The Lord of the Rings Tactics (PSP)

Let me start this review by saying that I have played turn based combat games previously on various consoles but this was my first experience of one on the Sony PSP. The game is as the name would suggest another of the Lord of the Rings games to have been released on consoles following the huge success of the games released on the PS2 and is not the first of these games to have a turn based combat style (Lord of the Rings the Third Age also had this but was a massive let down (based on the PS2 version)) and is a real breath of fresh air in the catalogue. This game is a game which I picked up for the PSP expecting to hardly ever play but was pleasantly shocked to find ...  Read the complete review

Difficulty: Medium Learning Curve: 30 - 60 minutes. With the increasingly amount of tactics based games being released on the PSP platform, the lord of the rings franchise finally sticks their finger in this pie and create Lord of the Rings: Tactics. For one player offline, and offering versus battles online, this game will intrigue those tactical gamers out there. You have a choice of fighting for good, or evil, both with their own unique stories that intertwine with each other. The entire battlefields you fight on are all grid-like, allowing further tactics and strategy in your fighting. You will play through the legendary battles from the ...  Read the complete review