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

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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E3 ‘09: LotR Aragorn’s Quest trai

The Lord of the Rings movies (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King) are based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien and were brought to the big screen by Peter Jackson. 

The Return of the King was the second movie to break the one-billion-dollar barrier and won a total of 11 Oscars, including “Best Picture”, “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay”, and “Best Musical Score.”

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Pre-Order “Lord of the Rings” on Blu-ray

I was messing around while at work and reading the different gaming blogs that I tend to read and came across a news announcement over at Play-Girlz. The announcement made mention that the new Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar is extending its beta testing to more people.

So, I made a bee-line on over to the website for the game and decided I should sign up, because it’s a new type of adventure and me, being the Adventuress extrodinaire that I truly am need a new and EXCITING past time.

Because I don’t have ENOUGH TO DO, what with playing World of Warcraft all weekend on my cute little gnome (more on that later).

The game looks pretty good, but reminds me of World of Warcraft. There’s only a few races to choose from… well at least from what I can find and I… just don’t know. All the races are the same if you’re playing Alliance side on WoW, except for the fact that gnomes have been made into hobbits, which is a DAMN SHAME.

I LURVE THE GNOMES.

Plus, I feel The Lord of the Rings is a bit overdone as of late. KIND OF LIKE STAR WARS. GARRRR.

Here are some of the key features of the game, as quotith from the websitith:

Experience Classic Tolkien: Meet famous characters like Gandalf and the Fellowship. Explore legendary locations like the Prancing Pony and Rivendell! Battle deadly enemies, including Nazgûl, Trolls, and Uruk-Hai!

Defeat the Shadows of Angmar: Join with the Fellowship and fight against the forces of Sauron. Confront the forces of the Nazgûl Witch-king in the North. Protect the Shire and root out evil on Weathertop.

Explore Ancient Lands: Journey through Middle-earth to collect valuable Tolkien lore, knowledge, and artifacts that bring your hero greater powers. Complete ambitious quests of courage and exploration that bestow compelling character traits.

The screenshots are lovely though. Check them out:

Before brain eating monsters attacked…

BRAIIIIINS

We will vanquish the brain eating monsters!

Not if we don’t eat your brains first!

After you’ve stopped the brain eating monsters for killing the entire planet. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.

More news to come if they approve me for a beta tester and if they don’t THEY WILL BURN IN HADES!

MUAHAHAH!

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The Lord of the Rings: Online