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fun ok way to short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game was ok but it freaken short. I would suggest not buying it if you dont like short games

Decent game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I suppose its decent enough in itself. It follows the storyline of the books and doesn't have irritating cut-scenes from the films. But too many glitches and when i played it crashed my computer thousands of times.

Overall, it's worth a play but beware it may well disappoint!

The Fellowship of the Ring Game isn't clear

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I found that this game isn't very easily understood. You have to search and scrabble for any answers that you may need. This game needs to have a page for others to view eachother's findings. That would be a help. I enjoyed the books and movies, but the game is very frustrating to understand.

a 14 yr old

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i figured hey, its lord of the rings it cant be that bad. i was almost right. bad things are it takes a video card (which isnt all that cutting edge anymore) but still cost about $100. and with that video card the graphs. are still very choppy and not that good. also, although im not a very good gamer i think they should make it easy enough to get past the ringwraiths in hobbiton. but from what i did play it was ok.

Great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's a little hard to get things going but once you do, it takes off quickly from there! If you're a Lord of the Rings fan and you like games, you'll love this one !!

We hatess it, Precioussss, but we lovesssssss it!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Much like Gollum hates and loves himself, I do not know if I despise this game, or absolutely love it. The things it does right it REALLLY does right, but whether from time constraints or sloth, there are some fairly bad flaws as well. I would probably recommend this more for people who are at least somewhat familiar with the book, since people who have only seen the movie will be lost and scratching their heads. (Bombadil and Goldberry, for instance.)

The Pros:

-Graphics and design are TOP NOTCH
-Walking through Bag End and the Prancing Pony is a dream come true
-Music and sound are immersive
-The character animations are great
-The levels feel very "natural," and are a joy to look at and walk through
-Frodo is kept every bit as weak as he should be

The Cons:

-Fairly short
-Invisible walls (grrrrrr)
-Camera control is fair at best, and horrid in Moria
-Can't pick which character to use at each level
-Can only use Gandalf, Aragorn, and Frodo

The graphic DESIGN of this game is amazing. I'm not just talking about the resolution. The tables are not simply brown squares with legs. Kegs, beds, trees, and houses, and outfits are all designed exceptionally well. It does not just copy the look of the movie - it creates its own world. Hobbiton was EXCEPTIONAL. I literally spent an hour just walking around Bag End and the Shire. Which is where problem 1 sets in. I want to explore this world- walk through rivers, run through pastures. But no. The frikkin frakkin 'invisible wall' mystically prevents you from exploring, which is a shame. I don't know how loudly gamers will have to shout before designers stop using the invisible wall. It's a pathetic way out of closing off a level. At least have the decency to put a mountain in the way if you don't want us walking across a field.

More of the Ringwraiths would have been nice. There are only two places where they can catch you, if memory serves. Once you find Aragorn you get to fight them with a torch (which I loved!), but the "chase" doesn't really translate. It's more like they just pop in now and again for cameos. It also would have been nice to actually control Frodo during the flight to the Ford.

Another shame is that certain things of importance are skimmed over or left out. I want to see Rivendell, Caradhras, and Lothlorien in the same level of detail that the Shire is presented to me, but alas, for these areas are "hinted at", and exploration is not an option. You see one room in Rivendell, and one room in Lothlorien. You don't even see Caradhras - Gandalf just says "We tried, and we failed, so we're moving right along! lalalala!" Disappointing does not even begin to cover the feeling. I was looking forward to those areas.

Moria, despite the ATROCIOUS camera angles, is the most amazing level I've ever seen in a game. I'm running a GeForce 2 Ultra card, which isn't quite cutting edge, and while I couldn't crank everything full detail, I had it running fairly high and experienced little to no slowdown. The mine shafts look and feel amazing. The way the light from Gandalf's staff splays on the walls... you really feel like you're in the book. Except for the fact that only Gimli is with you for most of it. The cave troll fight where all the members jump into the fray was awesome, and I spent quite some time just watching the two sides slug it out.

Other weird complaints - why give Aragorn unlimited arrows? Seems silly. Also silly is that your party members are invincible. Granted- I hate games where you have to "protect" stupid people who jump into a fray and keep dying. But the AI on these guys is decent, and it took away any concern you might have for watching them. I didn't have to fight half, and I didn't have to protect. "Oh, look, Frodo is being devoured by two wolves. Well, I'll just slip away. He'll kill them eventually." Some attempt should have been made to ensure the gamer protects his underlings.

In all, this is a game I will definitely play again, mostly because it is phenomenal eye candy. I like to call it "Virtual Middle Earth." As a game, it is lacking in quite a few areas. But as an immersive "Let's walk the paths the Fellowship took," it excels. Maybe the next installment will succeed as both a walking tour AND a game.

Not great, not terrible.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game isn't terrible like people say it is. It has good voice acting (too much, though), mediocre graphics, and ok gameplay with [bad] weapons. The main problem is that once you beat it (which is very easy, theres nothing to the puzzles - and it's short) is that it has NO replayability. Single-Player only, and there is no way to vary the game if played over again. Also they messed up many things in the story - such as the ending. I don;t see how they'll be able to go on to "the Two Towers" (the game of which will be entitled "the Treason of Isengard" to avoid confusion with the movie's fighting game). ... Its worth checking out, though.

its ok

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

its ok, being the only lotr video game for the pc, you have to deal with what you get. easy to beat, only one skill level, to many pointless missions as frodo, to easy, never even needed to use the ring. buy it used, or borrow from a freind, but don't pay full price.

DO NOT BUY THIS!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Look, I bought this game because I love The Lord of the Rings, John Ronald Ruel Tolkien was a great guy. But this game sucks! I'll give it one for good graphics and environments, but it was just too easy! You could flip through the levels in at the maximum in three days. What the hell is that? It's not at all challenging, and you can only play as Frodo, Mithrandir, and Elessar. If you want a good Lord of the Rings game, then buy the ones made by EA games. They are more challenging and cooler. This game is best for a seven-year-old. In conclusion, do not buy this game, but buy EA's version.

Not Enough Freedom

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

With the simply massive world of Middle-Earth, one would expect that any games based in that world would give you at least SOME freedom or nonlinear gameplay opportunities. Unfortunately, this game goes against such expectations. There are quite literally only 1-2 paths for every segment of the game. Sometimes you can not even climb some hills or walk beyond a certain point in a grass field, the boundaries are so restrictive. The content remains fairly weak as well. Graphics are decent, but nowhere near jaw-dropping. Sound is not even worth noting. Fighting with Frodo grows dull, and fighting with Gandalf's magic is too gimped. The various fights while playing Aragorn are, in my opinion, the only pluses of the entire game. Nontheless, that bumps my rating to a 2.

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