Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Preview

ComputerAndVideoGames.com has put together a short preview of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, based upon some firsthand time with EA’s upcoming RPG. An excerpt to follow:

You won’t be going up against hundreds of Orcs in a mammoth battlefield like in the films. It’s just three or four enemies at a time here, and hacking them up is now just a menu option. Hit E on the word Attack and watch as your warrior leaps forward, smacks a number out of an Orc’s chest, then leaps back to his spot. Orcs are dirty beasts. You don’t want to hit them once – you’ll want to sprint in and chop them into steak slices, screaming YAARRR! One chop? It doesn’t feel right.