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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a co-op Action RPG that immerses you and your friends in a brutal new chapter in the War of the Ring. Snowblind Studios is in the unique position of drawing inspiration from both the literary and film rights to world of Middle-earth, allowing players to bloody their axes on a wide range of deadly enemies and traverse both established and never-before-seen locations. The result is a journey that is both epic and intimate, familiar yet unexpected.

Key Features:

Action Meets RPG - Intense, visceral, and satisfying combat. Rich, layered, and impactful character progression. In War in the North, you get both. Find and equip the best loot, upgrade your hero using a wide range of skills and items, and feel the intense satisfaction of rushing into real-time battles with friends by your side. Fight through the brutal realities of the war on all fronts that were brought to life in the lore. Immerse yourself and make your own mark on Middle-earth.
Co-op at its Core - Build your own fellowship of three heroes to confront the growing army in the North. The survival of your group and all of Middle-earth depends upon your uniquely skilled heroes working together. You must fight together or you will die alone, and these high stakes make the experience of playing together both socially engaging and incredibly satisfying. The first time you rescue a friend who has been grabbed by a troll and is desperately yelling for help, you will understand what we mean.
An Untold Story - While much attention and focus has been placed on the journey of the One Ring, the assault on Middle-earth hits all corners of the map. War in the North turns our attention towards an integral part of the storyline that is grounded in details within the books and various appendices. This is not someone else’s fight. This is your own effort to forage a way through the dark, dangerous, and unknown landscape, defending all that is yours. This is your war.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS:Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor:Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD 64 X2 4400
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:2006 or later GeForce 8600 or Radeon HD 2600
DirectX®:dx90
Hard Drive:10 GB HD space
Sound:100% DirectX 9 compatible Audio Device

Recommended:

Processor:Intel Core2 Duo 3 GHz or AMD X2 5000 or AMD Phenom X4 9600
Memory:4 GB RAM
Graphics:GeForce 2xx Series or Radeon HD 6xxx series or greater
DirectX®:dx90
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH software © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Developed by Snowblind Studios, Inc. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
© 2011 New Line Productions, Inc. All The Lord of the Rings content other than content from the New Line films © 2011 The Saul Zaentz Company, d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises (“SZC”). The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, The Lord of the Rings, and the names of the characters, events, items, and places therein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SZC under license to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. All rights reserved.

SNOWBLIND STUDIOS LOGO, WB GAMES LOGO, WB SHIELD: ™ & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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Posted: 7 August

The freezes are pretty awesome and well designed, while the crashes happen way too often. Think there is a need in balancing.

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Posted: 7 August

Lots of bugs. God damn this game. It's a big shame. Like a ♥♥♥♥.

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Posted: 7 August

Click simulator + visual novel = this.

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Posted: 6 August

I liked the game since i am a huge fan of Lord Of The Rings movie series, The game is awesome and i recommend it to all the LOTR fans, The only disadvantage that i found in that game is that the story is not long enough , i mean i finished the game in 10 hours of play :)

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Posted: 6 August

Nice

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Posted: 6 August

Immersive gameplay, intru=iguing storyline, LotR fan's paradise, quests, dungeon loot and A HACK-and-Slash RPG; whays not to like? In addition to boss-fights and extensive map exploration with hidden treasure chambers open for singleplayer fun nor co-op with friends, this is one of the best Lord of the Rings games to date.

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Posted: 5 August

omg gurl this game is more like Wave Simulator 3000 more than its about Lord of the Rings. plus you can cut people off mid sentence with a snappy answer

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Posted: 5 August

I like play this game since i was 9 years old! but, i play not original games...
because that, i buy in steam...... i love this game so much!

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Posted: 5 August

Why enable in game voice chat by default with no way of changing it? Wanna play co op with friends? then get ready to start ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around with installing 3rd party drivers and managing skype, steam and windows playback and recording devices... good luck if anyone can get it working

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Posted: 5 August

Fun game if you want to take a break from harder game and play a game with ridiciously easy enemies that you don't even have to dodge away from because they can't even hit you, not even on legendary difficulty.

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eddieray7

301 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 1 August

Fun action-RPG-lite, hack-n-slash with nice linear storeline that parallels the events of the LoTR movies... and it's 3-player co-op.

The game appears to be getting a bad rap lately which I'm guessing stems from crashing issues on Win10. We played this game for 25+ hours on Windows 8/8.1 without a single glitch in various networked co-op configurations (2-player and 3-player), but Win10 causes the game to crash in various situations - one is solved here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=549548369

So... it's not just War in the North that is affected. Also, if you had the game already installed before the Win10 upgrade, you might find that it doesn't start up at all or crashes when you click Start at the intro screen. Check out my post over here for solutions we found:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/32800/discussions/0/648814845369912774/

Recommended! If you like LoTR and are looking for a fun romp with some interesting alternate storyline and good action gameplay, you can do a lot worse than this.

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phosTR

120 products in account

6 reviews

Posted: 25 July

This game is fun and if you are a fan of LoTR you will probably enjoy it a lot.

But the game has some annoying cons:

- Hitboxes are like in DaS 2 when you have low ADP, you know what i mean? The hitboxes are kinda big for your character and the enemies and this can be good and bad at times.

- Movement and combat is kinda clunky/rigid, it is a bit annoying at times.

- Invisible walls are everywhere.

- The AI of your companions can be kinda stupid, if you fall, instead of them going to your help they will try to kill any enemy first then go to your aid and this can be a pain in the ♥♥♥ sometimes.

Aside from that, this game is fun and the story is good.

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Ayu The Pear

268 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: 25 July

The game is very simple.

+ Level system with skilltree

+ Inventory system/get new gear

+ Best enjoyed co-op/perfect co-op system

+ Clothes and hair gets wet in rain, white in snow, dirty when rolling (details are always great)

+ Enemies gets harder and bigger by time (trolls, bigger orcs)

+ Around 16 hours of gameplay (including side quests) (and if not rushed at all)

+ You CAN change appereance a little bit

+ Awesome looking armor + sets

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-+ One does not care about the story (so what)

-+ You need to complete normal to unlock higher difficulties (makes some want to replay it again on higher difficulty, so plus minus)

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- Some weird crashes on some computers for some reason, which can't seem to be fixed (can't open game/random crashes) (never happend to me or anyone I know, who bought the game recently) - If you have Nvidia this shouldn't happen of what I've heard.

- Game didn't have 12 more hours of gameplay :C

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I would love to see a remade version of this!

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Penguin (づ｡◕ ⌣ ◕｡)づ *:･ﾟ❤

306 products in account

5 reviews

Posted: 21 July

Only game that I actually spent 1/4 of the play time trying to fix crashes and bugs, AND did not give up. Game too good to let a few crashes and disconnects ruin it! :)

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The Wizard of None

121 products in account

16 reviews

Posted: 3 August

A fun co-op RPG with a fairly linear story, LotR War in the North is an entertaining game. Don't expect to be blown away by anything in particular with this game, it's just solidly good all around. Not amazing, but good. The 3 playable characters are all fun, but there are only 3. The looting system is decent but the lack of shops bugged me, selling items to a glowing patch of the ground seemed weird and cheap. The combat is responsive, but repetitive. The co-op is alright, but buggy. Do you see where I'm going with this? All in all, the game is fun. If you can grab it on sale or as part of a bundle, do it. If not, you choose.

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Pocketmouse

149 products in account

13 reviews

Posted: 4 August

Let me preface this review by saying do NOT play this game by yourself. It's really boring and frustrating as the AI for your companions can be a little stupid.

Summary:

If you're looking for a good co-op experience, this game really brings back the old Lord of the Rings: Return of the King gameplay with some nice surprises like loot for your character and while it's not very appealing to the eyes and the story is silly, the experience you get from the co-op gameplay outweighs all that.

Things I like about this game:

RAndomized Loot (Players will not find hte same loot in chests and stashes and there are even item sets that you can complete)
Leveling up is similar to borderlands, There are three branches of the skill tree, each focusing on a specific aspect of your character's class
Up to 3 player Co-Op (LAN or Internet connection)
Encourages and rewards exploration of levels (even though the game is linear, there are secret stashes of loot that players can find if they take a little extra time to explore the level)
Small Mini Quests
Orcs and Goblins are the main enemy here but there are also other enemies like Undead that you face as well

Things I don't like about this game

The animation of the bad guys seems like it was worked on more than the good guys, and the good guys animation feels stiff
I think even by 2011's standards the graphics are a little lack-luster
The beginning is bassically "3 heros meet in a bar and talk to Aragorn and decide to go slay some Orcs, have at it player" there's not a strong sense of direction here as to what you need to do when you first start your new game

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MrMcloud

46 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: 3 August

I saw the Lord of the Rings franchise games were on sale, so I read the reviews of this game, and it interested me enough so I picked it up. I bought it at around 2pm and the next thing I know, it was midnight! This game is so much fun, I hated to turn it off. 10 straight hours playing, and I love it! I wish I had played this game years ago. Going to probably buy it for my family to play it too now. The only thing I think this game could really use is cheaper health potions in the beginning. At around 200 silver a pop, I felt like you had a harder time starting off. But after you get further in, all my money problems are solved and I can blow tons of money on potions and not even feel it. Great game guys! Pick it up today!!

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sweredom

68 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 26 July

Amazing game for anyone that is fan of Lord Of The Rings franchise. It is indeed a bit overpriced for an older game, but i got it on sale for like 4euros, and it was totaly worth it. Besides few crashes to desktop the game runs fluid and looks really nice considering it is few years old. It has good replayability and its fun playing both solo or friends. I am playing it using xbox 360 PC controller, laid back in my bed and enjoying it.

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Vladvarg

91 products in account

1 review

Posted: 20 July

A nice RPG FPS and very very respectful about the lore of Tolkien.

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shawnvaske

39 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 3 August

Took some time to get into it, but it's a good game with entertaining missions, believable storyline, and good action/combat. Would very much recommend for LOTR fans when game is on sale.

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