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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Review | CheatCC

War in the North takes pride in the fact that it's the first ever M-rated Lord of the Rings game. It allows players to kill orcs with more gratuitous violence than they've ever been allowed before.

BattleTorn4581d ago

a little rash.
I do agree with how repetitive it gets, and it seems as though they were aware of this. Correct.

The game put a hefty reliance on re-play value. Also because it's extremely short, so the developers almost seems like the expect everyone to have to play the game 2-3times (the difficult can only increase upon completely the game consectutive playthroughs)

But if you like the game, repetitive gameplay is not a problem, but a gift.

BattleTorn4581d ago (Edited 4581d ago )

Well since I've double posted my first comment (see above) I might as well edit this one into a response to Darkrider66.

What the review are rightfully harsh, but it's still a great game, and tons to love about it. (im not really into LOTR cannon either, but I enjoyed being reminded about critical movie parts)

I think it's much like Dead Island (not gameplay, but reception) Some will hate it for the seemingly fundemental developement flaws, and some will embrace it for what it is, and love it to death.

It all depends how you descide to go about it. At first, I was soo angry with no being able to be a Male elf (whom cant use a bow), and was ready to boycott. But I got used to what the game is, and like for what is there.

Anon19744581d ago

That's one of the good things about having only one bubble. I never accidentally double post.

I'll still probably pick this game up at some point - but I've got to say, the reviews have been brutal. I've been waiting for a decent dungeon crawl from Snowblind Studios this entire gen. I guess after Champions of Norrath and Baldur's Gate :DA, I just expected them to hit it out of the park with this one.

This gen really hasn't had any good, co-op dungeon crawl/loot grabs type games.

32froshes4580d ago (Edited 4580d ago )

"This gen really hasn't had any good, co-op dungeon crawl/loot grabs type games."

Hopefully Torchlight II will change this. Or Diablo III...

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GUN, Bodycount and more running on the Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia, in DirectX 12

YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ and ‘Emulators for PC’ have shared some new videos, showing GUN, Bodycount, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Wanted: Weapons of Fate and more running on the latest version of the best Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia.

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Eidolon2042d ago

Runs okay, but textures look like an Xbox game.

winter_hill2041d ago

Holy **** that's awesome. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

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Buried Gems In The History - 5 Underrated Games That Still Worth To Play

by Caspar Leblanc:
"When you first started playing Spec Ops: The Line , you might feel that it’s just another brainless third person shooter, and some parts are kind of boring, that’s what I thought as well, but I was really into shooter games so I finished it and I was totally impressed by its story, don’t worry not spoilers, If you want to know why this game is on the list, and you are interested in good stories, go play it and pay attention to the plot, you will agree my opinion afterwards."

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robtion2049d ago

The Saboteur was great, nice art style and such a good soundtrack. Hunted was cool but very flawed.

Alice the Madness Returns is still really cool for those who like the premise. The original Dead Space holds up well. Catherine has aged incredibly well. The Suda 51 games are all still great if you can dig quirkiness (Shadows of the damned, Lollipop Chainsaw, Killer is dead). There are lots more, many have had remasters already though.

NouveauBlanc2049d ago

Totally agree, Alice the Madness Returns was good, and Split Second mentioned in the article was not bad as well

LoveSpuds2049d ago

I always felt that Saboteur was under appreciated, I really did like that game a lot. It was a real shame when Pandemic got shut down.

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You shall not pass up this Lord of the Rings bundle

Celebrating the launch of the new Hobbit movie, The Lord of the Rings Bundle from Bundle Stars brings LEGO: The Hobbit and even more Middle-earth games to Windows PC for only $9.99 / £7.79 / €9.79.

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