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WOW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 18
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay so i dont really have the right to be writing a review for this game on account that i havent ACTUALLY seen it in action as of yet but i guarantee that i know as much about it as any other die hardfan: let me stop rambling and explain. I have been like studying this game since i first heard it was going to be released and wow!!! Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam and Frodo are all playable characters with 3 or 4 unlockable ones, probably Faramir, Eowyn and Gollum! ok i dont want to sound like a TOTLAL dweeb so basically, to make a long story short, BUY THIS GAME!! It WILL be the BEST movie to game transition to date and the best ever in my heart forever! I was just very dissapointed that i had to wait so long scince The Two Towers was not released on pc. All petty movie to book arguments aside ( i think fans should appreciate the movies' uniqieness and differences from the book and should just view it as a new creation, even though i myself am dissapointed that they didnt follow the books more closely but i LOVE Viggo Mortensen!! ) this will be awesome, totallly recreating the movie and putting its fate into your hands!! iI hope you found this useful, if not im sorry and the website for the game along with theonering.net/ are very helpful and are AWESOME sights!! thanks, God Bless you all!!

The next step in Computer Gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Seeing that I haven't actually played the game, naturally, I can't assure you from expirience. But I have played the demo, and read just about everything about the game.

First off, the graphics are very nice, not Halo 2 quality but nicely done.

Second, if you want a challenge, this is your game, its very very difficult, I pride myself as a rather good gamer, and I couldn't even beat the Demo! Of course, I didn't have any upgrades and it DID have unlimited orcs. . . The health packs are very spread out, just enough to keep you on the edge of death.

Third, you get to play: Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. Not to mention the four bonus characters, who are, I'm guessing, Theoden, Eowyn, Eomer, and. . . Treebeard? Gollum?
Saruman?

all in all, get the game.

THE BEST MOVIE-GAME EVER!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 18
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE-GAME EVER! even enter the matrix or any other movie-game is never this good. u get 3 paths, path of the dead, the wizard, and the ring/hobbits. its crazy! the graphics are soooooooooooooo good its unbelievable! BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! Don't rent it, don't borrow it, BUY IT! its the Best lotr game you can ever get! GET IT! It has kool graphics and best of all, u could play with 9 characters this time! GET IT!

Played Demo... terrible PORT!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 27
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I read some of the reviews on here, and thought I'd d/l the demo and check it out. WHAT A WASTE... this game is a terrible port from all the crappy consoles out there. If they could of made it with the PC in mind, it probably would of been much better. The biggest problem is that the camera is locked into pre-determined locations, making it impossible to control your character and see what's coming up behind you. Because of the upteen-billion buttons that consoles use, you have to contort yourself to use all the different attacks. (why do we need 4 different kinds of attacks? One would do just nicely if it actually killed guys effectively. None of the four attack modes really kill guys, you have to use 2 or 3 combos of attacks) The graphics are status quo at best, being completely toned down for the console machines.

PLEASE MAKE GAMES OR THE PC and THEN retard them for the horrible console technology out there!

Hope this helps... oh and beware of marketing interns writing these things...

A WASTE OF MONEY

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 17
Date: November 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The controls are terrible. They didn't do a good port to the PC. I would give it zero stars if I could.

Great game hard to control on pc

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We have the pc version and the PS2 version. Graphics on the pc are flawless but character is so much harder to control using default mouse and keyboard setup. I also tried using my Microsoft steering wheel and my joystick and its still hard to control.

On the PS2 the graphics are less but the console game controller is so much eaier to to work with.

Other then that the game is great, if you liked the Two Towers, you wont be disappointed.

Can't even play it yet

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game needs you to buy a 154 dollar video PC cards to play it. No wonder it's a bit cheaper than Halo for PC. They expect you to have a PC graphic card. I can't even play it. If somehow I can play it, I will rate it again to see how it is really.

Better than expected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just got it today. After seeing a couple negative reviews up here while my order was in transit I was a bit worried about my purchase, but having played it a bit, I have no regrets whatsover. Basically the does a good job mixing the movie elements in with hack-and-slash arcade-like gameplay and the result is a very solid action game that blends in well with the theme. I suppose you can get the console versions instead (and save a couple GBs of drive space), but if you don't own one (like me) and yearn for the occasional action game then get this! I don't know about standard PC controls, but with two USB gamepads hooked up to my system it plays great in co-op! The only complaint I have is lack of netplay, which could have had potential in a game like this, but that's the only reason I'd knock of the 5th star.

REQUIRES 32MB AGP Graphics Card!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I know others have mentioned it, but I spent about an hour before leaving work looking for system requirements. They weren't listed on the official site, Amazon, and any other major electronics retail outlets sites. So I figured my recently purchased laptop would be sufficient. Shelled out my bucks, got the game, started loading it and saw the Video Card requirements. Nothing in the install mentioned it or tested for it. The install took 45+ min (2 discs!). Only when you try to start the game does it check your video card and fail. Wouldn't even start! So I can't review it. I can't even play it!
I've played the Two Towers game on Playstation2 and this was supposed to be better. I was hoping to play it on my PC, but I guess I'll wait. (Sigh!)

Excellent!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was excellent and as far as the controls are concerned I had no problem controlling my characters. I would recommend this game to anyone. I really enjoy playing it. I also enjoy the THX sound it comes with as well as the movie clips from the movie. Godbless!

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