War of the Rings wont load

[Ash!]

Hi Guys

I purchased War of the Ring from Play. Arrived yesterday in its shiny new box. Installed OK However when I goto play the game it wont load. Screen goes black and when I do CTRL+ALT+DEL it just says not responding.

System spec is as follows

P4 2.6ghz
MSI Mainboard
1gb PC2100 RAM
2x80 Gb Hard Drives
Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 1
Hercules 9800XT Classic Graphics card with latest service pack
Hitachi 17"TFT Monitor at 60Hz Refresh rate
Native screen res is 1280x1024

Anybody had similar problems or any ideas on how to resolve it ?

Any help much appreciated

 

[old.mattshanes]

Sounds like a display problem, maybe you need latest direct x drivers? which is direct x 9.b if i remember.

 

[Ash!]

It was in fact Zone Alarms that was stopping it loading

 

[old.mattshanes]

What's the game like anyway?

 

[uberweebeastie]

like War Craft3 but using LotR ppl :/ Kinda a rip off, i completed it then took it back