GameSpy: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Preview

GameSpy writes: "Electronic Arts recently released a downloadable demo of Lord of the Rings: Conquest over Xbox Live, and since it's been awhile since console kingpin Will Tuttle last toyed with it, we figured we'd delve into the demo for some updated impressions. Although there appears to be some performance tuning left to be done to eliminate latency and framerate issues, LotR: Conquest demonstrates solid versus mechanics similar to developer Pandemic's preceding Star Wars: Battlefront games."

Spiffy:
+Well-balanced classes with effective group harmonies
+Varied tactics and environments in maps

Iffy:
-Choppy online performance
-Doesn't offer many new twists on the classic Battlefront formula