Scouts are masters in the art of moving unseen. A headshot will allow the archer to kill most enemies in a single hit. They can also hit concealed Scouts with the multiple arrow skill. They also have a kick for use in close-quarters, which knocks back the enemy. Different types of arrows can be equipped: fire arrows, which can knock down enemies and deal explosive damage poison arrows, which slow enemies down and do damage over time, and the ability to fire a volley of three normal arrows at multiple enemies at once. Archers are better suited for long range combat and are equipped with a bow and arrow. The warrior also has a throwing axe as a secondary, medium ranged weapon. They are the only class that can block or perform counterattacks with special moves. Unlike the other classes, whose special attacks recharge over time, warriors can only gain energy by defeating enemies, which allows them to unleash more powerful attacks with a flaming sword, such as spinning to hit every adjacent enemy. Warriors are a melee combat unit which focus on swordsmanship. The game uses a class-based character system, similar to the system found in Pandemic's previous game Star Wars: Battlefront. Both campaigns are narrated by Hugo Weaving, who played Elrond in Peter Jackson's film trilogy. The hobbit is then killed by the Witchking of Angmar, leading to Sauron subsequently conquering Middle Earth. In this story, the Dark Lord reclaims the ring when Frodo Baggins was corrupted by and failed to destroy the One Ring. In the Rise of Sauron campaign, the player controls the forces of Sauron in a reworking of the storyline set over seven levels of a film called The final war for Middle Earth.

In the War of the Ring campaign, containing eight levels, the player loosely follows the major battles of the films with some additions such as the Mines of Moria and Minas Morgul. However, players have a certain number of lives and must repeat the entire level if their lives run out. If a soldier dies, the game continues from the point of death and the death has no impact on the storyline or flow of the game. The game is generally objective based, requiring the player to defeat a certain number of enemies, or hold a position until a timer runs out. The player takes the role of a soldier of Rohan, Gondor, Rivendell, Harad, Mordor or Isengard, depending on the campaign or side the player chooses. Players have the ability to ride animal mounts and slay large enemies, such as the Oliphaunt. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest received mixed reviews, with criticism focusing on its combat, graphics, voice acting, balance issues, artificial intelligence, bugs, and multiplayer. The game uses Howard Shore's score to the films as its soundtrack. Some inspiration was less direct: the armies of Rohan and Gondor decide not to attack Minas Morgul in the novel, but a level in the game is based on what might possibly have happened if they had. Tolkien's original fantasy series, such as a level based loosely around Balin's conquest of Moria, in which Gimli attempts to retake the dwarven city from the orcs. Pandemic also used elements that were cut from the films, and have taken inspiration from J. They provided many of their digital models, including the fell beasts. Pandemic was aided by Weta Digital in developing the game. The game allows the player to play as both the forces of good and evil, but unlike The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, the latter option is based around Sauron stopping the One Ring from being destroyed and using it to regain his lost power. It is derived from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and borrows many gameplay mechanics from Pandemic's Star Wars: Battlefront games. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a 2009 action game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts.

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