Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is a game built for kids, using the conceit that an older Samwise Gamgee (voiced by the movies’ Sean Astin) is telling the story of Aragorn to a group of young Hobbits in the form of a fairytale. As such, the design is more cartoonish, the story a bit tamed-down, and the gameplay simplistic enough to be done with basic button mashing and swinging the Wii Remote.

The level I played through found Aragorn leading the Fellowship of the Ring through the Mines of Moria, with Gandalf at his side. The game supports co-op play with Gandalf being the only other playable character. Much was added to this brief sequence from the films to elongate the play time, but most of it was of the “go to one area, kill all the goblins, go to the next area, kill all the goblins, etc.” format.

From what I saw, Aragorn’s Quest will probably be family-friendly fun for the whole family, but serious gamers — who are still waiting on that one truly awesome, based-on-the-movies, Lord of the Rings gaming experience — won’t get no satisfaction.

Image: Copyright 2009 ©Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

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E3 ‘09: Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

Taken from the E3 2009 show floor on Tuesday, June 2nd. Much more to come throughout the week!

The Stay-Puft Marshmellow man from Ghostbusters, right outside the convention center to promote the new video game.

Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters.

LEGO Universe promo poster. Sadly, the game is not playable on the show floor.

Eidos booth.

Xbox booth.

Beware the Rabbids!

A mech thingamajig from James Cameron’s Avatar.

EA Games booth.

A Prius 3 promoting The Sims 3, in South Hall. (Note the floating green crystal.) Appropriate, no?

Warner Bros. Interactive promo area for Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest.

Inside the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo area. Kind of sums up all of E3!

Holy E3 Expo, Batman!

Nintendo’s booth.

The first-ever concert held live and in a persistent MMO game. In this case, the band is The Dares, and the game is Free Realms.

DJ Hero being demoed at Activision’s booth.

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E3 ‘09: Sights from the Show Floor

The first in a planned line of new games from Warner Bros. Interactive based on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films is Aragorn’s Quest, which takes a whimsical, fairytale RPG slant on the life and times of Tolkien’s “king of men.” Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest is expected to arrive this Fall for Wii, PS2, PSP, and DS. Its rating is pending, but it’s being touted as a family-friendly title.

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