Your main goal throughout the story is to defeat Agandaur, who is Sauron's "right hand man" in the North. I will admit, the character you choose to play as does not have much of a personality, although you may customize him/her at any point throughout the game by going to designated points within the "base" towns (such as the customization area in the Bree tavern). In addition to familiar faces such as Arwen, Aragorn, Gimli and Frodo you will also come in contact with new characters such as a Dragon, talking eagles, a talking spider (yeah, a talking spider!), two dwarf brothers and two elf brothers (this game seems to have a fixation with brothers). Essentially, you will come in contact with many of the heroes/characters from the original Lord of the Rings stories as you progress throughout the 9-12 hour campaign. There you will talk to the rugged and shifty eyed Aragorn who gives you your first quest, which is to provide a distraction for him. Regardless of your character choice your chosen character will start his/her story in the town of Bree. There really is not much to say about their respective backgrounds because not much is revealed about them. The first hero is a Dwarf called Farin (warrior class), a Human called Eradan (ranger class) and an Elf called Andriel (mage class). As one is led to believe, there is a war in the northern territories of Middle-Earth and you are placed in the role of one of three heroes. The story is meant to run parallel to the story of the original Lord of the Rings books/movies but it is wholly unrelated to them. The review will be structured as follows: Story, Gameplay, Visuals and Audio. I will do my best to look at the game's strengths and flaws in an objective manner regardless. Though I do love the world of Middle-Earth and I am one of those people who is a sucker for swords n' sorcery RPG games. Let me start this review by stating that I am in no way a Lord of the Rings fanboy.
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