

The sight of limbs flying and black blood spilling brings some grim satisfaction to the combat, but that satisfaction is too often lost in frustration. After enemies suffer some damage, a symbol indicates that they're vulnerable to a critical strike, and performing a heavy attack at this moment does extra damage and may sever some limbs, even if you're wielding a dull staff. You have light and heavy melee attacks and a ranged attack.

Regardless of which hero you select, your basic abilities in battle are the same. Tolkien's books will appreciate appearances by characters from the novels that were left out of the movies. The story is typical, but it provides an excuse to send you to creepy barrows, snowy mountains, dwarven mines, and other places that evoke the atmosphere of the Lord of the Rings films. This union of elves, dwarves, and men sets out to foil the evil forces of Agandaur, a servant of the dark lord Sauron whose schemes threaten free peoples residing far from the conflicts in Rohan and Gondor. Now Playing: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Video ReviewĪndriel of Rivendell Eradan of the Dunedain rangers and Farin, champion of Erebor, are thrown together by war and join forces. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
