Go a dwarf, an elf and a ranger in a bar ...

... What follows is not about one of the stupidest jokes since the existence of Middle-earth, but a meeting with the legendary ranger Aragorn, who is waiting in the "Prancing Pony" in the city of Bree on the arrival of some hobbits probably in possession of a very powerful shall be subject, in turn, the ultimate weapon in the fight against the evil Sauron, the Middle Earth plunges into war and chaos, should be. Not far from Bree, in the ruins of the fortress Fornost, rises another one of Sauron's henchmen and threatened with the additional staff formality and peace in the north of the fantasy realm. To meet the safe path of the hobbits and the "One Ring", the dwarf Farin, the Ranger Eradan and the elf Andriel make their way to stop the evil stop. In Story Progression their path leads on the mentioned fortress Fornost on the tumuli, Rivendell, the Gundabad, Mirkwood to ancient Angmar.

Basically, the story being told is thus quite a "Lord of the Rings" and worthy friends of the film series (or the books) can look forward to a reunion with many well-known characters and plot locations. In addition, there is some background information about the characters or sequences from the book and film series. Weaknesses revealed, however, in very simple "Hau drauf" -Spielprinzip which is playable at best with a gamepad. Technically the game was already at the time of his appearance no longer particularly "up to date", but it works so well to something betagteren computers safe liquid. The setting reveals light and shadow: The music is unobtrusive, but waived entirely on the famous theme of the film. Because I would have certainly wished at some "epic" Make the Original Soundtrack, as he made "The Return of the King" by EA for atmospheric moments in playful quite similar. The speakers are also good, but also, in appropriate cases (Gandalf, Aragorn, etc.) not the film speaker, but this can be ignored as you travel mostly with said three "unknown" heroes anyway. Prominent voices there anyway, so among other things, the dubbing voices of Angelina Jolie and Liam Neeson have their performances. Another problem revealed in still not fixed bugs that do not lead to game crashes, but neat to shake the atmosphere. To adjust, among other things, the spoken dialogue during the game sections not to the corresponding scenes (in game, not in the cut scenes!). Remedied by activating the text display, as the always agree.

In connection with the now quite reasonable price 5 - 10 euros the total package of "War in the North" is nevertheless still a fair offer. Said weaknesses is a season of at least at least 15 hours (for a passage to level "normal", without any challenge to do and unlock all game achievements) in acceptable atmosphere in the "Lord of the Rings" universe over. This ensures the 4 star rating, but its validity especially for fans of the epic tale of Frodo & Co. has. Other players with no penchant for Tolkien's world can safely pull off a star, because then the game unfortunately reduced to a dusty acting and average level hose thrashing.