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Video Games : Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (GameCube)
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Rating: 
- Entertaining
I played this game for a short while, and then put it away. I only rediscovered it a few months later, began to play it again, and instantly got addicted.
The game is truly excellent. The storyline is good, the areas to explore are interesting, and the battles, although turn based, do involve a fair bit of strategy. As the game advances, the characters learn more and more moves which get better and better, and the moves you learn are based on the ones you have already been using, which I think is a very good touch. In some parts, you get to meet up with members of the fellowship, and fight alongside them, which are some of the battles I enjoy the most.
There are drawbacks, though. The characters, although interesting, seem wooden, and the storyline, although following the original fellowship, seems a little stretched. The map can also be confusing at times, and difficult to follow, and quests can seem difficult to understand.
One thing particularly annoying is the extreme variables of difficulty. At some points, it can appear to be ridiculously easy, and you are barely challenged at all, yet, in the same level, even setting the difficulty to the easiest available can make a battle appear virtually impossible.
In conclusion, I enjoyed the game, and thought it was a good idea. By all means, buy the game, and you'll be very likely to enjoy it, especially if you are a Tolkein fan, but, if a sequel to this game is released (which I personally hope), then there are areas that can be improved.
Rating:
- Good ,Getting better,And then its just... well....BAD
At first many think this game is exelent and adictive and they are right.You are amazed by grapics and great gameplay and when you are out of moria it is a very good game.But and it is a big but the game goes downhill fron then on. the gameplaay becomes more vivd and it less satisfying. is bareable until helms deep and then BOOOM!! the game loses all its magig and zip as you fing your self magicly transported to osgiliath the game is so long and drery doing endless walking and fighting its tereble from then on.And its to damm short! only buy if a serious tolken fan
Rating: - Best lotr game yet
Its good with all new characters and scenes. the graphics are quite decent and the attacks are good. there is one problem, this is that the gameplay is too slow. the new battle system takes too long but i find the slash 'em up style used in the return of the king better.
all in all its a good game and the best lotr game yet
Rating: - Fun for LOTR fans, not best RPG
Linear RPG with turn-based combat. Follows story parallel to the original works. Well realised new characters, fun to play alongside Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf. Great meeting the Balrog, Nazgul and Mumakil to battle. Gets a bit boring around middle (Plains of Rohan), but worth playing through for Helms Deep and Minas Tirith. Good dialogue on characters, lots of footage from films - some original clips. Nice co-op feature so friends can drop in and out whenever while not affecting 1-player game. Got quite into, some battles have modicum of tactics required about them. Later gets a bit healer / strip armour(morgul decay) / tank combo to grind through battles. Worth it.
Rating: - Fun, but too short
This game is, in many ways, a welcome relief from the 'slash 'em up' lord of the rings games that preceded it. An alternate storyline is presented, with new characters that can interact with ones from the movies, e.g. Gandalf and Aragorn. The battle system is fun and the random battles are not overly frequent, as is the case in many RPGs. The graphics are good, and the score comes straight out of the movies. The original actors also provide their services while voicing the characters that are included (Ian McKellen must have spent ages recording all of his stuff).
However, this game is rather easy, i.e. difficult to die, and after less than a week i am already 65% complete.
There is plenty to come back for, though, including an evil mode and co-operative.
Overall, probably the best LOTR game available, but there are other RPGs to give greater enjoyment.
- EntertainingI played this game for a short while, and then put it away. I only rediscovered it a few months later, began to play it again, and instantly got addicted.
The game is truly excellent. The storyline is good, the areas to explore are interesting, and the battles, although turn based, do involve a fair bit of strategy. As the game advances, the characters learn more and more moves which get better and better, and the moves you learn are based on the ones you have already been using, which I think is a very good touch. In some parts, you get to meet up with members of the fellowship, and fight alongside them, which are some of the battles I enjoy the most.
There are drawbacks, though. The characters, although interesting, seem wooden, and the storyline, although following the original fellowship, seems a little stretched. The map can also be confusing at times, and difficult to follow, and quests can seem difficult to understand.
One thing particularly annoying is the extreme variables of difficulty. At some points, it can appear to be ridiculously easy, and you are barely challenged at all, yet, in the same level, even setting the difficulty to the easiest available can make a battle appear virtually impossible.
In conclusion, I enjoyed the game, and thought it was a good idea. By all means, buy the game, and you'll be very likely to enjoy it, especially if you are a Tolkein fan, but, if a sequel to this game is released (which I personally hope), then there are areas that can be improved.
Rating:
- Good ,Getting better,And then its just... well....BADAt first many think this game is exelent and adictive and they are right.You are amazed by grapics and great gameplay and when you are out of moria it is a very good game.But and it is a big but the game goes downhill fron then on. the gameplaay becomes more vivd and it less satisfying. is bareable until helms deep and then BOOOM!! the game loses all its magig and zip as you fing your self magicly transported to osgiliath the game is so long and drery doing endless walking and fighting its tereble from then on.And its to damm short! only buy if a serious tolken fan
Rating:
- Best lotr game yetIts good with all new characters and scenes. the graphics are quite decent and the attacks are good. there is one problem, this is that the gameplay is too slow. the new battle system takes too long but i find the slash 'em up style used in the return of the king better.
all in all its a good game and the best lotr game yet
Rating:
- Fun for LOTR fans, not best RPGLinear RPG with turn-based combat. Follows story parallel to the original works. Well realised new characters, fun to play alongside Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf. Great meeting the Balrog, Nazgul and Mumakil to battle. Gets a bit boring around middle (Plains of Rohan), but worth playing through for Helms Deep and Minas Tirith. Good dialogue on characters, lots of footage from films - some original clips. Nice co-op feature so friends can drop in and out whenever while not affecting 1-player game. Got quite into, some battles have modicum of tactics required about them. Later gets a bit healer / strip armour(morgul decay) / tank combo to grind through battles. Worth it.
Rating:
- Fun, but too shortThis game is, in many ways, a welcome relief from the 'slash 'em up' lord of the rings games that preceded it. An alternate storyline is presented, with new characters that can interact with ones from the movies, e.g. Gandalf and Aragorn. The battle system is fun and the random battles are not overly frequent, as is the case in many RPGs. The graphics are good, and the score comes straight out of the movies. The original actors also provide their services while voicing the characters that are included (Ian McKellen must have spent ages recording all of his stuff).
However, this game is rather easy, i.e. difficult to die, and after less than a week i am already 65% complete.
There is plenty to come back for, though, including an evil mode and co-operative.
Overall, probably the best LOTR game available, but there are other RPGs to give greater enjoyment.