It's all in keeping with a common game theme, but you're ultimately just mashing your way through the game, and those who learn to utilise their attacks beyond just hitting the controller face as much as possibke are going to quickly learn there's very little depth here. There are also Hero units and Machines of War. A game like this doesn't necessarily need the level of polish I'd demand, but this is a respected license and universe, what's presented here really is subpar.Įnemy types range from Grunts who are easily despatched, to the more resilient Officers, Captains and eventually Giants. The locations, for the most part do their job as their respective movie backdrop, but there's not a lot of detail invested in them, and when you're looking at small elements such as a really nice looking creek or running water effect only to have your character not able to interact with it at all (in that you walk over it as you would a dry piece of ground, with no affect). So initially you're fighting at Helm's Keep, but eventually you head into the mouth of the Black Gate of Mordor and so on. Why this was locked into a completionist element is beyond me, there must be countless LotR fans who want nothing more than to see the world of men as bodies at their feet.Īs you would expect, the game progresses through levels based off moments in the movie. Once you beat the game's "War of the King" mode, you then unlock "Rise of Sauron", which means the touted "good or evil" element isn't even readily available to you. Without mincing words, Conquest is essentially Dynasty Warriors set in the LotR universe with epic battles from the films utilised as the many ‘levels' you need to beat in order to progress.Īt the beginning of each level you choose a class, whether it's a warrior, mage, scout or archer you're forged the same task throughout, which essentially require you to button-mash your way through Sauron's hordes of orcs and the like, holding this position or beating these generals until the battlefield captain tells you you've done a smashing job. From the moment the super-compressed New Line logo animates onto screen you just know there's something not right here.
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