Ve3tro has posted a short, but slightly revealing, hands-on for the Lord of the Rings: Conquest on the Xbox 360. The article sheds some new light on the combat in Conquest:

The game play is good old hack n slash. You can swing your sword with X and perform magic with Y. The combat is deep enough for this type of game. You can combo moves together and you can hold attack buttons to charge attacks. You can also block attacks with the left trigger. When you’re in trouble, the game will start to flash “You are out numbered” on screen in red. There are literally tens of enemies on your screen at any one time. If you get knocked down, when you get back up you perform a clearing attack that knocks back your enemies quickly in a cinematic style. You’ll be able to experience Middle Earth online with a friend in 2 player cooperative play over live. I played most of my play through as the warrior class however as the mage you can perform a “You shall not pass” on your enemies like Gandalf which was cool to see in action.

The rest of the article doesn’t reveal too much new, but does give another impression of the Minas Tirith level.

The Lord of the Rings Conquest is only a few months away, with a release rumoured in early November. Stay tuned for more info.

Thanks to Cheeky Hobbit for the heads-up.