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The Lord of the Rings Conquest is an action game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It is based on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and borrows many gameplay mechanics from Pandemic’s Star Wars: Battlefront games. The game allows the player to play as both the forces of good and evil, but unlike The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, the latter option is based around Sauron stopping the One Ring from being destroyed and fighting back. On December 23, 2008, the PlayStation 3 demo was made available on the PlayStation Network while the Xbox 360 demo was released January 2, 2009.

Campaign

In the Good campaign, players follow the main events of the films, and in the Evil campaign where players control the forces of darkness in a new storyline. In this alternative ending Frodo failed to destroy the Ring and Middle-earth is conquered by Sauron. The best part is you can actually choose who and what history you wanna follow, which makes Conquest a half RPG .

Competitive multiplayer modes include conquest, capture the ring, team deathmatch and hero deathmatch all of which are based from Star Wars: Battlefront 2 gametypes. Up to sixteen players can play online. Players can also use online connection to download more heroes, villains, and maps. Cooperative mode is available for up to two players split-screen or online on the Xbox 360 and PS3 (two-player split-screen on the PS3).

Classes

The whole Lord of the Rings success is based on the variety of classes inculding heroes from which you can choose and fight, making the game different in every way starting the player you choose, which will have he’s/her own path in the battle field. By chooosing and testing every one of them you will actually understand how many parts the game has.

• Warrior: A melee combat unit which uses swordplay. Warriors can gain strength to unleash more powerful attacks, such as setting their swords on fire. They can also block and perform counter attacks with special moves. The warrior also has a throwing axe as a secondary weapon.

• Archer: A long ranged unit with a bow and arrow that plays like a third person shooter. Different types of arrows such as fire arrows which can knock down enemies, poison arrows which slow enemies down and do damage over time, and a multi arrow attack which fires a volley of three arrows at multiple enemies. They also have a close quarters kick attack, which knocks back the enemy.

They can also hit stealthed Scouts, with the multi arrow skill

• Scout: A master in the art of moving unseen. The scouts primary weapons are two daggers, and he has the ability to cloak and kill units from behind. He also has satchel bombs filled with blasting powder as a ranged attack.

• Mage: A mage’s primary attack is lightning, this can be charged up for a more powerful attack. Mages can also heal allies. The staff can also be used for melee. To protect himself and others around him from ranged attacks a mage can create an orb. The mage is vulnerable to melee while this is active.

Any unit can ride a mount; mounts include horses and wargs. Wargs and horses are useful as they can quickly traverse areas. Hits against mounts result in the player being dismounted. The player wields a sword when mounted on a horse. Mounts can trample enemies by riding into them.

Playable heroes and villains: The Success Secret of Pandemic Studios  Electronic Arts

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