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A little bite of Middle Earth...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ingredients you will need:

1 part Streets of Rage
1 part Final Fantasy
2 Large cups of Middle Earth
Pinch of Street-Fighter
Assorted Eye-Candy

Hot on the tails of most audacious and glorious movie adaptations of all time comes this little slice of action from Electronic Arts. Like most people I came out of the movie theatre with sweaty palms and a strong desire to stab goblins, and luckily this little game is right up my ally.

Playing as either 'designer-stubble king-to-be' Aragorn, half-pint, salt of the earth axe murderer Gimli or clean-cut Robin Hood crack-shot Legolas, you'll tramp around assorted Middle Earth locals, hitting things with your sword or shooting them with your bow. If you're at all familiar with the Streets of Rage or Double Dragon games you'll be right at home here.

The levels are right out of the movies, with of course a few artistic liberties taken in expanding them to a scrolling slash-em-up. Expect Fanghorn Forest, Helms Deep and the wonderfully evocotive Balin's Tomb from the first movie.

Bad guys arrive thick and fast in all your favourite flavours - Orks, Moria Goblins, big tough Uruk-Hai and of course the Ring Wraiths. Your options in dealing with all of them generally involves hammering different button combinations in order to produce a variety of flashy sword moves and colourful special moves.

However, this is really the crux of why The Two Towers game isn't going to set the world on fire. Most of your moves are gained by completing a level with a high point score, so you'll find yourself replaying levels again and again just to up your score and buy that all important new 'goblin slaying thrust' move. The moves themselves are pretty simple, but you'll be hard pressed to get them right when you most need them, swamped as you are in enemies. To the game's credit, you will see a LOT of enemies on the screen at once, but sometimes its all a bit much.

The graphics and sound are top notch and very realistic, but if only you could do a bit more exploring, a bit more strategic planning of your next attack and a bit less hammering X every time 50 goblins hove into view. And most criminal of all, if only you could play with a friend. More than once you'll be wishing you could team up with your mates against the lumbering cave troll. The game AI handles all of your allies, but make no mistake, its you that's gonna do all the dirty work.

In the short term this is a good, solid hack-and-slash romp, with great visuals and lots of bonus features to explore. But at the end of the day you'll be wishing there was just a little more beneath the beautiful surface. Roll on Return Of The King...

Not what I expected

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I wish that I had checked reviews before buying this game. The previous reviewer even addressed my problem with the game: nothing but fighting. I was expecting a game a little bit closer to the whole Lord of The Rings setting of mystery, excitement, journeys and so on. Instead, it just moves you from one huge fight to another. It explains the story but you don't have a say in it or really even participate except to fight Orcs. The graphics and sound were both amazing but during the fights, you may have upwards of 20 badguys around you and it is almost impossible to see your own character. If you like a game without mental challenge or excerise and enjoy a game where no skill is required, try this one. It is an excellent game for it's purpose. The action was fun and riveting, but don't let yourself be fooled as to what this is. I am not sorry I bought this game by any means, I just wish I'd looked at these reviews earlier.

As good as the movie

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is incredible, because it follows the movie so well. At the begining and end of each level you see cut scenes from the films. The levels are full of orcs and stuff so there's plenty to kill. The game's difficulty wasn't that bad except I thought that the breached wall level was really hard. The game has great graphics and fast gameplay and that's what makes it so great.

Lord of the Games!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the second Lord of the Rings game I got, first being the fellowship of the ring which was a disappointment. But I never dreamed the game could be so good. I didn't even think of playing as Isildur in the battle at the beginning. You start of playing Isildur, and you fight loads of orcs, until you defeat Sauron in the cut scene. You then play as Aragorn, defending Frodo from Ringwraiths, which is just as easy as the first level. Then you get to Moria, and that's when the real action begins. You get to play as Aragorn, Legolas or Gimli for the rest of the game. You go from locations from Weathertop, to Moria, to Amon Hen, and lastly, in the final fight, Helm's Deep. Fight old enemies such as the Watcher, Cave Troll, Lurtz and Berzerker. This is a challenging game not to be missed!

Good for even the non-action gamer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge LOTR fan, so naturally I picked this up. I was greeted with a great movie that was gorgeous. Because I am a huge sports gamer and not an action gamer, I have been having some difficulty with the game. I wish the game told you a little bit of what you are supposed to do. I am at the first boss, the Watcher, and he just slaps me over and over until it's game over. I eventually found out what to do, though. Also, I found the controls extremely simple which is a plus. The game gets repetitive if you can't beat a level, but fortunately you can go back on previous levels instead of beating the game straight thrugh. You can beat the game with 3 characters, and at the end you get a secret caracter. I am having some difficulty, but this game would probably be insanely easy for people who love action games. Lastly, the graphics are one of the best I've ever seen ever and the framerate NEVER loses a step, even when there are literally 50 orcs on the screen.

Let us Hunt Some Orcs!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Whole game is based upon this sentence.I do not remember that I killed so many creature so rapidly.
Let's start from the beginning.The game starts from the scene of'Last alliance of Elves and Men',as you gain control of the Isildur-who is the hero and the betrayer of all the races of middle-earth-you notice that the figthing scenes are equal to the movie.
Then game give you the role of Aragorn,Isildur's heir and the future king of Gondor,and you play the weathertop level as the second training level.Then the game starts.
I must say that I've never seen such fighting dinamics,such fighting moves and such cool characters.The story is a bit different from the movie-for building-up more fighting levels-and controls are hard to get used.But once you are capable to move your character correctly,you will start to enjoy the regions and the gameplay.
The character models are awesome,as two uruk-hai usually not the same.The voices are from the original actors.The figthing moves are also from the actors.which made them more valuable to see.The score is also from the movie.
The fihting scenes,as I said before,are the heart of this game.specially on Helm's Deep,you can see at least 30 uruk-hai together.and every character has their own moves to clean up this mess!It making you feel as you are really in a war.You must use you reflexes and eye-hand coordianiton just to stay alive when you're moving in Helm's Deep.
And It is a worthy thing to see,and live...

Well . . . Let's Be Real People, The Game Takes 5 Hours.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is not a bad game. If it were 20 hours long I would give it 4 stars, but the fact is, if you are familiar with button mashers like this one, this game will take around 5 hours. It is no doubt worth renting, but that's all you need. If you're a die hard LotR fan, maybe it's a purchase, but then again you're still getting the short end of the stick. The game that does exsist however is good. I would have liked there to be more strategy than just button mashing, but what the heck, it's fun. You get all these combos, but the funny thing is, you never seem to be able to use them. The strategy that is involved basically is parrying with Square and retaliating in a drunken mashing way. The graphics are great in every level after the fourth, but until then they're pretty mediocre. The music from the movie is a great addition, but the clips thrown together from the movie don't typically make sense together, but that was kinda like the movie too. I read the books so I get it, but when my brother walked out of the movie, he didn't even know some of the characters names since the movie kinda only said some characters name once or twice (even Gimli and Legolas were referred to as "the midget and the elf" by some family members after the movie). The controls are OK, but the combos are really frustrating because the enemies always whack you while you're cranking out a long one. Overall, the game that is there is good, but the rest is unbalanced, short, overrated, and sorry to say, a LotR disgrace.

Lets Hunt Some Orc

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, is a truly fun and amazing action game. The game takes place across the first two films, in, of course, Middle Earth. You can take take the place of Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli. All of which have their ups and downs. Legolas is the weakest character, but the fastest, utilizing his two daggers and bow. Gimli, being quite slow, is a beastly tank wielding a battle-axe and smaller axes for throwing. Aragorn lies right in the middle of the two. He uses a sword and bow. The graphics in this game are superb, everything from the character models to the tree leaves. All the characters look almost exactly like their movie counter-parts, with the exception of Gimli. He doesn't look right, his face looks squintish and pushed in... The levels themselves have a substantial amount of detail and lighting. For instance, in the level "Balin's Tomb" where you get the cave troll, the beam of light that shines upon the stone casket looks amazing. The levels are very closely related to the movies (well I can only tell that by looking at the first film for the second is not out yet) and I instantly recognized them. Cutscenes from the movies are integrated throughout the levels. This includes a large amount of clips from LOTR: The Two Towers. The gameplay is also very fun and has one of the best "archery systems" I've seen. Music from the movies is incorporated throughout the game as well. Also packed with the game are a lot of special features (like those from a DVD) including "the making of..." and character interviews. All in all, this is an excellent game and I recommend it to any action or Tolkien fan. Killing the goblis/orcs/uruk-hai, is a blast, so buy this game. LETS HUNT SOME ORC

This game rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Listen there has been some talk thet EA's lotr two towers [stinks]. Well there lieing. This game rules! There is no flaws, except the fact its a little easy. If you compare it to the fellowsip of the ring game the two towers is 700 times better! You can choose who you want to be(aragorn legolas Gimili) on all levels but the first and second, and there's even a secret character. I guess the other game is alot closer to the book, but if you have only seen the movie why would you care? the gameplay level is 10 out of 10, compared to the fellowship game which is 2 out of 10. This is one of my favorite games ever, actually it is the best. Basically if you ask me what game is better between the fellowship and two towers, I DEFINETLY say TWO TOWERS!

Overall, a great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just got it in the mail last night. Needless to say, I was up until 11:30 whoopin' up on some orc aiss. The real actors supply the real voices for the video game, and the characters are spot on. Well except for Gimli. He looks nothing like he does in the movie. He looks like a gremlin or something, but other then him, everyone looks relatively the same. You have the option to play as Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli. Legolas if the fastest, and he uses his double knives, Gimli is much slower but he can take out like three orcs in one swing of his axe. He also has his throwing axes. I'm not very good at those yet. Aragorn is a mix of the two, combining both speed and power. So far I've beaten the wraiths at Weathertop, and the water monster at the gates of Moria. I can't beat that stupid cave troll though, well not yet anyway. This game has everything. It's time to put GTA: Vice City on the shelf. Even the music during game play is great. I wish I was playing it right now. I highly recomend this game if you're a fan of the books and movies.

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