Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Overview
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game created by the same Pandemic Studios team behind the best-selling Star Wars Battlefront™ and Star Wars Battlefront™ II titles. Set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” universe as depicted by the Academy Award®-winning films, players will finally fight the entirety of these epic battles any way they want. In addition to crusading as the heroic forces of good, for the first time ever in a ‘The Lord of the Rings’ action title they’ll conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself. The game is set for a global release in fall 2008.
Gameplay
The game will play out from a third-person perspective, offering players four different classes to play as: the mage, warrior, scout and archer. Gathering points as they go, players will be able to unlock new skills and even be able to play as their favourite Hero. The game will feature creatures and equipment that can be used as ‘vehicles’ to quickly take you to your objective or burst trough the enemies gates. Players will be able to use special skills, tactics and additional weapons to trick their foes, like deploying tar traps and using their own siege equipment against them.
Depending on the location of the battle, players will play as a multitude of races including Elves, Haradrim, Rohirrim, Gondorians, Orcs and Uruk-Hai.
Read on: Heroes and Classes, Vehicles and Equipment
Gameplay Modes
Conquest is loaded with gameplay modes, some of the classic FPS modes like Capture the Flag and Deathmatch are included, but also new modes like Hero Deatmatch or Capture the Ring.
Read on: Gameplay modes
Maps and Locations
The game will feature all the epic battles and locations in the films, and has a lot of scenarios not detailed in the films. Alternatively, players can choose to play the Evil campaign, which raises the question of what would have happened if Sauron killed Frodo and got the ring back.
Read on: Maps & Locations
Further reading:
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- Gameplay modes
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- Vehicles and Equipment
- Heroes and Classes
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