Leveling Down

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Meritline is selling a two pack of very long HDMI cables for only $9 total. Worth it to have two for upgrades down the line…

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Lord of the Rings Conquest could have been great…

Lord of the Rings Conquest comes from Pandemic Studios, the development team behind the Mercenaries and the Star Wars: Battlefront games. It was recently acquired by EA, and apparently with EA owning the Lord of the Rings video game license, Pandemic decided to combine that with their Star Wars: Battlefront gameplay. I had never played the Star Wars: Battlefront games, but I believe they had quite a following. I’m not sure whether it was due to the gameplay or the Star Wars license, but something kept the kids into it.

Before the demo, I was somewhat interested. After all, the official EA Lord of the Rings games on last gen’s systems were actually quite enjoyable. Hacking and slashing my way through the games with my brother while leveling up the various heroes was a lot of fun. The EA Lord of the Rings games on the PS2/Xbox were perhaps the best licensed games I have played in a while. Unfortunately, the demo for Lord of the Rings Conquest indicates that it is not going to follow that same path and I will most likely be skipping the retail release.

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