The game allows the player to play as both the forces of good and evil, but unlike The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, the latter option is based around Sauron stopping the One Ring from being destroyed and using it to regain his lost power.
It is derived from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and borrows many gameplay mechanics from Pandemics Star Wars: Battlefront games. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is a 2009 action game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts.
