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Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL

by "Fetch, Rover, Fetch" <Fetch-Rover-Fetch@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jul 9, 2005 at 11:33 AM

anyone else actually play this?
your thoughts?

I find the interface - annoying at best.

The uncontrollable camera angle often places objects (rocks, walks or 
other fixed items) between the main character and the combat.

Board/scene/section changes often change orientation of the main 
character, so that the movement key for forward changes.

Ex: On the castle wall with gandalf - trying to stop the orcs from 
overrunning the place, there are 5 'sections' a central wall section, 2 
on the right and 2 on the left.  When moving from one section to the 
other, the orientation changes so the forward key changes.  This causes 
'random' movement, and often ends up causing the main character to run 
into objects.

camera angle - On the same level, the orcs are throwing flaming rocks 
(from catapults) at the walls.  These flaming rocks often (as many as 10 
times during one attempt) come between the camera and the main character 
(gandalf) making it impossible to see the entire screen, except for a 
'blinding' light.  This makes controlling the character (for combat 
purposes) impossible since you can not see where the enemy(ies) are.

Also the "distance" between check points on a level is often too far. 
(check points are places where if you die you can restart).

While playing Aragorn you have to go through a series of undead combats.
check point
Then fight the undead king - which is a difficult battle - then run out 
of the caverns before they collapse - stopping to combat more undead on 
the way.
no check point after the undead king battle - so.. if you quit the game 
you have to start all over at the battle before trying to run out of the 
caves -
repetitive, and frustrating - I have not been able to get out of the 
caves yet - and I probably never will as I do not plan on playing this 
game anymore.
 




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Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
"Fetch, Rover, Fetch  2005-07-09 11:33:10 
Re: Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
laurent.daudelin@[EMAIL P  2005-07-21 10:30:21 
Re: Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
LordTyger <llyr999@[EM  2005-09-19 00:51:04 
Re: Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
Michael Emrys <emrys@[  2005-09-19 03:20:07 
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tar@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2005-09-19 14:54:00 
Re: Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
"Fetch, Rover, Fetch  2005-09-19 23:10:05 
Re: Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
Michael Emrys <emrys@[  2005-09-20 04:06:53 
Re: Lord of the rings - return of the king - AWFUL
Greg Buchner <null@[EM  2005-09-20 14:08:44 

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