Demo’n: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

The Lord of the Rings: Conquest: To start off I went with the Single Player portion of the demo, but was glad to see I could chose to play online also, always a big plus in the demo department. In single player there is only one selection that can be made, “Tutorial.” After I made my selection, a video explaining the battle I was about to enter played. As soon as the video ended, I was thrust into a battle “3441 years ago.” I was prompted to choose a class, but could only select Warrior. A Warrior wields a sword, can throw daggers, and charge his sword up with fire to lay waste to the enemy. After taking the mission’s first capture point, I was told to select Archer, while in the capture point.

The Archer primarily fires arrows, but can also kick close range foes. The Archer has the special abilities of fire arrows, poison arrows, and shooting multiple arrows at one time. After romping through the next capture point, I went through the same drill, to select The Scout. With a Scout, you have the ability to use camouflage, much like the Predator would. The Scout seems heavily used in online play, most likely because it has a one hit kill move. Next in the tutorial, I was abl to select Mage. The Mage used electricity in a variety of ways, heals teammates, and wields a bow in ways Gandalf the White would be proud. Out of all these classes, I most enjoyed playing as the Warrior, so I switched back for the fourth capture point. After taking this point, Sauron attacked my team, and I was switched to a “Hero.”

The Hero seemed to be very similar to the Warrior in this scenario, but I do not recall the character’s name. I saw online that you can also be Gandalf, and Tree Beard as heroes, but I never acquired such an ability. Anyway, I went on to destroy Sauron, and finish the tutorial. Next I went online to try the two demo maps, Minas Tirith, a map that takes place around Mount Doom, and features a castle like setting, and the second map, The Shire, which is more of a farm setting. Both maps are fun, and with the A.I. characters being added in the full game, the online matches are going to be EPIC. After trying this demo, I’m excited to see what the full game looks like. There is no reason not to download this free demo, especially if you have an Xbox Live Gold account, and can try the Xbox Live Portion.

Rating: Download and War