The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 73 Ratings

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  • Summary: For the first time, play as Evil characters in a brand new, 'Evil' campaign. Battle through scenarios after Frodo failed to destroy the One Ring; it’s good to be bad. Acclaimed Battlefront gameplay in a fantasy setting allows players to choose the way they fight, as Warrior, Archer, Mage orFor the first time, play as Evil characters in a brand new, 'Evil' campaign. Battle through scenarios after Frodo failed to destroy the One Ring; it’s good to be bad. Acclaimed Battlefront gameplay in a fantasy setting allows players to choose the way they fight, as Warrior, Archer, Mage or Scout in melee and ranged combat. Online multiplayer - pick your allegiance then battle in 16-player online clashes, or in 4-player co-op campaigns. Local multiplayer - split-screen with up to 4 players competitively or 2 player co-op. A massive cast of characters & weapons adds great depth to the gameplay: Heroes, Wargs, Ents, Oliphaunts, Cave-trolls, the Balrog, Nazgul, ballistae, and more. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 45
  3. Negative: 9 out of 45
  1. Vandal
    75
    Lord of the Rings Conquest succeeds in bringing Tolkien's fans a solid videogame, with intense action and a good representation of battles. But there is a strong difference between playing it multiplayer and single player, less fun than the former. Solo players should think twice the purchase.
  2. 3DJuegos
    70
    Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a videogame too far from excellence to be recommendable without making some kind of warning marks before. Those who don't like the senseless button smashing will not enjoy this game, but if you are a fan of both the Tolkien universe and the online battles you will find here an honest but reiterative entertainment.
  3. Multiplayer.it
    66
    Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a title with a lot of potential, but only barely expressed. The great atmosphere doesn't match the lack of a solid gameplay, especially in the combat system, not too deep and often bungler. We give advice on it only to fans, the others should go for a better action title.
  4. Play UK
    52
    It’s clear what has happened here, Pandemic was chosen to make a Lord Of The Rings Dynasty Warriors game, but it messed it up even more than if Koei had handled it itself. It’s best you leave this well alone.
  5. Play.tm
    50
    Bottom line with Lord of the Rings: Conquest is that it fails on almost every level to re-create the breathtaking scale and impact of its source material. Generic at best, the game's poorly staged battles and uninspired set pieces drag the player on a plodding journey through a world of imagination and invention where both of those vitally important facets have clearly been lost in translation.
  6. GamingExcellence
    50
    It seems that Pandemic should stick to making games with blaster rifles instead of swords and arrows, those are infinitely better than Conquest.
  7. PSM3 Magazine UK
    20
    Avoid like Sauron. A shameless hack-and-cash in. [Mar 2009, p.62]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 7 out of 17
  1. XBONE
    Feb 4, 2014
    8
    I love this game. Great.campaign, great co op campaign, and great coop team death match etc, however inclines not to great. Overall 8/10,I love this game. Great.campaign, great co op campaign, and great coop team death match etc, however inclines not to great. Overall 8/10, good job EA.… Expand
  2. CasperWenneke
    Feb 22, 2018
    8
    alot of people found this game disappointing, which i don't really get because i grew up playing this game with friends and on a split screenalot of people found this game disappointing, which i don't really get because i grew up playing this game with friends and on a split screen most of the time. going over to my friends house and playing through all the maps on each of our teams absolutely destroying each other all day, was a blast for a child at my age then. I do still play it sometimes with the same friends just for the nostalgia. it's a great game in my eyes and you don't really need online to play this game. just play it with some friends splitscreen. it is much more fun in my opinion. i think that all the heroes and characters are fun to play each there way even tho some people find them boring.… Expand
  4. Clanka
    Nov 13, 2010
    8
    I see no point in calling this game rubbish. Sure the melee and graphics are pretty bad. Gandalf may sound like Santa and Gimli may sound likeI see no point in calling this game rubbish. Sure the melee and graphics are pretty bad. Gandalf may sound like Santa and Gimli may sound like a pirate. But this game is sill relatively awesome. I like it's music, it depicts locations verry effectively and there are just enough locations and heroes to make every location feel fresh. It has deep beauty that you have to dig to find, but once you have, it will be he golden fruits of your labor.… Expand
  5. HuevoAlce
    Jun 26, 2022
    6
    While the game suffers a bit mechanically and technically, no one can deny just how fun this game is.
  6. Sly101
    Mar 17, 2012
    4
    It's ok but a terrible misuse of the Lord of the Ring's name. The gameplay is repetitive, the campaign is chunky and uneven, the graphics areIt's ok but a terrible misuse of the Lord of the Ring's name. The gameplay is repetitive, the campaign is chunky and uneven, the graphics are ok and the voice acting is mixed. I just don't really see how they could release such a game as this, what with how bad it is. I give it a 4/10 for it's ok stuff...… Expand
  7. stefaan
    Dec 2, 2011
    3
    The campaign is just retarded, if you kill an enemy soldier, it comes back. I think the game could be much better without respawn. TheThe campaign is just retarded, if you kill an enemy soldier, it comes back. I think the game could be much better without respawn. The multiplayer isn't that good. Always the same. So it really becomes boring after a few days.… Expand
  8. JoelYoungblood
    Jan 14, 2009
    0
    As a dedicated, die-hard, borderline obsessive LOTR's fan, I have to say that this game is an insult to everything I've enjoyed As a dedicated, die-hard, borderline obsessive LOTR's fan, I have to say that this game is an insult to everything I've enjoyed about the books, films, and even (yes) previous video-games. Poor graphics, terrible controls, no more than 8v8 EVEN IN OFFLINE INSTANT ACTION. Not to mention that they just completely disregarded the lore of the books/films to cash in on a good license. To Pandemic/EA - GO F**K YOURSELFS.… Expand

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