Just played through the basic tutorial level & it seems pretty good. You'll have to defend & capture some bases. So most of the time you'll need to be fighting hordes of Orcs charging right at you. You'll have a variety of combo moves to perform against the Orcs. You have select the class of character you want to begin the game with. During the training session, I got to play with all 4 of them, to provide a better insight on each of their combos. You have a choice between Warrior, Archer, Scout & Mage. I loved the Mage as their primary attacks are lightning bolts & that does a good deal of damage.
I defeated Sauron in the initial level as the main boss. The game follows the same pattern as the books & the movies. But the game had added a second dimension to the storyline, which reflects in the Evil campaign. The good campaign if as per the films events & the Evil campaign is said to feature a whole new storyline with events that would occur had Frodo failed to destroy the ring. That would be interesting to watch. Since I haven't played the Evil campaign, I have no clue how the Evil characters gameplay would work out. Basically, the core is button-mashing.
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