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Kraven · 11-04-2004, 08:27 PM

It really is better than what you may have read at IGN, GeN. Tonight I finally got out of the Mines of Moria and now I'm on Ch. 3 (nine chapters altogether). So far I've logged in 9:49 with the game and I'm just 22% through. It's definitely not going to overthrow any Japanese RPGs, or even KotOR or The Elder Scrolls III in terms of length, but you will get some good time with it. Mainly because you're constantly fighting and there are always random encounters with enemies that makes it wear on and on. I already have a LVL 28 character and I'm only on the third chapter with 22% finished

Let me just give you a tip for the encounter of the Balrog: Keep lots of "Elf Medicine" available (it's a resurrection potion), as you'll be needing to resurrect your companions on more than one occasion during that encounter. I was almost ****ting my pants when it was time to fight because I thought it was just going to be me and my little party, but you get to control Gandalf during that battle. It's pretty awesome. The Balrog looks nothing short of incredible, especially the smoke and flame effects. I don't regret buying this game at all.

11-04-2004, 08:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kraven Coven Leader Kraven is offline Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: In the dark.... Posts: 2,228	Re: "LotR: The Third Age" out today! It really is better than what you may have read at IGN, GeN. Tonight I finally got out of the Mines of Moria and now I'm on Ch. 3 (nine chapters altogether). So far I've logged in 9:49 with the game and I'm just 22% through. It's definitely not going to overthrow any Japanese RPGs, or even KotOR or The Elder Scrolls III in terms of length, but you will get some good time with it. Mainly because you're constantly fighting and there are always random encounters with enemies that makes it wear on and on. I already have a LVL 28 character and I'm only on the third chapter with 22% finished Let me just give you a tip for the encounter of the Balrog: Keep lots of "Elf Medicine" available (it's a resurrection potion), as you'll be needing to resurrect your companions on more than one occasion during that encounter. I was almost ****ting my pants when it was time to fight because I thought it was just going to be me and my little party, but you get to control Gandalf during that battle. It's pretty awesome. The Balrog looks nothing short of incredible, especially the smoke and flame effects. I don't regret buying this game at all. __________________