Q. What do the campaigns encompass?
A. The good campaign will play out the story as seen in the movies and books, as well as a few additional levels. This info has been taken from Wikipedia.
Campaign
In the Good campaign, players follow the main events of the films, and in the Evil campaign where players control the forces of darkness in a new storyline. In this alternative ending Frodo failed to destroy the Ring and Middle-earth is conquered by Sauron.[1][7]
Good Campaign (The War of the Ring)
- Training Level the last battle of the War of the Last Alliance, is the first level in the game.
- Battle of Helm's Deep The player must defend the ancient fortress of Helm's Deep from Saruman's Uruk-hai. It is the first level in the War of the Ring campaign.
- Isengard Depicts the battle between the Ents and the Uruk-hai.
- Mines of Moria The player must fight their way through Moria ending the level with a climatic confrontation between Gandalf and a Balrog.
- Battle of Osgiliath The player must defend Osgiliath from Sauron's armies.
- Battle of Minas Tirith The player must defend the mighty White City.
- Battle of the Pelennor Fields Will allow the player to play as the Rohirrim during the battle.
- Battle of Minas Morgul A mission that happened neither in the books (though it was discussed by the characters as an option) nor in the movie, however it is where the player must conquer the evil fortress so they can get to the Black Gate.
- Battle of the Black Gate. The mission objective of this level is to hold out against the wave of Sauron's army. Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn are playable in this mission.
Evil Campaign (The Rise of Sauron)
The Evil Campaign is available only after finishing the Good Campaign, and depicts what would have happened if Frodo had failed to destroy the One Ring.
- Mount Doom The player must play as a Nazgûl to kill the Orc chieftains who rebelled and finally kill Frodo and Sam at the Crack of Doom.
- Osgiliath The player must destroy and recapture the city in preparation to siege the White City.
- Minas Tirith The player must destroy the White City to defeat the world of men.
- Pellenor Fields The player must kill all the Rohirrim and stop them from saving Minas Tirith.
- Mines of Moria The player must summon a Balrog and destroy the men of Gondor who have inhabited the mines.
- Weathertop The player must kill Aragorn as Saruman.
- Rivendell The player must destroy the elves in Rivendell as Sauron himself.
- The Shire The player must burn the Shire and slaughter all of the hobbits as well as killing Gandalf playing as Sauron
Q. What classes are available for play?
A. The game uses a class-based character system, based from the original system found in the game Team Fortress. There are four playable classes:
- Warrior: A melee combat unit which uses swordplay. Warriors can gain strength to unleash more powerful attacks, such as setting their swords on fire. They can also block and perform counter attacks with special moves. The warrior also has a throwing axe as a secondary weapon.
- Archer: A long ranged unit with a bow and arrow that plays like a third person shooter. Different types of arrows such as fire arrows which can knock down enemies, poison arrows which slow enemies down and do damage over time, and a triple shot attack which fires a volley of three arrows at multiple enemies. They also have a close quarters attack, which knocks back the enemy.
- Scout: A master in the art of moving unseen. The scouts primary weapons are two daggers, and he has the ability to cloak and kill units from behind. He also has satchel bombs filled with blasting powder as a ranged attack.
- Mage: A mage's primary attack is lightning, this can be charged up for a more powerful attack. Mages can also heal allies. The staff can also be used for melee. To protect himself and others around him from ranged attacks a mage can create an orb. The mage is vulnerable to melee while this is active.
- Hero: The hero unit is better than any other unit, it can destroy enemies with relative ease and has an arsenal of different powers than the other characters.
Q. What Heroes are available?
A. Heroes: Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, Frodo, Elrond, Eowyn, Faramir, and Isildur
Villains: The Balrog, Lurtz, The Mouth of Sauron, The 8 Nazgul, Saruman, Sauron, The Witch King, Grima Wormtongue.
Q. dwarfs?!
A. Unfortunately, there are no dwarves in this game except for Gimli.
Q. What maps are available?
A. Helm's Deep, Isengard, The Shire, Weathertop, Minas Tirith, Rivendell, Moria, The Black Gate, Mt. Doom, Minas Morgul, Osgiliath, and The Pellennor Fields.
Q. What is Multiplayer like?
A. Multiplayer mode has been critisized much for its limit on the players. There is a maximum of 16 players and 0 AI bots. You may play Conquest mode, Capture the Ring, Team deathmatch and Hero deathmatch. This is a problem because some maps are massive and it is difficult to find enemies at times.
