they all look as much like the characters in the movies as possible given that gen of graphics. Surprise, surprise, the persons you meet that were also in Peter Jackson's movies are obviously painted to look as much like those actors as possible: Elrond, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Bilbo, Frodo. The various locations are very well designed graphically to be what they were in Middle Earth.Ģ. The storyline is carefully aligned and parallel to the events in the Fellowship of the Ring. Once he and I got past Bree, with the third party character run as a bot, there was lot to appreciate:ġ. Thankfully, my son-a lead game designer for an indie company-began to crave a game with a story line and asked me to play (we had played session-based games to exhaustion). I must admit, I've started the game before my recent plays and was so unenchanted with the start in Bree, that I walked away from the game before I really played it or understood what it would bring to the table. And some of you will have a hard time with that-the graphics are dated, the game mechanics are from a past decade, and Devs are no longer working the product as-it is my understanding-the company no longer has the requisite Tolkien license.īut those things being said, this game is a diamond in the rough. LotR: War in the North is a a very well-told story-based game that is showing its age.
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