Lord of the Rings: War in the North

[Mac Boyce]

I've gone about 3 hours into the game and am so far not impressed. Luckily, I rented it.

It's not that the game itself is bad. The controls respond nicely, the bad guy AI adapts to you a little and it looks quite nice.

The problem is the characters and story is a little bland. The voice acting is a little weak and so far the story hasn't sucked me in.

SIDEBAR: You also don't control all 3 characters, which bugs the hell out of me, but is not a gamebreaker. The companion AI works suprisingly well. It's more of a personal gamer issue.

All in all, I'm glad I rented it. If I would have paid $60 for it, I might have been a little peeved. I'll probably pick it up when it drops to $20 or so.

[IceniQueen]

Thanks for the info on this.

The game looked good but I had my reservations. I would prefer to play my own character and not there's and I think this just sold me more on not playing it. I'll wait until Skyrim hits. Looks better to me anyways