LOTR: War in the North

Actually very generic hack and slash with slight RPG elements. In this case RPG elements are 4 primary stats, skills tree, 3 races/professions and some quests. The engine is bland, invisible wall is blocking access to problematic terrain (like 30cm elevation with grass???), no jumping, etc. Fight is too easy (why limit the difficulty? does everybody need to playthrough it 2 times to access very hard, really?), camera barely show your character bottom, so if mobs attack from behind you are totally surprised. Though you cannot fight effectively even if you know they are somewhere there. (vide Batmans or The Witcher) Level design is linear (? come on, no open world, not open locations it's 5th decade of gaming).

Story & Setting: 9 (main interest)

Level Design: 2

Graphics: 5 (old game, ok)

Music: 9 (very nice ambient music and rain)

Playability: 3 (though curious for quests and locations, so will play anyway)

OVERALL: 6