Bizarro & I snagged this game on the 2nd and, I have to say, we've played the shit out of it. Three back-to-back games on Normal, Hard & Legendary, and I honestly can't remember the last time I was able to sit and play a game start to finish, and then start right over again. The gameplay is enjoyable, the controls are tolerable, the storyline is decent, but often seems a bit off the mark from actual Tolkein canon. (Radagast seemed a bit too friendly for a wizard who wasn't overly fond of people, and a wizard who is extremely knowledgable about birds, beasts and creatures being caught unawares and kidnapped by spiders seemed a bit rediculous to me)
The game plays a lot like Diablo 2 or a dozen other Dungeon Crawl type games, I think they overstated the whole "Combo your attacks together with your friends for devastating effect", because as far as I can tell, it doesn't make much of a difference. After 5 or 6 days we earned almost every single achievement (Bizarro actually got them all, I'm only missing 2). It's a great game, but if I was being honest with you & myself, it probably wasn't worth the full $60. Rent, borrow or buy this game when the price drops for a good, enjoyable time sink.
I'm happily chewing up time now until (Dun dun dun!) Skyrim, which releases tomorrow night at Midnight, when I will be leaving work and heading to my local GameStop to snag my already fully-paid copy and then break speed limits to get home and watch with awe as 5-6 hours disappear and I force myself to sleep a few hours before cramming some more Skyrim time in before work on Friday. Until then, a measly 26 or so hours, I have Stephen King's On Writing and Battlefield 3 to occupy my time. See you in Tamriel.
Game on, Brothers & Sisters
-Keredain-
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