I couldn't possibly agree with you more, Haldir_Strikes. Man, it wasn't even worth the time taken to download the demo. You're spot-on about the skins, too- this was actually intended to be a generic fantasy game, but then they decided to take a sharp turn towards LoTR at the last minute.
And it's ultra-disappointing because the battlefront games were fantastic! LOVED 'em. I was incredibly peeved at this game because they threw the lore out into the trash, but I thought at least there'd be some decent gameplay. No. Scouts one-shotting Sauron? Archers are ridiculous, Mages are just as lame and silly as I thought they would be, and what you said about being caught between the strikes was correct. It feels... rough. The whole thing feels unpolished.
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Yeah sure the fighting is a little 'simple', not alot of detail, but what did you expect? It's based upon Battlefronts, which had no hand to hand combat at all.
I expect a quality product. They should have improved it much more if it was the main focus of the game. Not ever implementing Hand-to-Hand combat in the other Battlefronts is no excuse for it to be so rough in this one. I want to play a good game; I'm not going to sit there and be okay with the clunkiness just because they haven't done it before.
I've been against this thing from the beginning and now that I've tried it, I can now firmly say that my opinion hasn't changed, or if it did, it's even more against it. You guys like it? Great! Have fun with it. I'm glad you got your money's worth. I'm not going to say you're all silly for liking it; everyone has their own preferences. It's just not for me.
And getting offended at a casual, off-hand remark like that is kind of silly. I always say that when talking or disagreeing with buddies. It's a habit.