An epic trip to Middle-Earth that you may or may not regret.
The Campaign is definately not the best of this game, bt there is a TON of units on the field, but probably somewhere under 90. You play as a Archer, who has 3 types of special arrows, a Mage whos a wizard character and has many powers, but functions like a 3ps. Theres 2 melee classes, a scout and a warrior. In the campaign you play thro 9 levels of big battles from the movie w/ the usual gaming twist. In the levels you usually play as 1 of the 4 classes and then eventually thro the level you will get to play as 1 or 2 heros. Too bad it's short. O wait, actually, I think thats a good thing
It also has the classic Battlefront instant action, which lets you play on a certian map as a typical battle. And, Instant Action is the best part of the game in my opinion.
The multiplayer is fun, but it only holds 16 players on places seen in the campaign. There are no bots accompaning you here. There are a few different modes here, such as Conquest, Team Deathmatch, Hero Team Deathmatch, & Capture the Ring. Unforunately no unlockables or upgrades are avalable here. Yes there's a few flaws too; the physics are bad, thus making it a pain when you get knocked down. And the fact that some of the maps are too big; as in, there's only 16 ppl in 1 game, so you have to walk.
The Sound effects arn't bad, but I've heard way better. The sound track is straight from the movies, so its great. However, the voice acting is horrible. The announcer for the good side(Not Hugo Weaving, the other guy) is the worst. It sounds more like I'm playing football that an all-out war against Sauron. The other characters arn't too much better.
My opinion on this game, is that its ok. If your interested in this, rent it first, and you may love it, or like alot of other people, dislike it.
The Good
-bot matches
-online is pretty fun
-2 campaigns
The Bad
-HORRID voice acting
-not-so-great physics
-The scout's one hit kill on heros
-poor AI
Single-player: 4.75
The campaigns are painful.
Multiplayer: 6.0
It no longer exists. But, there was nothing there anyway.
Bot-matches: 8.5
Only good part about this game.
Co-Op: 6.5
Laggy as heck online. Kinda fun split-sceen if you have a friend to drag along.
Story: 5.5
I LOVE the LotR story but this... this butchered it.
Graphics: 7.0
Nothing to see here.
Sound: 6.25
Some of the worst voice acting on this generation of consoles. The LotR soundtrack is great though.
Immersion: 3.0
Not once did I even moderately get sucked in
Replay value: 8.0
Bot matches might make you want to pick this up occationally.
Overall: 6.5
Sometimes I feel like the devs are trying to insult LotR fans like me.