The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a 2009 video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It is based on the The Lord of the Rings franchise, and uses footage from the movies.
In the good campaign, "War of the Ring", you have to defend various locations from the forces of Sauron. In the evil campaign, "Rise of Sauron", you play as the forces of Sauron and have to conquer Middle-Earth.
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest contains examples of the following tropes:
- Adaptational Wimp: "Mage" is a selectable class which is... not how wizards work in the Legendarium. There are a grand total of five known wizards in the world, who aren't mortals that learned how to wield magic, but rather Maiar who have taken mortal form. In the game however, they're depicted as humans who are easily dispatched.
- An Adventurer Is You: This game is a perfect example of this.
- Tank- Mages at a range, or Warriors at close combat
- Archer- Self-explanatory
- Nuker- Mage
- DPSer- Archer(range), Warrior(close combat), Scout(backstab)
- Healer- Mage
- Status Effect- Archer, Mage
- Petmaster- the Mouth of Sauron (summons orcs instead of hitting people with his staff as his melee) and Aragorn (summons the Dead Men of Dunharrow instead of an AoE spinning and heavy slash).
- Back from the Dead: Sauron; during the evil campaign; uses Blood Magic to bring the Witch-King of Angmar back to life. He also revives Durin's Bane in order to pit it against Gimli.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Sauron succeeds in the evil campaign where he conquered Middle-Earth, killed off most of the heroes, enslaved survivors, and threw hobbits defiant of Sauron's rule over the land into the inferno that was Treebeard's dead body.
- Blood Magic: In the "Rise of Sauron" campaign, the player is required to kill twenty Orc traitors so their blood can be used in a dark ritual to resurrect the Witch-king of Angmar.
- Desecrating the Dead: Sauron sets Treebeard's corpse ablaze and throws any hobbit that defies him into the inferno in the evil campaign.
- Flaming Sword: This game has warriors that can set their swords on fire.
- Gang Up on the Human: Bosses will track you down, no matter what. Especially annoying is Saruman, who'll just stand around in his tower waiting for you to come up and get trampled, and maybe chase you for two feet.
- Hero Killer: Sauron kills off Elrond, Aragorn, Gandalf, Treebeard, and Legolas in the evil campaign, stealing Elrond's ring as well. He also sent a revived Durin's Band to kill Gimli.
- Make an Example of Them: Sauron discourages hobbits from rebelling against them by throwing rebelling hobbits into the inferno ignited by Treebeard's corpse.
- Villain Protagonist: In the evil campaign, Sauron takes on the protagonist role as he reclaims his ring and proceeds to wreak havoc on Middle-Earth.
- What If?: This game has a campaign where you fight as the forces of evil, with the question: "What if Frodo failed to destroy the One Ring?" Answer: The world goes to hell.