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Lord of the Rings: Conquest multiplayer demo available for 360 and PS3 photo

I have to admit that Pandemic's Lord of the Rings: Conquest is one of those games that is completely and totally off my radar. So when I found out last weekend that a demo for the game was available on PlayStation Network, I was really surprised. Why didn't I know about this? Isn't it my job to know this crap? 

Well, now that same demo is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and I'm totally in the loop, thanks to Mr. Professor Major Sergeant Larry Hyrb Nelson. The demo is available in all regions and is "free" provided you have an Xbox LIVE Gold account. So I guess that means, technically, it's not totally free. But you get the idea. 

Lord of the Rings: Conquest takes the Tolkien mythos and dumps it into a Battlefront-like world of team-on-team multiplayer combat. The pictures of the game are pretty, but may not tell the whole story, so I'm interested in getting my hands dirty with the demo.

Let us know if you want to play, and we'll try to get a few Dtoid staff members on board for a quick game this afternoon. We'll take any excuse to stop writing about games so we can play them. Hit us up in the comments so we can figure it out.


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mistic's Avatar
mistic at 01/02/2009 09:34
downloading now!
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 01/02/2009 09:39
Call of Duty: The Two Towers?

Its Lord of the Rings and not an RTS. Sure I'll bite. Download in progress!
pascuz46's Avatar
pascuz46 at 01/02/2009 09:43
THIS GAME SUCKS! I downloaded it for the PS3 and it is just terrible. Although I did find humour in how completely awful it was. So maybe it is worth playing the demo.
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Volomon at 01/02/2009 09:52
It was available on a weird day like Tuesday or Wednesday along with some other stuff. Anyway, it sucks. I don't know how they could screw it up but they did. The graphics are near PS2 levels. The mechanics beyond a level of poor. The rogue class stealths and can instant kill anyone in one hit. I think for a hero it takes two hits or something.

No real tactics of any kind that I noticed. Pretty much pushing each other back and forth and who ever sucks the most loses.
Charlietime's Avatar
Charlietime at 01/02/2009 09:55
high hopes
ill be downloading it before lunch
TheGreatMango's Avatar
TheGreatMango at 01/02/2009 09:58
I am most definately grabbing this as soon as I get home tonight. I was just thinking about this game yesterday.
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 01/02/2009 10:03
Downloading now.... I really want it to be good, I love Lord of the Rings
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 10:04
I think we're going to try to get an XBLA game going at 3pm EST. If you're interesting, drop your gamertag here and we'll see what we can do about sending you an invite (you can't create private games, but we can attempt to grab an empty server).
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iconsam at 01/02/2009 10:09
Hmm... I'm in. Let's put it on the table and see how it plays.

Gamertag is same as my username.
Elitechief27's Avatar
Elitechief27 at 01/02/2009 10:11
I'm up for playing with you guys.


GT: Elitechief27
Cataract's Avatar
Cataract at 01/02/2009 10:29
Sounds interesting enough. I'm in for trying it out with some peoples.

Gamertag: "Ten Darculas"
The Big Bad Wolf's Avatar
The Big Bad Wolf at 01/02/2009 10:32
I will play.

GT - Mr Ovenstuffer (I work at a bakery...)
Cataract's Avatar
Cataract at 01/02/2009 10:35
Woah, demo is 1.25 gigs! That's unusually large for a demo.
perri's Avatar
perri at 01/02/2009 10:36
Ohh. Don't get your hopes up too high! The single player demo was laughable. Literally, the Voice Over will have you cracking up.

This game is as generic as it gets people. Be warned.
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Gibbo at 01/02/2009 10:43
Hmm if you can't do friend games then It might be too much trouble for EUFNF. Nevertheless I'm downloading the demo right now.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 10:44
@perri:

Yeah, I tried out the single-player tutorial level and it was ... interesting.

To those who passed along their gamertags, I'll add you on XBL closer to 3pm EST. So far, Dtoid Staff on board is Jim Sterling, Brad Nicholson, and myself. As you can tell, we're having a busy day ...
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Soulwax at 01/02/2009 10:54
I liked it. But then again, I do have "Tolkien 4 Lyfe" tattoo'd in Elvish on my ass.


Not really.
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Naim Master at 01/02/2009 10:57
Such a disapointement , I downloaded the demo , and the multiplayer is broken as hell , the warriors only use their spin special (because the special bar fills up way too quickly) , the mages use their flames (or explosion if the person gets close) , and by these cheap tactics the rogue and archers get useless ...
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nademagnet at 01/02/2009 10:57
I'll try to get on and play.

GT: BL00DW0RTH (all zeros)
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Tyson The Tool at 01/02/2009 11:09
I'm in. ID - StJohn4
bloodylip's Avatar
bloodylip at 01/02/2009 11:30
I'm pretty interest*ing*, but I'm not available until closer to 4 :(
BigPopaGamer's Avatar
BigPopaGamer at 01/02/2009 11:30
Nick, I actually got to play this game at PAX. The version at PAX was VERY buggy, but promising, especially if you are a LOTR fan.

I would be up for some LOTR fun, but not till this evening.
TheGreatMango's Avatar
TheGreatMango at 01/02/2009 11:37
3pm? I should be good for that.

Gamertag is TheGreatMango.

Who'd have thunk?
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 11:41
@BigPopaGamer:

Night would probably be better for most, but since a few people are off from work/school today and we are astoundingly bored around "the office," afternoon gameplay it is. (Also, I personally won't be able to play tonight.)

Friday Night Fights can dig into this one, I suppose. It's something to do, I suppose.
garison's Avatar
garison at 01/02/2009 11:52
Sure, I'm up for some LOTR fun!

Gamertag: garison25

Can't wait!
Heojaua's Avatar
Heojaua at 01/02/2009 11:59
its gonna be fun

Gamertag : Wineblood
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 01/02/2009 12:11
Damn it, I have to work or I'd be there.
BigPopaGamer's Avatar
BigPopaGamer at 01/02/2009 12:23
Nah, I wish I was off work too Nick. Make sure to drink some mead while you play. You know, to get into the spirit and everything.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 12:41
I sent everyone friend invites; there's a lot of us, so I hope we can all get together in one game. I'll send out game invites when/if we get it set up!

@BigPopaGamer:

Keeping that in mind!
Midgetsnowman's Avatar
Midgetsnowman at 01/02/2009 12:41
pity. i'd come but 3 est is when i start work. Damned evening shift. >>
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Slick Icarus II at 01/02/2009 13:06
Here's hoping they don't recycle the movie footage to tell the story... again.
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zanthox at 01/02/2009 13:10
I dled this on Christmas day from PSN, it is a lot like battlefront. It seems like it could be even better than the RotK game. I do wish that we could have played as a troll in the demo though...
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boomfasa at 01/02/2009 13:25
Wooh this game is fun! Hit me up if somebody sees this: GT: Boomfasapants
Heojaua's Avatar
Heojaua at 01/02/2009 13:35
the warrior is evil...
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Mister Disco at 01/02/2009 13:44
It's fun. I would also like to point out that anyone who says it looks like a PS2 game probably doesn't own a PS2.
Nik565's Avatar
Nik565 at 01/02/2009 13:58
If this game is any good, I'll have a reason to dress up as a wizard...again.
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 14:30
So, what did you guys think? :D
iconsam's Avatar
iconsam at 01/02/2009 14:31
Hahah. Guess who's not getting this game?
Druid 01's Avatar
Druid 01 at 01/02/2009 14:34
this game has def been on MY radar but with my 360 out of commission i cant try the demo, how is it?
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 14:53
@Druid 01:

A group of us played earlier, and I don't think anyone enjoyed themselves. I thought the experience felt kind of sloppy across the board (controls, visuals, gameplay balance). That and because it was a demo, we couldn't create our own room and kept getting booted from the EA servers. :(
Tyson The Tool's Avatar
Tyson The Tool at 01/02/2009 14:54
Hah where the hell did that Balrog come from? Shit
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 01/02/2009 15:17
@Tyson The Tool:

Seriously -- NOT COOL. And the Troll was no picnic, either. Evil cheats. Confirmed.
Ezkilla's Avatar
Ezkilla at 01/02/2009 18:17
Just deleted it, It's shit.

Poor balancing, really bad maps. I noticed that in the castle map (Minas Tirith I think) there were invisible walls, o'look a stair case I'll just go up there and........what??. Come on I'm in a map surrounded by walla and a can't jump on wall, ledges or go up stairs. And the other map (the shire or farm A) is just as bad, there's a river.... its a foot deep brook no chanellege for a knight.....shit you die.

I'm going to give it a miss, wait battlefront III :)
KakaoJunkey's Avatar
KakaoJunkey at 01/02/2009 18:30
Huh, I actually found the demo quite fun and had I been on dtoid earlier I would have played with you.
The controls do feel kind of sloppy at times, but (except for the scout maybe) I found it pretty well balanced.
Anyway: I liked it.
cbebop007's Avatar
cbebop007 at 01/02/2009 19:00
This game is indeed sloppy, and not in a fun/drunk kind of way.
iconsam's Avatar
iconsam at 01/02/2009 20:02
@Ezkilla
Didn't Battlefront 3 just get canned?
Uniquenamehere's Avatar
Uniquenamehere at 01/03/2009 02:41
This game sucks so bad the scout class completely breaks the game with there one hit kill stealth attack on the other hand was fun being the two special classes(gandalf and the witch king) for the 5 games i played even if they didnt seem any different to the rest.
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LOLface at 01/03/2009 21:51
@iconsam
I heard that Rebellion(the ones who made the PSP Battlefront) picked it up, so one can only hope that they make it like classic Battlefront.
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