The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

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  1. Achilles997
    Aug 17, 2023
    8
    The perfect Lord of the rings couch coming op that isn't return of the king. OK story, respects the lore and has good but repetitive combat
  2. xboy1024
    Feb 19, 2023
    7
    It has many deficiencies, the graphics also doesn't aged well, but all in all it isn't so bad.
  3. Dco326
    Jan 17, 2023
    7
    Zanimljiva igrica nista wow realno, mnoge stvari su mogle da se poprave pogotovo ai ali postane repetativna isti napadi non stop itd. sve u svemu okej da se predje jedared :)
  4. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    8
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  5. Beansbig
    Oct 24, 2022
    10
    Good game has 2 player split screen also has 3 player online very good game lots of wepons some quests
  6. JaxMan322
    Sep 5, 2022
    10
    This game is the sole reason I still have a PS3 in my closet. If you are looking for a highly immersive, story-driven RPG set in Middle Earth, then this is the game for you. War in the North is honestly the best LOTR game ever made, even better than Shadow of War. This is a true story-driven adventure game set during the events of The Fellowship of the Ring. You’re journey will take youThis game is the sole reason I still have a PS3 in my closet. If you are looking for a highly immersive, story-driven RPG set in Middle Earth, then this is the game for you. War in the North is honestly the best LOTR game ever made, even better than Shadow of War. This is a true story-driven adventure game set during the events of The Fellowship of the Ring. You’re journey will take you across Middle Earth to locations straight out of Tolkien’s lore from the Barrow Downs to Mirkwood, Gundabad, and even Angmar. You will encounter plenty of familiar faces along the way, and the game even introduces some Tolkien characters who were later featured in The Hobbit films. It’s worth mentioning that the enemy variety is also excellent in this game, and the main antagonist feels like something straight out of Tolkien literature. Gameplay can either be single-player or co-op, where you journey as one of three companions (human, elf, & dwarf) who come with their own unique skills & abilities. You can either play as the same character for your entire playthrough or you can alternate between characters at each save point. You can also equip and upgrade armor & weapons for each of them. The game has some great RPG mechanics as well, such as consequential dialogue options, armor upgrading, & a skill tree. There are multiple points throughout the adventure where your choices affect how things play out. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve played this game over the years. If you prefer more combat-focused games, then Shadow of War might be more enjoyable option for you. But if you’re a fan of RPGs like the Dragon Age series or Greedfall, then War in the North is one adventure you don’t want to miss!… Expand
  7. mndk9881
    Aug 22, 2022
    10
    به نظر من یکی از بهترین بازی های است که از روی سرزمین میانه درست کردن و کم لطفی هم خیلی به این بازی شده
  8. Lonysi
    May 23, 2022
    5
    Можно было бы и лучше. Как эту игру можно было сделать лучше? Оригинальный саундтрек и чуть более разнообразие механик, как персонажей, так и мобов. Плюс в начале доступны уж слишком казуальные режимы сложности, а перепроходить не очень-то и хочется после первого раза. Ладно бы если ради музыки оригинальной, но ее-то нет. Игра из-за недостатка атмосферы, в том числе из-за отсутствия тойМожно было бы и лучше. Как эту игру можно было сделать лучше? Оригинальный саундтрек и чуть более разнообразие механик, как персонажей, так и мобов. Плюс в начале доступны уж слишком казуальные режимы сложности, а перепроходить не очень-то и хочется после первого раза. Ладно бы если ради музыки оригинальной, но ее-то нет. Игра из-за недостатка атмосферы, в том числе из-за отсутствия той самой музыки, ощущается очень пусто.

    Да, если все знакомые персонажи, но основные пустышки абсолютно. И странно, лица актеров есть, а музыки из фильмов нет. В общем и целом фанатам на один раз зайдет, но не более. 5/10    … Expand
  9. KevLooney
    Apr 29, 2022
    6
    6/10. I found myself getting lost and not knowing where to go. A game where I get stuck is a game that is boring.
  10. clem666
    Nov 20, 2021
    7
    I'm really torn here. I mean I have many reasons to love and praise this game. The story is great, the arrangement with the events of the films is terrific, the lore is respected. The class system (even if very basic) is cool. Cinematics are okay, music is awesome, the environment is gorgeous, opponents are quite varied. Skills, and by extension skills trees, are inspired, intuitive andI'm really torn here. I mean I have many reasons to love and praise this game. The story is great, the arrangement with the events of the films is terrific, the lore is respected. The class system (even if very basic) is cool. Cinematics are okay, music is awesome, the environment is gorgeous, opponents are quite varied. Skills, and by extension skills trees, are inspired, intuitive and bring some depth to the gameplay. The coop system is cool. Well it benefits from the main pros of every great RPG game. The game is paved with epic scenes. Some boss fights are incredible.

    However I can't deny the fact that many features got me triggered and made me... well... Hate this game too. This game is way too easy on easy mode and way too hard in hard mode: there is absolutely no balance in here ! Add this to the terrible automatic checkpoint system and you'll soon be stuck with broken equipment and over-powered enemies. And believe me, running from them make fights desperately as laughable as ridiculous. The UI is ugly. The inventory is a pain in the eyes and navigate through it is awfully laborious. 'The Lord of the Rings: War in the North' also gathers the cons of Hack'n'slash games : it is repetitive and if you don't like killing orcs and trolls you just have to pass your way. Snowblind Studios tried to make us believe we can make some powerful decisions but just no in fact: the dialogue wheel is ridiculous and the whole game is a narrow corridor. There are many collision and some texture bugs.
    Buy and play it only if you consider yourself a LOTR and/or RPG die-hard fan.    … Expand
  11. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    6
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  12. Coachatomique
    Jun 27, 2021
    10
    Love this game, just getting back to it in 2021 for the 5th time and i'm excited. Storyline and gameplay and progression are satisfaying
  13. Frocyn
    Oct 8, 2020
    8
    In my opinion a very underrated game. It's fun and addictive. I hope someday it will get a remaster.
  14. JackalLGC
    Aug 8, 2020
    0
    Why i gave it 8?I am lotr fan boy.This game had so much potential.The game graphics were very good for a 2011 game,nice rpg elements,nice looting system and nice combat style.The bad things were that it gets repetitive (same enemy encounters again and again) and you can exploit some features to be unstoppable.Story was good but side quests were dull.One more bad thing was the reviveWhy i gave it 8?I am lotr fan boy.This game had so much potential.The game graphics were very good for a 2011 game,nice rpg elements,nice looting system and nice combat style.The bad things were that it gets repetitive (same enemy encounters again and again) and you can exploit some features to be unstoppable.Story was good but side quests were dull.One more bad thing was the revive system,not because the idea was bad but the AI of your allies (farin and andriel).The game design was good and level design even better.I would like it more difficult maybe.… Expand
  15. Genek13
    Nov 18, 2019
    7
    Game is very playable with friends in co-op mode (online).
    Fun to play with unique mechanics and style.
  16. FlippinSnip3r
    Nov 13, 2019
    10
    So many great memories i had with this game , the gameplay was so satisfying,i don't know if it's just because of nostalgia but i grew so fond of this game
  17. falmavar
    Feb 27, 2018
    10
    Very good game. It strongly recomended to the Tolkien fans. There is a big part of Middle-Earth story that was not opened if film. Nature and characters looks awesome.
  18. AbeMC
    Feb 21, 2018
    1
    Couldn’t finish the game because it kept crashing at the same spot. War in the North does have a bad history with ATI / Radeon, but still, this is what I tried.
    - Verified the file cache
    - Tried various compatibility modes - Tried installing the Large Address Aware patch - Started a new game (twice) (in case the save was corrupted) Still resulted in repeated crashing in Chapter 2.    Couldn’t finish the game because it kept crashing at the same spot. War in the North does have a bad history with ATI / Radeon, but still, this is what I tried.
    - Verified the file cache
    - Tried various compatibility modes
    - Tried installing the Large Address Aware patch
    - Started a new game (twice) (in case the save was corrupted)
    Still resulted in repeated crashing in Chapter 2.

    Thoughts on the game before I reached the unplayable moment (I only played as a single-player):

    If you can get the game to work for you, it's a 5/10 game that isn't special, but isn't awful either.
    Total size on my hard-drive: 7.4 GB

    + Ran well until the crashing started. Maxed 1440p produced a solid 60fps on my RX 470.
    + Decent story from what I could tell. Begin in Bree at the Prancing Pony, where we briefly meet Aragorn (who has heard tell of some hobbits coming south carrying a precious burden). He lays out our task: there are agents of Sauron in the North who are also doing the evil lord’s wishes, and it is our duty to find them, expose them, distract them, and generally cause as much trouble as possible. The linear levels help keep the narrative focused.
    + Decent animations. Walk, run, combat, faces – all are of a very high level for a game from 2011. Good finishing moves, too.

    +/- Very linear levels.
    +/- Limited use of destructible environments. Nice when they appear, but it’s not often.
    +/- Graphics remind me of Dragon Age II’s. Simplistic but quite nice at times.
    +/- Stupidly simple combat. Played single-player, the game seems to be begging for a Dragon Age-style tactics menu to create a pattern of behavior for the others in the squad. But there simply isn’t enough depth in the combat to make use of such a system if it were there. Mash left-click, and when a small yellow triangle appears over the head of an enemy, right-click to get a critical hit (you can right-click at any time for a heavy attack, but it takes so long you’ll do the same damage just by mashing left-click). There are skill trees that seem to make some difference on combat, but I never got far enough for them to make much difference. Dodging is also sometimes required. Bosses are damage sponges.
    +/- The three characters all have unique combat styles. Though the half-elven mage is an obvious support class who mostly uses her staff to hit people with, not launch spells. Magic is generally disappointing. The Ranger archer fights best from a distance (obviously) who isn’t too quick to switch to the sword he carries. The dwarf soldier is the heavy hitter, and the one with the worst AI, so he is the best choice for a single-player experience.
    +/- A nice amount of loot. Travel back to hubs often to sell stuff.
    +/- Simplistic crafting to make potions and slottable gems. No tutorial for this. I stumbled across it because I noticed something that looked like a gem slot on a weapon.

    - Character customization is awful. Choose from presets. That’s it.
    - Playing single-player, you can only switch between characters at the end of a level. Or by quitting to the menu, selecting a different character, then loading the game.

    Not recommended because it kept crashing on me, but before I reached that point War in the North seemed like a well-executed, slightly boring hack ‘n slash whose primary appeal is to Lord of the Rings fans. Crashing aside, it's an average (5/10) game with nothing obviously incompetent about it, but nothing stands out either. A curiosity purchase, nothing more.    … Expand
  19. Armitas
    Sep 30, 2017
    8
    DO NOT buy if you have AMD!!! It will crash and freeze at 60fps. There are no fixes for this even in 2017. No Joke the fixes online tell you to run windows 95 compatibility and lower your driver version to before you card was even manufactured. None of it works. This game is permabroken for AMD and Warner Brothers doesn't care to fix it. Buy it on Xbox or Playstation if you have an AMD.DO NOT buy if you have AMD!!! It will crash and freeze at 60fps. There are no fixes for this even in 2017. No Joke the fixes online tell you to run windows 95 compatibility and lower your driver version to before you card was even manufactured. None of it works. This game is permabroken for AMD and Warner Brothers doesn't care to fix it. Buy it on Xbox or Playstation if you have an AMD.

    I could only play to chapter 2 because of the game breaking AMD bugs. However what I did get to play was a lot of fun. There are towns where you can pick up quests, but there are only a few people in each town so you never feel overwhelmed with tasks and dialogue when what you really want to do is get back to the action. There is a lot of loot and it drops plentifully but gives you the option to sell it remotely. There are set items you can combine and augmentation slots. There were not a lot of skills in totality, 4-5 I think, but there are 27 places to put skill points. Combat was fun and fluid (minus the stuttering from AMD). I played by myself but if I had a friend or brother to play with I'd probably give it a 8.5. For what I did play they nailed the feel of middle earth.    … Expand
  20. russiangamer
    Dec 30, 2016
    6
    Если бы не кооператив, то игра бы вообще осталась практически не замеченой.
    Геймлей однообразен, иди да жми 2 кнопки всю игру. Сюжет неинтересный, четверть кат-сцен мы с другом просто пропускали, ведь они скучны, а когда начинались диалоги, то начиналось уныние. Вначале вроде бы и интересно, но уже к диалогу 3-му - нет. Локации серые и не запоминающиеся. И куча... КУЧА багов, от дёрганных    Если бы не кооператив, то игра бы вообще осталась практически не замеченой.
    Геймлей однообразен, иди да жми 2 кнопки всю игру. Сюжет неинтересный, четверть кат-сцен мы с другом просто пропускали, ведь они скучны, а когда начинались диалоги, то начиналось уныние. Вначале вроде бы и интересно, но уже к диалогу 3-му - нет. Локации серые и не запоминающиеся. И куча... КУЧА багов, от дёрганных тел уже после их смерти, до просто каких-то невидимых объектов, через которые может пройти мой друг, но не могу пройти я.
    Вообщем, если бы я играл один, то думаю оценка была бы 5.5/10, но если у вас есть друг, то разок пройти можно.
    Итоговая оценка ЗА КО-ОП РЕЖИМ - 6/10.    … Expand
  21. Mezmer
    Oct 27, 2016
    5
    Growing up, I was a huge Lord of the Rings fan. My dad got me any and all the Lord of the Rings video games out there, and let me tell you, I loved all of em. But, I was very disappointed with this game. It started off strong, with great graphics and good combat. But thats all this game has. The voice acting is very, very poor. The english characters of the franchise are voiced by AmericanGrowing up, I was a huge Lord of the Rings fan. My dad got me any and all the Lord of the Rings video games out there, and let me tell you, I loved all of em. But, I was very disappointed with this game. It started off strong, with great graphics and good combat. But thats all this game has. The voice acting is very, very poor. The english characters of the franchise are voiced by American voice actors, which I find to be unacceptable. There is no character development (there doesn't need to be, but in this case, it couldn't hurt), barely any unique story, and the coding is sub par. Instead of placing visible barriers, you will constantly hit invisible walls when playing. Its also incredibly inconsistent. It goes from easy, to insanely hard, to easy. Its just not a very good game, and I cannot recommend you buy it. Save your money, buy something better. If it wasn't for the game's graphics, combat and connection to the Lord of the Rings franchise, I would've given it a failing score.… Expand
  22. aadityamudhar
    Apr 17, 2016
    7
    Far from fantastic, sadly. But it does provide a few hours of entertainment between each session you play. The world is beautiful along with the animations, although not much exploration options and sort of shorter than expected. Could probably prove a good challenge on harder difficult level with friends. All-in-all, it's a pretty decent, albeit linear hack-and-slash.
  23. MeritCoba
    Oct 1, 2015
    6
    Throwing rings into volcanoes is one thing, preventing nasty hordes of monsters from intervening with such activities is another. Intro music for our band of stalwart heroes, a human ranger, a dwarf fighter and an elven wizard(the only woman of course), who set out from the Prancing Pony at Bree, a place cursed with being drenched in perpetual rainy nights, after receiving instructionsThrowing rings into volcanoes is one thing, preventing nasty hordes of monsters from intervening with such activities is another. Intro music for our band of stalwart heroes, a human ranger, a dwarf fighter and an elven wizard(the only woman of course), who set out from the Prancing Pony at Bree, a place cursed with being drenched in perpetual rainy nights, after receiving instructions from non other than stapper, which is the Dutch translation for the nickname for Aragorn, who in this game looks remarkably like an actor called Viggo Mortensen.

    The going is pretty unidirectional from the start. Stop the main bad guy Agandaûr from intervening with the rest of the world by killing him dead until he is. Easy enough. In between Bree and Agandaûr's grave you meet some critters that are in the way, but that is how this game should be. They consists of nasty orcs and goblins, undead, biggers orcs, very big trolls, a huge giant even, humans in all shapes and sizes, spiders small, large and very large and that is about it really.
    At various moments you get helped by token people you can do well without. At least they don't die on you most of the time, which saves you from that headache. The coolest thing around is however the giant eagle friend your team gains, which gives a nice air asset that you can throw against some of the bigger nasties, provided they are in the open and you didn't waste your limited supply of airstrikes on something smaller.

    Somewhere in between you make a stopover at Rivendell where you are briefed by someone who looks remarkably like the actor Hugo Weaving. Incidently Hugo doesn't even hush up the fact that Frodo has a powerful ring that needs to be destroyed. So far for secrecy.
    You get to speak to other actors too, like Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, John Rhys-Davies, Elijah Wood and Liv Tyler and yes by now you know the game takes its cues from the Peter Jackson movies. It isn't bad but it isn't very original either.

    And that might be the overall theme of this game. It isn't really bad, but it isn't really good either.. It is okayies. A word I just invented for this purpose. For instance; to lengthen your game experience they threw in a truckload of containers for you to plunder. You have to loot them all cause that is the only way to get neat new gear and what you find is pretty random. So there you are, hero of the war of the north, defeater of many a container...for you destroy or open more caskets, caches, barrels and other containers than you ever want too, because you will not only need to find loot for your own character, but also for your ai buddies, who might have no use at all for that stuff as far as can be told, but maybe they do or at least you can sell the stuff so you buy better stuff for you own, but most of all because this game is meant to be a co-op and can't quite figure out that you play it as a single player or as a co-op.

    Your ai buddies require some hand-holding for them not to be killed and if you are the elven maiden wizard it is doubly up to you to make sure that your ai buddies don't get killed, for the wizard biggest task is preventing the other two from turning into pin cushions.

    The overwhelming sensation you get when proceeding through this game is: if they just had.. If they just had added some more variety. If they just had added some more ways to do the quests.. If they just had added some more options in character development. If they just had added some interesting side quests. If they had just added some meaning full conversations.

    The biggest surprise is at the end when you discover that after all is said and done and the dead are buried and the living celebrate, you still are only halfway developed. And why? Cause you can then redo the whole game again on a higher difficulty level and gain more levels. Oh wow..

    War in the North is amusing enough to do once, but it totally lacks the charm to play once more, even as a different character. It is after all only okayies.    … Expand
  24. xtrmsnpr
    Jan 5, 2015
    4
    Worst RPG experience ever.and one of the worst LOTR.
    A big disappointment for me
    1)Long boring ass QUESTS,with no meaning of traveling all these distance.. It reminds more than an OLD style MMORPG than an rpg(coop too game). 2)Long boring GAMEPLAY,with slow moves,and stupid animations,that cant focuses in 360 degrees. 3)The MOBS,are stupid as **** around without trying to avoid    Worst RPG experience ever.and one of the worst LOTR.
    A big disappointment for me

    1)Long boring ass QUESTS,with no meaning of traveling all these distance..
    It reminds more than an OLD style MMORPG than an rpg(coop too game).
    2)Long boring GAMEPLAY,with slow moves,and stupid animations,that cant focuses in 360 degrees.
    3)The MOBS,are stupid as **** around without trying to avoid you.The bosses are also stupid AI,and the best is that you cant avoid all the attacks of them.
    4)The music has no place in the game at any point.
    5)The EFFECTS are ridiculous awful.
    6)The story it self sucks,a fictional **** that has no place in the universe of the LOTR or soever.
    7)The characters are fictional too,with no life to know or characteristics to remember..
    8)The player customization are ****,few choices and lame changes.
    9)The inventory is nothing much special as the skill tree too.

    At the end,if you want to loose time from your life,go on,this is the perfect game for it,besides, 2659 USERS agrees with it.

    4.5/10    … Expand
  25. Taram
    Dec 20, 2014
    8
    Nice story.... the game really delivers on the feel of Middle Earth... doing a great job at pulling details from both the books and the movies. I was originally concerned with the plot line as they are basically adding new content to Middle Earth but it was very well done and felt very much in the spirit of Tolkien's work. The game is fun and enjoyable while staying fairly simple toNice story.... the game really delivers on the feel of Middle Earth... doing a great job at pulling details from both the books and the movies. I was originally concerned with the plot line as they are basically adding new content to Middle Earth but it was very well done and felt very much in the spirit of Tolkien's work. The game is fun and enjoyable while staying fairly simple to play. Even my two sons (10 and 12) enjoyed it greatly.

    About the only "flaw" I found was that we were able to burn through the story relatively quickly..... I think there are about 10-12 hours of play for one full run through. After that it's just rinse-repeat with no real difference in the content.    … Expand
  26. alanmacd
    Nov 19, 2014
    8
    First things first. This is not a role playing game in the traditional sense of the word. Your choices matter naught - the game goes to the same place regardless and is rigidly scripted. Also, on higher levels, there is little challenge to the battles once your character has completely leveled up. Some of the abilities are ludicrously over powered - exploding crossbow shot anyone?

    BUT,    First things first. This is not a role playing game in the traditional sense of the word. Your choices matter naught - the game goes to the same place regardless and is rigidly scripted. Also, on higher levels, there is little challenge to the battles once your character has completely leveled up. Some of the abilities are ludicrously over powered - exploding crossbow shot anyone?

    BUT, it is, without a doubt, some of the finest co-op game play I have ever experienced. Battles feel wonderfully fun and realistic. Graphics are sensational. The music and voice work is top-notch. And you FEEL like you are in Middle Earth. For all it's flaws, the game is a hell of a lot of fun.    … Expand
  27. I_Am_Turok
    Oct 28, 2014
    7
    For LOTR fans, a 7/10 score for a solid, enjoyable game. Hacking at Orcs, single or with friends, will never lose its appeal. The story is nice, simple. Its also nice moving around the world. And the game being rather short is fine with me, as its fairly light anyways. For everyone else, its probably a 5/10 score. As stated, the story is light and none too involving. The graphics are cleanFor LOTR fans, a 7/10 score for a solid, enjoyable game. Hacking at Orcs, single or with friends, will never lose its appeal. The story is nice, simple. Its also nice moving around the world. And the game being rather short is fine with me, as its fairly light anyways. For everyone else, its probably a 5/10 score. As stated, the story is light and none too involving. The graphics are clean but lack any real imagination, which is probably its biggest downfall. I barely remember the nondescript music. The levels are extremely linear, offering no discovery. It lacks any deep RPG elements, I auto-levelled-up without even needing to think about which traits are better. And there's no real replay value. Overall though, there's enough enjoyment to be had here from a bit of orc hack-and-slash for a few hours, diverting easy fun. Don't expect anything deep or involving.… Expand
  28. reconplayer9037
    Oct 9, 2014
    8
    I would give this game a 10 for it's fun gameplay,story and graphics. (Not to mention the loot system!)
    However, this game is buggy. From messing up your saves to freeze ups, glitches can ruin your game.
    I would've given it a 10, but dat glitches though....
    8
  29. navin257999
    Sep 5, 2014
    10
    it is a very good game one of the best rpg games. the story is good, the characters the graphics game play the interactivity are good finished the game in both pc and ps3
  30. Johannes
    Jul 9, 2014
    8
    So , I started playing without expecting too much as the studio is relatively unknown and small. I was really pleasantly surprised though as this turned out to be quite a gem. The in-game menus and GUI elements aren't great and look really outdated but the core functionality of them is excellent , incredibly simple and handy inventory , stats , skills system which I loved. The movement andSo , I started playing without expecting too much as the studio is relatively unknown and small. I was really pleasantly surprised though as this turned out to be quite a gem. The in-game menus and GUI elements aren't great and look really outdated but the core functionality of them is excellent , incredibly simple and handy inventory , stats , skills system which I loved. The movement and general feel is decent but can sometimes feel a bit bulky. Decent though. The real pleasure in the experience is in the combat , it feels sturdy and swinging a frosty two handed broadsword has never felt better. Chopping of limbs of orcs and goblins is incredibly satisfying. The co-op dynamics is really well conceived aswell and the player to player system feels great. Graphically my opinion varies. The modeling is extremely well done and the displacement and normal mapping is great with large textures, yet runs really well. However , some things like nature and lighting feels unfinished and rushed. At times there are 2D trees randomly looming in the background and the skyboxes are really awful - minor things. If your in the market for an RPG that feels like Dragon age and plays like Skyrim you cant go wrong here. Enough said.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Computer Games Online RO
    Jan 30, 2012
    68
    War in the North is a hack and slash with some RPG elements and co-op, all assembled around one of the most beloved media licenses today, but with all this going for it, it simply doesn't manage to stand out. Sadly, it's just another product that tries to blend some popular elements, but with no true support or personal identity.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 19, 2012
    70
    Attractive world of Tolkien's imagination brings "forgotten" adventure of three heroes aside from the main story – the true magic of the game is hidden in the 3-people cooperative play. [Christmas 2011]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 12, 2012
    70
    Not without issues, but as The Lord of the Rings games go this is much better than most. [Feb 2012, p.84]
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