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Features:::…
For
those of you who haven’t seen the movies or read the books,
this story revolves around an epic battle between good and
evil and a ring that can tip the scales for either side.
And
that’s really cutting the story drastically short, which
doesn’t do the books or movies justice.
Back
to the game, this translates to you having a choice of whther
you want to play the good side or the evil side.
Whatever
side you choose, the battles are bound to become bigger
and more ferocious.
Engine
The
game makes use of an advanced version of the Sage 3D engine.
This
engine was first used in Command and Conquer: Generals.
I
did some research and found the Sage engine is EA Pacific’s
own engine built on top of the WW3D engine. The
trail stopped there though, I couldn’t find much more info
on the WW3D engine.
Some
complaints about C&C engine was the fact that the details
on units and buildings were low, with this release they
hope to fix that.
And
so they did, the details are increased and the textures
are high quality.
Units
now have more detailed decals, buildings have more animated
details and the environment is also more detailed and sparkling.
This
makes that the game world almost comes alive.
That’s
not all that has increased in detail; the special effects
have also improved.
Buildings
burning give off smoke, campfires flicker, spells used by
heroes and night and day effects are all adding to the visual
splendor.
But
all of this does come with its price; I’ll talk about that
a little more later on in the review in the game-play section.
Sound
The
sound is clear and crisp. Support
for EAX 3 is present and makes the game so much more fun
to play.
There
are not too many options you choose from with in the game.
Choices
are to change the settings from low to high and to enable
or disable EAX 3.
Multiplayer
You
can choose from online play or network play.
In
both cases there’s an option to play custom games, setting
the playing field up the way you like it.
You
can choose to play 1 on 1, with more players, adjust the
map or resources etc, depending on what your needs are.
Online
play allows you to earn points as well so you can enter
official competitions, though you have to register with
EA to be able to play online.
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