January 2nd 2009 9:15 am PT

FINALLY! WIN WIN WIN WIN

Go figure. The day my Gold Membership expires the Demo I wanted is released so I can’t download it. Son of a bi… Guess I have to wait til pay day to check it out.

Thank you this is a good start to the new year, and seeing as im still in the festive mood, SumHydroponic im going to have a look see if ive got a month trial lying about if so i’ll send it you so you can enjoy the demo. Happy new year everyone.

Been playing this for a while on PSN. Not that good but glad to see how it plays with the 360s controller.

Not available in the marketplace of Portugal

Given Pandemic’s track record of late, I’m skeptical. Worth checking out, just the same. But I won’t hold my breath. I think Pandemic passed their prime a long time ago.

is das geil

Microsoft well done for releasing this in all regions,the PSN demo was NA only..i downloaded with my American account but was waiting for the XBL version..IMO it looks a little bit better than the PS3 version(less jaggies on my TV)

Mola

So its here. Maybe the IRC chat will calm down now

Excellent !

will check out when I get home! Thanks!

Definately better on the 360 than the PS3, going to buy it because I love it.

added to download Que

hey guys i just downloaded it there and im playing it, its really really good, 10 out of 10

Finally! Sooo excited, downloading meow.

Gotta get this one!!

Finally, I have been waiting for this demo for a long time.

Strange idea for a LOTR game. The developers must have been smoking a lot of Old Toby, “the finest weed in the Southfarthing” to think of it. Christopher Tolkien is rolling in his grave, the guy isn’t even dead yet…

About time.. PS3 got this demo nearly 2 weeks ago.

Why is it multiplayer only? I’d at least like the option to play solo before I make a damn fool of myself online in front of others…

Its essentially a reskinned star wars battlefront 2

Ive already been playing this one the “other” console for over a week, sorry major you’re too late.

BTW is it an offnece to say ps3 on this site? If so Im screwed.

“Finally! Sooo excited, downloading meow.”

Don’t get too excited, cause this one is bad!!

To heck with this, where is the Halo: ODST demo? I mean, the game comes out in nine more months, why are you cutting it so close to release date?

(/sarcasm off)

Demos are always appriciated, I just wish people would stop using them for pre-order bonuses (Killzone 2, Resistance Revolution PSP, Left 4 Dead), or gimping DEMOS for pre-orders (Mirror’s Edge Time Trial Modes). That is UBER LAME.

Even if I wanted to, I can not download this because I am sitting at 41 MEGS on this 20GB HDD while I WAIT FOR MS TO SEND ME THEIR TRANSFER KIT for this 60GB kit I got from Circuit City after they nerfed my 120GB order.

XBox 360 – You gimp the RE5 Demo, yet this one is FOR ALL REGIONS? Grrr…

excellent!!!!

Played this last week on the PS3. Its a pretty bland game. I did not like it at all.

Single Player (Tutorial) – Amazing
Multiplayer – …meh.

Really wanna see how the multiplayer will balance it out. Looked so hard to balance to me. BTW the single player really rocks if you like LoTR.

i am downloading it right now and hope to see a good LotR Game

Common Major, the Skate 2 demo release has already been leaked, announce it officially!
“After you register, earn a sweepstakes entry by downloading the free Skate 2 demo from Marketplace between 3:01 A.M. ET on January 8 and 11:55 P.M. ET on January 15, 2009 (limit one entry per person).”

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 3:01 AM ET.

my mission was to enjoy this demo … I failed

Can’t wait until I play it. It is too bad you can’t play against PC os PS3 players.

Wow, this demo, therefore; the game, is very bad. It is very boring. These types of games should become extinct, instead of platforming games becoming extinct.

To say this demo is a huge disappointment would be a gross understatement. Because this game flat out sucks. Pandemic, you suck. EA, congratulations on turning a well respected developer into yet another crap factory.

Wow…underwhelming to say the least. If there were a bunch of NPCs in the multipayer, it might seem better, but it still looks pretty lousy. The gameplay is ok, if simplistic, but the game looks awful.

Anyway…skate 2 demo…soon, I hope!

Funny, I remember there being slightly more than 16 people at the Battle of Minis Tirith…

Oh it’s about time, played this on PS3 for over a week. Too bad I need to have XB Gold to download it when it’s free on psn. Oh well, i’ll get a gold account eventually maybe

wow this was BAD

The game is pretty poorly made IMO. The Battlefront concept doesn’t work as well with this game and aside from that it’s just low quality, in fact it felt very EA like. Pandemic seems to have turned into a mediocre developer. Then again they have always been pretty mediocre people just overrated them as if they were great. Battlefront is their best game and I wouldn’t put it in the caliber as other shooters.

good demo, i liked it.. i will most likely rent this.

w00t.

So so so upsetting. This is a wasted opportunity for a great LOTR game. So many options they had to make this good, but it is a total piece of cr*p. Watching the battles off to the side of you is simply pathetic as one elf hits an orc, another elf hits an orc, etc; gameplay is repetitive and just disappointing. considering the cinematic nature of recent 360 titles like Gears of War puts this game to shame. I was praying that this game was going to live up to the awesomeness of the films, and I couldn’t have been more disappointed. I feel like Pandemic put no work into this game. I really really hope that another studio makes an LOTR game that simply follows the adventures from the trilogy and allows you to explore, not a game that simply walks you through a bunch of (for lack of better words) shitty battles that feel just lonely and unworthy of LOTR.

This game is pretty awesome if i must say so myself…if you could ignore the weak graphic.

This game smelt worse than Garey Busey. I think this was aimed to be released on the xbox original… Visually it seems like it. Gameplay yikes little boring.. Th edevs played Dynasty Warriors and thought they could make an even worse more limiting game and that would be a seller? Meh…. Fatman over & Out

yea it feels very dynasty warriors with the battlefront gameplay. I nice LOTR RPG would have been cool. But I mean a true RPG, diablo style.

‘found this game just…miserable. Sorry Pandemic.

I enjoyed the campaign, but not the multiplayer conquest.

sorry I forgot to explain why I criticized the demo : poor graphics, poor actions (stopped in litlle area and just have to wait, for exepmle), no intensity during the fighting, just smash x or B is enough to win, what about character animation ? Seems that they have forgotten. At less i have not seen down of framerate despite the number of fighters on screen. Finally it’s the only good point for me. Hope the game will be better, and that the demo is really not representative of the final product.

Anon 14 -about there being more than 16 people in the battle for Minas Tirith

the full game will have 150 AI in the battles

when i played this on the PS3 i was alittle dissapointed,but i really started to get into it,and now i have downloaded it on the 360 i love it,and cant wait for the other 16 or so maps..i just hope that Minas Tirith is bigger somehow,,,its way too small ATM,doesnt feel like the epic battle that we saw on the screens or read in the book

ps3 got this so long ago, and to the guy tat had his gold membership expire HAHA!!!. ps3 = free online. $50 online X 5 years of console life span = $250 extra your spendin for a free service on playstation lol. add tat onto any xbox version and ps3 is cheaper. not to mention extra for xbox wireless or rrod lol. ps3 failure rate 0.02%. xbox, estimates range from 30% to as high as 68% (microsoft wont release exact data, percentages based of individual store reports of broken xbox 360). damn sucks to be u . dont get me wrong xbox still is a cool system, just the ps3 is a lot better, and in the long room cheaper. and posted this to piss ppl off just accept the truth.

I happen to love the demo for this. Glad I pre-ordered. Get a mini replica of the With-Kings sword too!

its not so bad…i like the thing to change between classes…but the animations may be better

Really disliked this game. Appalling*** graphics. To be honest I’ve seen better on the Playstation.

Extremely surprising given the demo is 1.3gb, the graphics are nowhere near next gen.

waw… thank you

The single player is fun but I’m sooooooo bad at the multiplayer it’s sad.

Give us another LOTR BFME !!!

Wow…I’ve played this for many hours and I can honestly say I won’t be playing it again. Interesting at first but then it got really boring. The graphics are terrible for a 360 game (you can’t argue that), the sound isn’t good, the controls are too sluggish, and there are a number of games out there that accomplish the same thing but are more entertaining.

I was really hoping I’d like this. Good try. Better luck next time.

Anon 21, I agree with many of your points, but the 360 has the better game selection, IMO. I hate both Sony and MS equally, but the Wii isn’t really an option for a hardcore gamer.

WTF – The tutorial wasn’t bad… but the multiplayer stinks! Think I’ll take a pass on this title.

Skate 8 demo on Jan 8th 2009!

Just played it. Similar to star wars battlefront games but definitely not as polished.

@anon21 Maybe you can spend that $50 a year that you’re saving on an education.

wooo, this demo sucked BIG TIME! I dont understand how they can mess up such a awsome licens like this…

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its pants, not likening this at all.