Gameplay modes

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest will have a large number of gameplay modes, both in single- and multiplayer. These modes are designed in the same manner as they are in most first or third-person shooter. As such, when you die you will have to find a spot to respawn, and a scoreboard will keep track of your progress in the battle. All of these modes are detailed below.

Campaign

Singleplayer | Splitscreen | 4-player Co-op

The campaign will take you trough the War of the Ring in a linear fashion. You will fight the enemy on a number of maps across Middle-earth. The initial campaign you can play is the ‘good’ campaign, which will closely follow the events as depicted in the movies - however - it will also feature a number of battles not seen in the books of movies, such as the Dwarves’ initial attempt to reclaim Moria from the Goblins. After finishing the ‘good’ campaign, you will unlock the evil campaign. The evil campaign revolves around what could have happened if Sauron has reclaimed the ring for his own by killing Frodo.

Instant Action Modes

Singeplayer | Splitscreen | 2-16 players Multiplayer

Conquest

Conquest revolves around capturing and holding points on the map. By holding these points your allies can “respawn” nearby and you gradually decrease the amount of ‘tickets’ your enemy has left to use to respawn.

Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag is one of the classic gameplay modes in shooters. The objective is to capture the enemies flag (usually well protected in their main base) and take it back to your home location - while preventing your enemy from doing the same. Whichever team has captured their enemies flag the most times, wins the match.

Deathmatch

Deathmatch is the free-for-all mode in Conquest. Nobody shares a team, and a killfest ensues. Skills in killing your enemies and preventing your death will ensure victory.

Hero Deathmatch

Hero deathmatch is the same as normal deathmatch, except that everyone will get to play as their favourite hero, instead of having to earn it.

Ringbearer

One player will play the ringbearer, while the rest players will take on the mantle of the Ringwraiths.  The ringwraiths must find and kill Frodo, and the player who plays as Frodo will get points the longer he managed to elude the Nazgûl. When one of the wraiths kills Frodo, that player will become Frodo. ‘Ringbearer’ is essentially a classic game of “tag”.