Comments on: What Yo’ Tolkien About? LOTR: Conquest

By: Legandir

Legandir — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:20:12 +0000

The only video i played was the one with tolkien talking. I guess that says everything about my interest in this game.

By: Scandalon

Scandalon — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:48:58 +0000

qrter – almost as bad as our office computer that kept disappearing every time the network sync’ed. Obvious, really, once we realized it was a Tolkien Ring Network.

By: RichPowers

RichPowers — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:47:14 +0000

Star Wars Battlefront II is a pathetic PC game. I tossed my copy in the trash because the game ran so poorly on my system. It had lots of problems with dual core machines from what I read.

By: fartmonger

fartmonger — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:44:03 +0000

Still pondering what the New Years will hold?

I predict that there will be a surge of game studios, having exhausted usual IP sources (movies/comics), turning to literature.

Expect many more classics to be raped soon :)

By: The Hammer

The Hammer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:17 +0000

I quite liked the console games based on the movie. They were fun, in a Golden Axe kinda way. Had solid combat too them, and felt very much like the movie, in parts.

By: Papageno

Papageno — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:17:00 +0000

I played and enjoyed the console/PC LotR beat-em-up Return of the King on the PC, and what with the voice talent from the movies and the Howard Shore music it kicked ass–well, aside from some of the gameplay annoyances like save checkpoints, a wonky camera and accidentally walking into some “insta-death” zones in the Paths of the Dead level.

By: Yhancik

Yhancik — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:42:52 +0000

Btw, about SW : Battlefront… I’m afraid I totally missed those games when they were released, but they look potentially fun.
One thing I’m wondering, though : how’s the multiplayer part if there are only 2 or 3 players ? Does it play like co-op, with and versus (hopefully reasonably clever) bots ?

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:57:20 +0000

Incidentally, everyone should read jPod for effective satirising of EA, and the games industry in general. And then enjoy a toblerone.

By: Hermit

Hermit — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:35:21 +0000

The best bit about Star Wars Battlefront was the space battles, really. The hero fighting had nothing to it and the class based MP gaming has been done far better elsewhere.

So unless there’s a mode where the Nazgul on their flying mounts take on Gandalf and his technicolour wizard friends (themselves flying on Eagles or something), then I’ll stick with LOTRO.

By: Gnarl

Gnarl — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:03:45 +0000

As someone that liked Battlefront (I couldn’t defend why) I am afraid I might enjoy this. But the licence abuse may just be enough to put me off, thankfully. And if if they put MERP in, they should put 5 minute gap after every attack to work through the tables.

By: manintheshack

manintheshack — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:36:44 +0000

Woah. This looks amazing…

Nah, I’m just kidding. I am loving the nerd rage though…

By: monkeymonster

monkeymonster — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:28:21 +0000

The title pun might be evil dead hilarious in that your hand tries to choke you for grinning inanely – but most laughs came from Jim’s Killer Put Down (TM)