Lord of the Rings: War in the North Review

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Lord of the Rings: War in the North Review

War in the North, which is been developed by Snowblind studios, is based on the 3 protagonist (a Ranger under the command of Aragon, a dwarf fighter, Elven Loremaster (mage) who set out to confront Sauron’s threat in the north. The main aim is to kill one of the Dark Lord’s lieutenants in the North.

Pros:
Simple and accessible gameplay
Packs decent replay value
Loot and murder fest

Cons:
Repetitive combat
Party play in single-player mode is uninspiring

The Bottom Line
Pretty decent game

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Minimum System Requirements

PROCESSOR    Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD 64 X2 4400
VIDEO CARD    2006 or later GeForce 8600 or Radeon HD 2600
MEMORY    2 GB RAM
OS    OS: Windows Vista®/XP/ or Windows 7
HDD SPACE    10GB free hard drive space

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Recommended System Requirements

PROCESSOR    Intel Core2 Duo 3 GHz or AMD X2 5000 or AMD Phenom X4 9600
VIDEO CARD    GeForce 2xx Series or Radeon HD 6xxx series or greater
MEMORY    4 GB RAM
OS    OS: Windows Vista®/XP/ or Windows 7
HDD SPACE    10 GB HD space

New fellowship

Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a interactive and co operative game which adds depth to the character class, skill advancement and quest system from an RPG. Dwarven Champion fights with a two handed weapon is effective and the Elven Lore Master is a magician with foul and curative spells and dual-wields a staff and a sword.

War in the North

The main basic facts of the combat in War of the North is with two attack types (heavy, light), blocking and rolling. With more actions included, the game would have been really a great one as the actions in the game seem to be more repetitive.
The game has only few enemy types which is inclusive of light infantry, heavy infantry, archers, mages and trolls. Only the appearances have been changed but the behaviors of the characters remain unchanged, which is a bit boring. The combat is taking place in bot indoor and in outdoor arenas, which is one of the addition to the game.

When a player levels-up in the game, players get 3 attribute points and one skill point to improve their character. Each character of the game have different skills but the player can choose the type of skills the player want. But the player has only little control over the behavior of the characters during combat.

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