LOTR War in the North Comparable to Dragon Age

Well i picked up LOTR War in the North this morning and i played it from 10am to 3pm and it is awesome, it plays and even looks similar to Dragon Age in many ways.

Don't care how good or bad reviews might be, this game is great, the graphics, framerate and combat system all play and look fantastic.

It is by far the best LOTR game to date and i don't regret switching my Uncharted 3 preorder for this game one bit, in fact if i had gotten my Uncharted 3 game i would only be about 2 or 3 hours from finishing that game.

LOTR gives me over twice as much more gameplay hours, and even when you beat it, it's not over, the game and level scale continues.

I hope all the new Uncharted 3 owners love online multiplayer, because after 8 hours your game is done.

The real sad part is Uncharted " the 8 hour game " has this big strategy guide, for what i don't know, but this 20 plus hour LOTR RPG from Snowblind studio's has no strategy guide....what a sin, when a game doesn't get as much hype as another one, it doesn't get the strategy guide it really deserves, while the 3rd person shooter / platformer that doesn't need a guide gets one.

How sad is that ?

Best LOTR game to date is Return of the king.

Ive read and watched many reviews and it looks like a simple hack n slash. I heard the city is very open to explore and all but theres nothing to do except buy/sell stuff?

I was thinking about it but 7's across the board dont impress me much...Ill def wait til it hits bargain bin status and that shouldnt be long...Plus we have UC3 and Skyrim to hold us over til then :)

Yikes, 55 from game informer? And to think they rate things higher than normal to get people to buy the game.

Why is Uncharted 3 being brought into this conversion? I don't understand. Why does anyone care about you canceling your preorder? It sounds like you are just trying to bash UC3, its kinda pathetic.

Anyways these guys made Dark Alliance which was one of my favorite co-op experiences I have ever had. I am definitely going to pick this up. I been hyping this game for awhile.

Best LOTR game to date is Return of the king.

Ive read and watched many reviews and it looks like a simple hack n slash. I heard the city is very open to explore and all but theres nothing to do except buy/sell stuff?

I was thinking about it but 7's across the board dont impress me much...Ill def wait til it hits bargain bin status and that shouldnt be long...Plus we have UC3 and Skyrim to hold us over til then :)

SRTtoZ

Best LOTR game to date is Return of the king.

SRTtoZ

I really wanted to pick this up today but I just broke myself. Maybe I'll buy it next month.

Why is Uncharted 3 being brought into this conversion? I don't understand. Anyways these guys made Dark Alliance which was one of my favorite co-op experiences I have ever had. I am definitely going to pick this upTheverydeepend

Great combat? I heard the combat was very weak....not precise at all according to every review ive read. If the game is going to sell itself as a game BEYOND just another "LOTR" game, it needs to do combat well being a hack n slash. Thats my main gripe so far...gametrailers and Game informer both harped on this point extrensivly in their reviews.

it sucks beacuse war in the north could have been such a fantastic game.

[QUOTE="Theverydeepend"]Why is Uncharted 3 being brought into this conversion? I don't understand. Anyways these guys made Dark Alliance which was one of my favorite co-op experiences I have ever had. I am definitely going to pick this upSlimmin360

Edit: Yup it is, just re-read the TC statement, its just an UC3 bashing thread.

[QUOTE="Theverydeepend"]Why is Uncharted 3 being brought into this conversion? I don't understand. Anyways these guys made Dark Alliance which was one of my favorite co-op experiences I have ever had. I am definitely going to pick this upSlimmin360

Whoa whoa whoa, first off YOU ASKED A QUESTION if you should cancel for LOTR war in the north. Secondly they didnt bash you, they gave their honest opinions on whether you should or not. you're the only one who got duped here lol. I guarantee when you walked up to the counter the guy grabbed Uncharted 3 and then you said 'um sir, i will take war in the north please' and he was like 'whaaa?'.

Yikes, 55 from game informer? And to think they rate things higher than normal to get people to buy the game.

SRTtoZ

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Yikes, 55 from game informer? And to think they rate things higher than normal to get people to buy the game.

Slimmin360

Acutally as he states in the review, he is a DIE HARD Snowblind studios fan (dev team) and he states some of his favorite games are Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. Just sayin...

[QUOTE="Slimmin360"][QUOTE="Theverydeepend"]Why is Uncharted 3 being brought into this conversion? I don't understand. Anyways these guys made Dark Alliance which was one of my favorite co-op experiences I have ever had. I am definitely going to pick this upSRTtoZ

Whoa whoa whoa, first off YOU ASKED A QUESTION if you should cancel for LOTR war in the north. Secondly they didnt bash you, they gave their honest opinions on whether you should or not. you're the only one who got duped here lol. I guarantee when you walked up to the counter the guy grabbed Uncharted 3 and then you said 'um sir, i will take war in the north please' and he was like 'whaaa?'.

[QUOTE="Slimmin360"][QUOTE="SRTtoZ"]

Yikes, 55 from game informer? And to think they rate things higher than normal to get people to buy the game.

SRTtoZ

Acutally as he states in the review, he is a DIE HARD Snowblind studios fan (dev team) and he states some of his favorite games are Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. Just sayin...

Great combat? I heard the combat was very weak....not precise at all according to every review ive read. If the game is going to sell itself as a game BEYOND just another "LOTR" game, it needs to do combat well being a hack n slash. Thats my main gripe so far...gametrailers and Game informer both harped on this point extrensivly in their reviews.

it sucks beacuse war in the north could have been such a fantastic game.

SRTtoZ

I do want to get it but I'm waiting for a price drop. With the reviews it's been getting that might not take long

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[QUOTE="Slimmin360"] Oh well i had an Uncharted 3 thread in here the other day where i announced my switching of my pre-order from Uncharted 3 to LOTR War in the North because i found out that Uncharted's campaign was only 8 hours, and i don't like it's multiplayer, i preferred to spend my money on a 20 plus hour campaign game. The Uncharted fans in here slammed me for it, thats why i mentioned Uncharted 3 here.Slimmin360

Whoa whoa whoa, first off YOU ASKED A QUESTION if you should cancel for LOTR war in the north. Secondly they didnt bash you, they gave their honest opinions on whether you should or not. you're the only one who got duped here lol. I guarantee when you walked up to the counter the guy grabbed Uncharted 3 and then you said 'um sir, i will take war in the north please' and he was like 'whaaa?'.

Listen while you're right that you can rush through the campaign at 8 hours, doesnt QUALITY mean more than the QUANITITY of ours? If the 20 hours is mediocre wouldnt you rathre have 8 amazing hours worth of gaming? And like I said, you dont NEED to rush through the game. Do you know batman AC can be beaten if rushed in 6 hours right? (i did that on NG+) You can also hunt for treatures and playthrough to get your crushing achiev. Just saying...

Im a tremendous LOTR fan which is why I have been following the game, but I make no bones about it, the game is mediocre everywhere you look.

[QUOTE="Slimmin360"]...it plays and even looks similar to Dragon Age in many ways ... 20 plus hour LOTR RPG ...CrazyKilljoy117

Oh and I have approximately 462 hours over the span of a year in LOTRO and I have just barely arrived at Moria last night ;)

Best LOTR game to date is Return of the king.SRTtoZ

LOTRO is ok...the worlds are emtpy and the free to play is a joke. You need to pay for quests if you really want to level up in the game. Im a longgg time LOTRO subscriber (way before it went free) so I think I know what I'm talking about. The game is fun but we are talking singleplayer LOTR experiences here IMO.

Also to address your 2nd point of the hack n slash vs Dragon age thing. He cant be talking about Origins which ISNT hack n slash at all. If anything hes talking about that dreadfully awful dragon age 2 game which was probably the worst "RPG" ive ever played.

This looks like one of those games that some will love and some will think its meh. I think ill rent this on a console and if I like it Ill get it on PC. Just to many games atm ;)

And if it gets mainly 7/10 in reviews then so be it, some of my fav games seem to get in 7s or 8s.

Bought Uncharted 3 and Lotr War in the north earlier, I'll play Lotr when I'm done with Uncharted 3.

As for reviews, i'm sorry people writing reviews the past few years has become a joke, everything apparently gets a 8 or a 8.5 (for amazing games) then everything else gets a 6-7.5

Im a tremendous LOTR fan which is why I have been following the game, but I make no bones about it, the game is mediocre everywhere you look.

While i agree in quality over quantity desire, i'm also getting 20 quality hours with LOTR W.o.N, i'm loving every minute of it, and while i also agree that Uncharted 3 is a great game and has 8 quality hours of great gameplay, maybe longer if taken time to explore and treasure hunt a bit.

The wiser choice to me is still the longer rpg game, regardless of reviews, ya' know i used to go strictly by reviews because i couldn't afford to waste money on a bad $65 game, i still can't, but i'm sure i missed out on a lot of under rated great games because of my good reviews rule.

However this is one time i am very happy to say i bought before the reviews came out and i don't regret it at all, it's a great game, and unless the rest of you have played it, your not qualified to voice an opinion against it.

You can't go by a Youtube gameplay video or screenshots and reviews, this game, story, graphics, combat, and all needs to be experienced to really appreciate how good it is.

I'm enjoying it a lot so far. It isn't this amazing, breathtaking game but it's simple fun. Honestly, after Dark Souls I'm ok with this simple adventure and just slaughtering Orcs by the hundreds with my friends. I don't know if I'd have that much fun with the co-op but damn it, it was entertaining for the last couples hours.

I'd rather have 8 hours of top notch action with good pacing instead of 20 hours of mediocrity. Might just be me, though.MFDOOM1983

I'm enjoying it a lot so far. It isn't this amazing, breathtaking game but it's simple fun. Honestly, after Dark Souls I'm ok with this simple adventure and just slaughtering Orcs by the hundreds with my friends. I don't know if I'd have that much fun with the co-op but damn it, it was entertaining for the last couples hours.

IndianaPwns39

[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"] I'd rather have 8 hours of top notch action with good pacing instead of 20 hours of mediocrity. Might just be me, though.Slimmin360

I dont think its an opinion that the 8-12 hours you get with Uncharted 3 are way more mindblowing than the 20 you get with War of the north. It might not be a bad game, but to put it near Uncharted? Very silly.

If you had come in here and said "Im enjoying the game, dont listen to the reviews, here is what I like about it, etc etc" I would have been like COOL, tell me more man, I was thinkin about getting it down the road, but nooo you had to tell the world how its a better investment than Uncharted. I'm sorry when you do that you're looking for trouble...

[QUOTE="Slimmin360"][QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"] I'd rather have 8 hours of top notch action with good pacing instead of 20 hours of mediocrity. Might just be me, though.SRTtoZ

I dont think its an opinion that the 8-12 hours you get with Uncharted 3 are way more mindblowing than the 20 you get with War of the north. It might not be a bad game, but to put it near Uncharted? Very silly.

If you had come in here and said "Im enjoying the game, dont listen to the reviews, here is what I like about it, etc etc" I would have been like COOL, tell me more man, I was thinkin about getting it down the road, but nooo you had to tell the world how its a better investment than Uncharted. I'm sorry when you do that you're looking for trouble...

Best LOTR game to date is Return of the king.

SRTtoZ

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[QUOTE="Slimmin360"] Never said it was mediocrity, you did, i said it was great, every minute of every hour played thus far, and the more i play the better it gets. I'd rather have 20 hours of top notch rpg hack and slashing, then 8 hours of bang bang, climb here, jump there, pick that up and reload this.Slimmin360

I dont think its an opinion that the 8-12 hours you get with Uncharted 3 are way more mindblowing than the 20 you get with War of the north. It might not be a bad game, but to put it near Uncharted? Very silly.

If you had come in here and said "Im enjoying the game, dont listen to the reviews, here is what I like about it, etc etc" I would have been like COOL, tell me more man, I was thinkin about getting it down the road, but nooo you had to tell the world how its a better investment than Uncharted. I'm sorry when you do that you're looking for trouble...

Lol ill get way more hours out of Uncharted 3 then this mediocre game, i know you dont like its MP but other people love it like my self.

Well i picked up LOTR War in the North this morning and i played it from 10am to 3pm and it is awesome, it plays and even looks similar to Dragon Age in many ways.

Don't care how good or bad reviews might be, this game is great, the graphics, framerate and combat system all play and look fantastic.

It is by far the best LOTR game to date and i don't regret switching my Uncharted 3 preorder for this game one bit, in fact if i had gotten my Uncharted 3 game i would only be about 2 or 3 hours from finishing that game.

LOTR gives me over twice as much more gameplay hours, and even when you beat it, it's not over, the game and level scale continues.

I hope all the new Uncharted 3 owners love online multiplayer, because after 8 hours your game is done.

The real sad part is Uncharted " the 8 hour game " has this big strategy guide, for what i don't know, but this 20 plus hour LOTR RPG from Snowblind studio's has no strategy guide....what a sin, when a game doesn't get as much hype as another one, it doesn't get the strategy guide it really deserves, while the 3rd person shooter / platformer that doesn't need a guide gets one.

How sad is that ?

Slimmin360

Got it on the way from Gamefly. Looking forward to playing it before I pick up Skyrim next week.

But at the same time you miss out on one of the best SP experiences this gen. You cound have played and sold it if you don't care about its MP.

20 hours is pretty short for an rpg, just saying.

20 hours is pretty short for an rpg, just saying.

Crossel777

The Third Age and Battle For Middle Earth 2 were the best LOTR games TC.shakmaster13

is this game llinear like the ps3 lord of the rings? if so its a not buy for me.

and does it have offline co-op?