although not entirely shit.
 
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Recoil101

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not sure how similar the PS2 and PC versions are... looks alright but I have been told its very short... Friend bought it last week, the next day he was already half way thru it :(
 
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Sar

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The Vivendi game is identical across all 3 major formats (PC, PS2 and X-Box). The GBA version is understandably different though.
 
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shadow`

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I've played it, couldn't bare more than 10 minutes of it though.
 
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Nos-

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I've seen two LOTR based games in production for the pc, one seems to be an rpg affair whereas the other seems more hack and slash.

The latter looks far superior graphically but as for gameplay who knows!
 
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Hotteh

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Theres one for the PS2 thats based on the Two Towers, looks smart on the advert but then these kind of things usually do.

As for the PC one, it lasted a good 10 minutes on my PC. Its based around the Fellowship story but isnt at the same time. Its very up in the air and frankly i couldnt hack at orcs straight away as Aragorn or stick an arrow up their arse as Legolas. So no good. No, not at all.

Avoid at all costs :rolleyes:
 
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throdgrain

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I bought the board game as a present for my kids last christmas. We got it out the box, scratched our heads for a bit, said I dunno how it works quite a lot, then put it back in the box. It has sat there for a year now.
Thirty quid well spent, I dont think.
 
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whipped

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Originally posted by Hotteh
Theres one for the PS2 thats based on the Two Towers, looks smart on the advert but then these kind of things usually do.
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This game is pants. It was taken back to the store and chopped in for Vice City after 2 days. Here's what I thought of it.

As for The Fellowship of the Ring, I'm not being burnt twice.
 
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throdgrain

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Im rapidly coming to assume that all EA games are bog awful tbh ...
 
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throdgrain

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Originally posted by nath


mohaa is brilliant.
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Yeah, only the copy I bought was german, and apparently most of the copys out there are german too atm ... :/
 
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granny

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Originally posted by throdgrain
I bought the board game as a present for my kids last christmas. We got it out the box, scratched our heads for a bit, said I dunno how it works quite a lot, then put it back in the box. It has sat there for a year now.
Thirty quid well spent, I dont think.
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Throddy it's worth it but it's not an easy game - took us several hours to work it out (and more than a few bottles of wine). But once you get the hang of it it rocks - best with 3 or 4 players, no kids ;)
 
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dysfunction

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Originally posted by granny


Throddy it's worth it but it's not an easy game - took us several hours to work it out (and more than a few bottles of wine). But once you get the hang of it it rocks - best with 3 or 4 players, no kids ;)
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So does one person play Sauron then or how does it work?
 
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throdgrain

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Bloody good question actually, I would be very interested to know how it works :)
 
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granny

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How it works is you have along the top of the table a "board" that's like a long ladder and at one end of it are all you lot (the hobbits etc) and at the other end is Sauron (big bit of black plastic). Certain things in the game either cause you to move up (going towards the darkness) - like using the Ring, or Sauron to move down (the claws of the dark reaching further and further...). If the Ring-bearer meets Sauron on that board before you manage to chuck the Ring into Mount Doom it's game over and you've lost :)

So nobody actually plays Sauron - he's kinda like an NPC... or BBoP more accurately.

How it works in practice is you need to work together quite well and cooperate to try and get as many people as possible through the main boards without using up all your aces-in-the-hole and without the Ring bearer bumping into The Plastic One on the Dark/Light track. You end up with heroic sacrifices, nail-biting gambles and last-minute desperate crisis situations... it fucking rocks :D I reckon it's one of the best designed board games I've ever played, it's intense :)
 
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wolfeeh

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Lies!!!

Originally posted by throdgrain
Im rapidly coming to assume that all EA games are bog awful tbh ...
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SSX Tricky fucking 0wns!!! i will not have a word said against the best snowboarding game in existence!
 
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whipped

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it's only EA games that are film licences that are shit :)
 
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old.ignus

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The two towers game is utter shite repetative button bashing, I played it in a local dixons store and got bored after a while. The fellowship of the ring on PC is slightly better as it follows the book and not the film, problem is its very short.
 
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