I won't lie. It's not good.
I'm a huge LotR fan, and I was hoping to be impressed, but no dice. It's ugly and pixelated first of all. Second thing I noticed was that it seemed as though they went out of their way to try to make the weapons, spells, special attacks, and combos more confusing than they needed to be. I get what they were trying to do, but it was not fun. Oh, and the spellcaster just sucks.
On a good note, I did like the way that they integrated the heroes from the books and movies into the game as playable characters. That was a nice touch for those who would like to be immersed into the story as the famous heroes of Middle Earth.
It would take a vast improvement over the demo for me to buy this game. (or some easy achievements!
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