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LIVE THE MOVIE. BE THE HERO.
LIVE THE EPIC ADVENTURE
- Play as 9 characters, including Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam and Frodo.
- Battle through 15 highly interactive levels.
FORM YOUR FELLOWSHIP
- Fight with a friend in multi-player co-op mode.
DEFEAT THE FORCES OF EVIL
- Confront Shelob, The Witch King, The King of the Dead, Sauron's Lieutant and more.
MOVIE EXCLUSIVES
- The only game with scenes and music from the films.
SYSTEM FEATURES:
- Players: 1-2
- Memory Unit: 9 blocks
- In-game Dolby Digital
The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook - Rev. Ed.
Peter Jackson : From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings
Gollum : How We Made Movie Magic
The Lord of the Rings : 1 : Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings : 2 : The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings : 3 : Return of the KingProduct reviews...
Review by: the guest
Dated: 18th of January, 2004
When Two Towers for xbox came out, I was really looking forward to playing it. I was let down by the size of the game as I had finished it in two days. With LOTR: The Return of the King game, this is not the case.
You play as Gandalf to start off with and get thrown into the fry back at helms deep. This is great as it fills in certain gaps that the movie leaves out. The controls are the same as Two Towers but in gameplay there is a lot of button smashing. It is very much a hack and slash game.
When you first enter the game you can choose 3 paths to follow. The path of the wizard is playing in the shoes of Gandalf. One level with Gandalf is at Minis Tirith, where you have to run around and supervise everything... not easy. You have to knock back ladders, command the catapults, try and shoot down Nazgul and beat back lots of Orcs.
The path of the King you can choose either Aragon, Gimli or Legolas. All have their own strengths and weaknesses. The third path is the Path of Samwise. Your job is to protect Frodo and yourself. He's not very strong but has some cool tricks.
You can also choose co-op in this game. This is not easy as you have to co-operate which my friend and I did not do, but lots of fun. The voices in the game are the real actors voices and the music and sound effects are the same as the movie. This game is not very easy and has a lot to it. Definately not a two day job. If you like the LOTR movies and don't mind hack and slash games, try this one out. When I get some cash I'm buying this one.
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