Product description The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a co-op Action RPG that immerses you and your friends in a brutal new chapter in the War of the Ring. Drawing inspiration from both the literary and film rights to world of The Lord of the Rings players will bloody their axes on a wide range of deadly enemies and traverse both established and never-before-seen locations. The result is a journey that is both epic and intimate familiar yet unexpected.Key Features:Action Meets RPGIntense visceral and satisfying bat. Rich layered and impactful character progression. In War in the North you get both. Fight through the brutal realities of the War of the Ring as you customize a new character in the universe Tolkien created. Immerse yourself and make your own mark on Middle-earth.Co-op at its CoreMiddle-earth is too brutal for any one man to survive. Draw upon the strengths of each characters unique racial abilities and build your own fellowship of three heroes to confront the growing army in the North. You must fight together or you will die alone.An Untold StoryWhile much attention and focus has been placed on the journey of the One Ring the assault on Middle-earth hits all corners of the map. War in the North turns our attention toward an integral part of the storyline that is grounded in details from the books and various appendices.System Requirements:Operating System Required: Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 CPU Required: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD 64 X2 4400 Remended: Intel Core2 Duo 3 GHz or AMD X2 5000 or AMD Phenom X4 9600 Memory Required: 2 GB RAM Remended: 4 GB RAM Graphics Card Required: 2006 or later GeForce 8600 or Radeon HD 2600 Remended: GeForce 2xx Series or Radeon HD 6xxx series or greater. Sound Card Required: 100% DirectX 9 patible Audio Device Hard disk space Installation requires 10 GB of free hard disk space DVD-ROM Required: DVD-ROM drive Remend .com The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a co-op Action RPG, from the developers of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, that immerses you and your friends in a brutal new chapter in the War of the Ring. Set in Middle-earth during the time of the War of the Ring, but separate from its events, War in the North is inspired by both the Lord of the Rings books and movies allowing players to draw their swords, notch their axes, bend their bows and raise their staffs against a wide range of deadly enemies and traverse both established and never-before-seen locations. The result is a journey that is both epic and intimate, familiar yet unexpected. Become One of the Unknown Heroes on Middle-earth"With his far reaching rich hand Sauron might have done great evil in the North. Yet all that has been averted because a handful of heroes stood in his path." - Gandalf the White Action RPG Lord of the Rings adventure firmly based in Tolkien lore and co-op gameplay. View larger. Face off against Sauron's deadly Black Númenórean lord, Agandaûr. View larger. In The lord of the Rings: War in the North you are one of these heroes. Inspired by events from the famous book trilogy and their retelling in Peter Jackson's films, the game features stunning visuals, brutally realistic combat, a unique and compelling new story, and innovative cooperative gameplay that pits you and your friends against the dark forces of Middle-earth. In this game you will form your own fellowship and fight against Sauron's forces at the North. Playable Characters and Co-op Gameplay The gameplay in The lord of the Rings: War in the North is all about cooperation. Players will take on the role of either Eradan, a Dúnedain ranger, Andriel, an Elf or Farin, a Dwarf. Each will have special abilities tied to their race - for example, a Dúnedain can combine different objects to create unique items for use or sale in-game; Elves possess superior sight, which will lead you to shortcuts and recognition of trouble ahead; and Dwarves have the ability to notice weaknesses at the walls and break them in order to find secret caves with different loots. Each race with have character class possibilities as well as legendary weapons. Once characters are established, they must band together in multiplayer action, working together to combat hordes enemies. These enemies include goblins pouring from their strongholds in the Misty Mountains, Uruk-hai from Isengard, savage wargs in the wilderness, giant spiders infesting Mirkwood, massive trolls and most dramatic and dangerous of all, bosses like Agandaûr, a deadly Black Númenórean lord who long ago was tempted and turned by the lies of Sauron. Along your journey you will also cross paths with Lord of the Rings characters familiar and not so familiar, fulfilling little known but important events of the wider War of the Ring. These include: Aragorn's scouting party of the North, while Frodo recovers in Rivendell from the wound he suffered at Weathertop; missions with the Elven sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir; the responsibilities of the wizard, Radagast the Brown; encounters with the great eagles of the Misty Mountains and more. Key Game FeaturesA brutal new The Lord of the Ring adventure set during, but separate from the main events of the War of the RingAn exciting main story campaign coupled with dozens of side questsCross paths with your favorite Lord of the Ring heroes, as well as more obscure charactersClassic Action-RPG action that centers on co-op gameplay and character developmentThree playable races - Dúnedain (man), Elf, Dwarf, each with its own storyline and unique questsMultiple character classes including Mage, Scout and WarriorMagic abilities including active (fire, lightning and ice spells) as well passive (morale bonuses, protective shields/wards) spellsThe ability to craft items and potionsA special Challenge Mode consisting of missions and maps built especially for co-op gameplay and not tied to the main campaignAdditional Screenshots
C**R
Just A Few Problems.......Not Many Game Related...
OK, I got this at the same time I got another Lord Of The Ring type game and this one runs fairly good. First, I must say something here. I'm not the best at figuring out how to deal with games that don't "spell things out for me" ie how you heal, etc. So when I run a game, I usually look for a tutorial to help me out. Also, if the game supports it, I almost always use a X-Box 360 type controller on all first person and third person type games as I use a left handed mouse and that doesn't work out to well in most games. This game is a Steam game and requires a Steam account to run. I have a number of games like this and this wasn't a problem for me. (I have went thru a number of system upgrades and I've always been able reinstall my games with Steam and I don't load it at start up, but only when I play a game I've activated on it.) Anyway, After the download, I cranked up the game and it ran great with one problem (which wasn't one.) I usually go to the settings screen and set my screen res and controller setup. I couldn't find any gamepad controller setup but the pad was working and so being confused, I backed out and tried again but again no settings listed for the gamepad only the mouse and KB. I then decided to check out how this worked in the game and the game ran using gamepad type prompts for my 360 pad. Great! In this case the user messed up. I then played the game a bit. It's a third person type game where you control one of three people. An female elf, a male dwarf, or a male human. If you play a single player game then the other two characters follow your lead in the game no matter which character you select. The controls for your character are pretty good, but the movement itself is a bit jerky at times which was about the only thing I really noticed at all. I'm still getting use to the controls and how you do certain things, but this game runs so good I've been really enjoying playing it even if I have to figure out how to do things. A really good game to me....
O**E
Fun game but you can't finish it.
Ya fun game but it crashes a lot in two spots and I can't get past the last area of the game. It crashes to the desktop. I purchased the retail game and installed it thru Steam. Not great support. Wanting to finish game but no patch as of current.
W**N
Worth the wait 4.5
I had read reviews and write-ups that said that this is how the movies should have continued. They are pretty close! There are a lot of positives in my initial experience in this game and very little negatives.PRO:- Excellent graphics - If you have a laptop or PC with a current video card (not integrated graphics) you should get awesome graphics. Mine defaulted to "maximum" resolution on all specs and runs great.- Playability (tech-wise) - Mine installed and ran in a short time and after the first few quests and fights, has had no crashes, fluid motion by my character, I have never gotten stuck in walls or had phantom barriers blocking your progress. So far, they really made a solid game.- Playability (gamer fun-wise) - I chose the Human Ranger (Dunedain) and really enjoy the changing from sword and bow by a simple click with fast drawing of your new weapon. I swept through orcs like a knife through butter and had some really cool finishing move mini-cutscenes (our movie reference). The finishing moves I've seen so far have been graphic and way cool.- Interaction - Well scripted so far and there have been some pretty varied NPC's to speak to and all have very different reasons to talk to them. This gives me a good feeling about the rest of the game so far.- Character developement - Do not fear. When you choose a race at the beginning you cannot change their appearance. Once you are inside The Prancing Pony, there is a spot on the wall that you can update/change your appearance. It is limited but you can change it enough to be satisfied. It is no Fallout or Skyrim but it's fine. As for your armour and weapons, they will get better as you find/buy upgraded items. Both your avatar and actual in-game character will show the details if you have a good graphics card.CON:- The only real cons I have come across are the serious lack of any kind of tutorials. There was a glowing light floating near the door of the Prancing Pony and it just says [E] Interact. I guess it is a SAVE spot since it does nothing and doesn't tell you that you just saved after you click on it. When I approached a glowing gate, it doesn't tell you this is a point that you leave the area to the map or if it is autosaving at all. Every time I press ESC and go to the main menu, there are NO save menu's. I am assuming it is an autosave spot since the game NEVER tells you it is saving.- Start up - I was so frustrated when the initial start up was locked on "Multiplayer" and the write-up mentions it is a co-op game. I HATE MMO's. Guess what? It is misleading. You choose your race and the other 2 will follow you. I have not had to play co-op or multiplay with someone I do not know and do not want to know. So it is bad that it's misleading but good that it is actually solo. If there is a multiplayer option later, I better be able to skip it.I had a blast playing through the initial quests (big and small) and will definately finish this. I got mine for $10 and it was a great buy.UPDATE:- Saves: There is a save system that you have to wait for the loading screen for it to tell you what a save screen looks like. If the gold ring appears at the bottom of the screen, it is saving content. Durring the game it NEVER tells you it is saving and there is no save screen on the main menu to see where it saved.- Playing: I suggest playing through the game with one character and do not change characters. Every time I switched from One character to another, all the best weapons and gear I got for my old character was trashed, deleted, gone and replaced with random gear that was very low power. I had to go back and re-outfit each player again and again every time I switched characters (to re-search an area). I believe the only thing that transfered over were rings. It doesn't auto level your characters. If you change from Ranger to Dwarf, the Dwarf will have 20+ points you have to start allotting. Either constantly change them and redo each quest area with each character to find all the secrets or play through and redo it all from scratch 3 times with 3 characters. Your choice.
W**S
Utter crap
Other games that have been in the LOTR series have been fun and strategic to play, but alas this new multiplayer-encouraging game is not worth your time. It is boring, has an uninteresting storyline, and has EXTREMELY repetitive gameplay. You will get bored within an hour just playing it.Another problem I had was with the Steam DRM. Normally, I don't care about Steam. It never bothers me. But when a game is on a disc, I expect the FULL game to be on the disc, not half the game and then be required to download the rest online. That is simply unacceptable.
W**S
Beautiful, dark< yet beautiful
It's very entertainning.Beautiful ,dark< yet beautiful.Only reason for a 3 star was the sudden puzzle type quests you get with zero hints on how to do it.Much keep ur browser open to a tips/walkthrough site.
Y**B
A Great Buy!
I got this for my boyfriend and he absoulutey loves it. He plays all the time and can't stop! He said it's the perfect game with great graphics and awesome plot lines! It came really quickly and as always with amazon products with great condition! A must buy for any gamers or gamer friends who love a classic like Lord of The Rings!
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