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 An embarrasment September 8, 2008
Frederick Graham (Whitley bay, Tyne and Wear, The UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is a dead-end, cheap, turn based combat game which defines the problem of repitition, bordom and storyline-dementia brilliantly. Basically I am congratulateing this game for being a template of what to avoid.
To give you a taster of just how cheap this game is, it end with your party teleporting in fromt of the great eye, and engaging it in turn-based combat.
RUBBISH May 17, 2008
G. Vincent (England)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you liked 'LOTR: Two Towers/ Return of the King and want a game just like them DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. The graphics are ok but it's the gameplay that really annoys me. I spent most of the game walking around, getting angry at the ridiculously annoying combat mode, which is just like 'Final Fantasy' when you take turns to attack and use powers. I had one go on this game before turning off my Playstation and trying to sell it.
In conclusion, if you like games with fun combat and puzzles DON'T BUY THIS GAME. Instead buy LOTR 2/3 or 'Ratchet and Clank 2'
 FUN BUT STRANGE!!! October 27, 2007
M. Henry
It is one of the most fun games on the ps2 not to mention the graphics superb for ps2. BUT...Every time i play i dread the battles with selecting yur moves it is so boring but....if u get further into the game with better characters the fights start to ain favour with you and you start to love them!!!!!!!
Pokemon of The Rings July 16, 2007
Mr. J. A. Owen (Staffordshire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this game mistakenly, but did not regret it. The game is set amidst the events of Lord of The Rings in parallel to the main action. It follows a very much Pokemon/ Warhammer/ Dungeons and Dragons style theme, where upgrades are possible based on purchases for armour (chest plates and helmets), weaponry (axes, swords and bows) and defence (shields and hauberks) as well as weapon/ spell upgrades to enable damage multipliers and health recovery. The game frequently forces the players band of (initially 3 combatants) to be outnumbered in progressively more challenging encounters as the game progresses, facing down Cave Trolls, Fell Beast, Ringwraiths, Mumakil, The Balrog, Uruk-Hai as well as the Wargs and customary bands of Orcs.
As with Pokemon, a turn based engine drives the strategy gameplay and allows for switchout for combatants in certain situations, but unlike its counterpart, the multiple dual format makes better use of "Baton Pass" type moves, where a player's turn can be subsituted for another player. It also does not force the player to be limited to only 4 move combinations, which is a refreshing alternative.
This is not to say the game is not without its flaws. Primarily, the absence of lead characters in the game except for Saurons Minions make it feel detached from the film experience, forever trailing after the Fellowship members after they've just been there for a predominant element, as well as having banter and attitudes from the films substituted into a Ranger, an Elf, a Dwarf, a Rohirrim lord etc. who otherwise do not feature even in the extensive cast of extras. I think more work to have chosen names linked to the Silmarillion would have been a better course of action than devise abstract identities for these characters, as the developers clearly wanted this game to be parallel rather than competitor to their own successful The Two Towers and The Return of The King titles. It also has the misfortune of running into bands of orcs that take 20 mins to dispatch effectively only steps after defeating the last horde, which can be somewhat annoying at times, especially given that the various nemeses have similar stances and behavioural mannerisms (eg growling or snarling that is impressive when you first see it, but 30 battles of the same and it soon starts to feel grating)
Overall a good enjoyable game, but to be strongly advised this is NOT canon, especially the final duel with the Eye of Sauron. Nice touch, but difficult to appreciate how the game characters can even compete with Aragorn, or even how they manage to fight Sauron to get to the top of Barad-dur, let alone withstand supercharged attacks without plummeting from the summit.
A good game, if you've got patience! April 24, 2007
M. Singleton (England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As the title suggests, I think this is, overall, a good game. Having skill points to spend on each of your characters means you can play to their strengths, but it can be confusing if you've only just started and don't know what their strengths are... Also, some of the bosses are tough to beat (though, strangely, I found the ones later on easier to defeat than those at the beginning), it just takes a little bit of time, and some thought. If you're a hack and slash gameplayer, this probably isn't for you, this game isn't about button-bashing. I found it enjoyable and well worth a try though.
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