Review: LEGO The Lord Of the Rings

I am not a huge fan of RPG games; while the concept of becoming the “super-macdaddy-ruler-of-the-universe” is rather awesome, it soon becomes very tedious and somehow feels as though it should be left to those who suffer from OCD.
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Uhm... what? RPG fans suffer from OCD?

Who is this new reviewer and which circus did you pull him from? He seems a bit of a silly goose. :p
 
Nah, seems he's actually been around for quite some time, I've just never seen him around before.

http://mygaming.co.za/news/author/gareth-thomas

Seems he's a casual gamer and thus mostly does reviews for casual games, which is probably why I've never seen his stuff. It's also probably the reason why he thinks anyone who wants to play something a bit more involving than a Fifa or NBA has OCD. :p
 
LOL, it's quite funny that somebody is complaining about a review for a game that nobody gives a shit about ...

Cut the guy some slack, it's clearly not his cup of tea ...
 
You seem, in general, to take things way too seriously. No offense meant, just an observation.

I don't know any sane gamer who would read one review and then based on that review alone decide whether or not they should buy a game, especially a licensed game. IMO a review is there to give you a basic idea of the game, but at the end of the day it's still just someone's opinion and it will differ from yours or that of someone else.

We also don't know his side of the story yet. Maybe he just played the tutorial, maybe he didn't ... It doesn't always have to take the time it takes you to finish a game to form an opinion about it. If I had to play through and finish every (IMO) shitty game I ever bought I would go mental.

People tend to read multiple reviews, watch gameplay videos, talk to friends, chat on forums, etc. to get info about games so I really don't see the big deal if the dude didn't bother finishing the game.

To a certain extent, I understand where your coming from about "not doing his job properly", but this is still about a review for a game (almost) nobody cares about ...
 
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Question?

Who here would trust someone with their tax return if said tax consultant only knows the intro to the tax legislation or SILKE?

Therefore why trust someone's review when he hasn't given the game a proper run. We read reviews to get their opinion on the game, same way we have tax consultants opinion on how to save money. Thus I agree with the dominant view of the tread, do your job properly.
 
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Ike_009 said:
Question?

Who here would trust someone with their tax return if said tax consultant only knows the intro to the tax legislation or SILKE?

Therefore why trust someone's review when he hasn't given the game a proper run. We read reviews to get their opinion on the game, same way we have tax consultants opinion on how to save money. Thus I agree with the dominant view of the tread, do your job properly.
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/totally off topic

Had to have a chuckle here.......you mention SILKE as an example on a gaming site :D

/back on topic please
 
@Fivel This whole thread is pretty much off topic. I don't think anybody has even mentioned the LEGO LOTR review yet ... :p

Anyway, I'm done discussing this. I've said what I wanted to say and I'll just leave it at that ...
 
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Ok, so I didn't read the review (I pretty much saw the word Lego in the title, and moved on) and then I came here on the forum and saw two pages of replies in this thread, so had to take a peek.

I'm just wondering, since I've seen a couple of these Logo games before (and by "saw", I mean, seen the word Lego in the game title) and now a review of the game... is there anyone here playing any of those games? Aren't those games mostly targeted at kids?
 
ViperGTI said:
Ok, so I didn't read the review (I pretty much saw the word Lego in the title, and moved on) and then I came here on the forum and saw two pages of replies in this thread, so had to take a peek.

I'm just wondering, since I've seen a couple of these Logo games before (and by "saw", I mean, seen the word Lego in the game title) and now a review of the game... is there anyone here playing any of those games? Aren't those games mostly targeted at kids?
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I play the Lego titles. I have the Star Wars lego titles and my wife has completed all of the Harry Potter lego titles as well. The gameplay on these games is pretty darn good, the story follows whatever franchise the game is about, but usually adds some (often hilarious) comedic twists with the characters that has become a hallmark for these lego titles. For co-op, it's also brilliant and makes clever use of the camera and screen real-estate. The graphics on these Lego games is also very striking. The use of lighting techniques never ceases to amaze me and really draws you into the game's universe. This reviewer was extremely biased in his views with this game and should go back to playing counter-strike or CoD - so please, don't bother reading the review.

If you like co-op games (or even fancy a silly adventure of a favourite movie franchise) then give it a try. Besides, you can download the demo for this game as well to try it out before you buy.
 
Neo said:
I play the Lego titles. I have the Star Wars lego titles and my wife has completed all of the Harry Potter lego titles as well. The gameplay on these games is pretty darn good, the story follows whatever franchise the game is about, but usually adds some (often hilarious) comedic twists with the characters that has become a hallmark for these lego titles. For co-op, it's also brilliant and makes clever use of the camera and screen real-estate. The graphics on these Lego games is also very striking. The use of lighting techniques never ceases to amaze me and really draws you into the game's universe. This reviewer was extremely biased in his views with this game and should go back to playing counter-strike or CoD - so please, don't bother reading the review.

If you like co-op games (or even fancy a silly adventure of a favourite movie franchise) then give it a try. Besides, you can download the demo for this game as well to try it out before you buy.
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Ok thanks... Interesting to know.
I'll perhaps give the Lego Batman a try if it goes on a 75% special.
 
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