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Not Great

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is not what I expected it to be. I was really hoping for it to be an open battle game like the Two Towers and The Return of the King. I don't like how you have to go in to a battle similar to the Pokemon format. I also hoped you could be members of the Fellowship (especially Aragorn, Legalos, and Gandalf)But the graphics are unbelievable. Some of the best I've ever seen. I don't like how when your just walking and a battle comes up. Too much like Pokemon. I dont know about you but I hate Pokemon games. I am sticking to The Return of the King and The Two Towers. But then again I'm not a huge RPG fan. But whatever.

Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I'm 13 and my name is Kate i just dont have a user name. I honestly think this game is fun, although fighting gets old so fast. I mean your walking down the road and all of a sudden, Goblins, Wargs, Cave Trolls, Orcs and all sorts of evil things pop out and it gets annoying after a while. But still, I think its fun, and better than The Two Towers and the Return of the King. Maybe not the Return of the King, but i'm mad at my game of the Return of the King becuase I was like on the last level and it set me back becuase of the two player stuff. Right now in the Third Age I am in Eastern Moria. That's the easiest one so far.

This is whats good about it:
You can play as girls...FINALLY!!

You can play in Evil Mode, which is you play as the bad guys, which is cool.

When you get to Western Moria, you can go into Travel Mode, which is great.

The sound is amazing.

Characters have their own special talents, and my favorite chartacter is Idrial, an Elf and my favorite taletns are her Spirit Spell. Use Loudwater Furry.

Berethor is probably the the one you wanna drop when you pick up Hadhod, bye the way.

Elegost is the best aimer with a bow, besides the Legolas guy, in the game.

Hadhod is a Spirit guy too, but he has axes insted of swords.

You can make yourself faster, stronger, Spirit bigger, dexerity better, and all that jazz.

Bad things about it:
TOO MUCH FIGHTING!!

All in all, this is a good birthday or Christmas present, so I would definetly get it. Happy playing!

Repetitious, poor characterization, boring

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game had a lot of potential; it barely lived up to minimal expectations. If There is one thing a video game shouldn't be, its BORING. This game didn't challenge the player in any real way - once a strategy was found, it could be used throughout the entire game.

Terrible characterization. After 30 hours of gameplay, I don't even remember my main characters' names. There was nothing memorable about anyone in my party.

Battles felt like FFX but without the fun. Switching party members in and out of battle felt like a chore. All the monsters, save a few bosses, used the same animation/artwork throughout the entire game. There are only so many times you can kill a party of orcs/goblins without getting tired of it.

Lord of the rings: The third age

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one gme to buy!

The good:
+ Great graphics
+ Fun
+ "some" Charecters from the movie
+ Sound is good

The not-so good:
- Hard game
- Aimless wandering
- Not all the charecters are in this game

Overall score: 4/5

They just can't get it..........

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok, let me start by telling you that I am a HUGE LOTR fan. I love the books, and I love the movies. That makes me a rare individual, because most of my friends either hate one or love the other. Anyway, you'd think I would dig the video games. Well, kinda.
I picked up LOTR: ROTK when I got my new slimline PS2, and it's cool, with all the cutscenes from the movies and the hack and slash stuff going on. Still, I'm thinking....if I wanted to watch scenes from the movies, I'd just put the frickin DVDS on and kick it. So, it's something I play from time to time.
Well, I got LOTR: TTA for Christmas, and read the back....and lo and behold, it's an RPG where you play new characters that traipse around Middle Earth at the same time the main characters are getting the job done. Well, it went to the bottom of my pile below Prince of Persia 2, Need for Speed Underground 2, and San Andreas. It's unopened, and worth 49.99, and frankly, it's going back to the store to be put toward Metal Gear 3 or Burnout 3: Takedown.
Why, you might ask? Well, I went to a friends house and saw it being played and heard the lowdown on it. It's not even really an RPG, playlength is ridiculously short, and for rewards, you get to watch little mini-interviews with the stars about the movie. I think EA Sports really missed the boat with this one. I mean, do a LOTR game and make it like Prince of Persia or something. I saw a group of guys playing this game, and they looked freakin bored. They had more fun playing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban than this turkey.
It's a shame, really. LOTR rules. This game was just thrown together to cash in.

If the movies and books bored you, then this WON'T

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I first saw it, I was kinda unsure. I mean, I had seen 2 of the 3 movies, and read the books, and been bored out of my mind and confused. I was basically the only person I knew (of my friends) who wasn't absolutely nutty about the movies or the games.

Anyways, the title kinda made me think it'd be like the books and the movies. However, I also it had been high up in some reviewers minds, and that it supposedly rivaled Final Fantasy. So, liking to play Final Fantasy type games, I decided to try it out, and I got it.

I was still kind of hesitant, after all, sometimes reviewers have a weird opinion of 'good'. But, I glanced through the book that came with it, and decided to try it. Boy, was I surprised.

I expected a run-of-the-mill LotR game, with the same characters, same battles, same experiences, ect. as the original books and movies and games. I basically expected it to be virtually similar to the first games, with the only difference being that all three games were compiled into one game.

However, LotR: The 3rd Age took the books and movies from a whole new perspective. It tossed six new characters into Middle Earth, with their pasts slowly being revealed and their destinies intertwined. Also, the whole concept of the game is completely believable. I mean, even if they are never mentioned in the books or movies, it doesn't mean they or some other group was lurking in the shadows, or 'between the lines', as the case may be.

It slowly takes the gamer through all three episodes, entering familiar areas and battles, such as Rohan, Helm's Deep, and Moria. You also collect little spheres, called 'Epic Spheres' in certain areas or after completing a certain task. These spheres contain scenes from the movie, or scenes that were created for the game by the game. These spheres fill you in on what is going on, and give you little clues about your characters pasts', occassionally. It takes you throughout the movies without being overly confused, even if you never read a LotR book, or watched a LotR movie.

It had good gameplay, and the images and sound was amazing. It wasn't too confusing, and even though the first battles are kind of tough, it gets easier. The save points heal and restore AP, and you can find items and weapons and such things easily in chests. It lets you know when a battle or scene, whether fixed or random, is going to occur without startling you.

You can choose the stats, and weapons of your characters, and you can even choose their skills, which are often very powerful or helpful.

You complete quests, and even those most are mandatory, some aren't.

There are guest fighters, such as Gandalf (both White and Grey), Aragorn (kinged and unkinged), Legolas, Gimli, and so on. They usually don't appear until crucial moments, such as Helm's Deep or Pelennor Fields. But when they do appear, they are extremely helpful.

One bonus of the game is 'Evil Mode'. Nost times, when you think of a mode being evil, you think of it being impossibly hard. However, that is not the case in this game. After you defeat a chapter, such as East Moria, West Moria, or Helm's Deep, then you can go back to that chaoter with Evil Mode, with a few changes. You go through different battles, whether it be Grima Wormtongue or a group of Trolls, against your heroes. However, you don't travel the map. And you don't play the good guys. You play the bad guys. After you complete the chapter as the bad guys, you get items that you can save onto your game (whether it be at the first chapter or last, just as long as its completed). You can complete a game, make a new one, and then go to 'Evil Mode'. Select the farther along game, play whatever chapter, and then save it onto your newer game. After completing a 'Evil Mode' chapter, you get exclusive items, such as an Orc Shield for Berethor.

There were a couple parts that annoyed me though. For example, the ambushes. They are horrible, especially if you have to go through five fixed fights after the ambush in order to get to a nearby save point. And sometimes the save points are very far away from each other, which increases the risk of getting killed by a random battle if you just went through a boss.

However, you can travel between levels, choose what to do with your characters, go through 'Evil Mode', and the camera is actually manageable!

However, most hardcore, diehard LotR fans won't like this game since it doesn't follow the other LotR propaganda. (But, which would you prefer, a carbon copy ripoff or something original, mixed with something familiar without being a ripoff? I thought so.) However, the more...lenient...LotR gamers might actually appreciate this game, as will the people who only bought the game in order to play it, not because its LotR.

I think this game is highly addictive, and although it goes kinda fast (depending on your rate of finishing games), it is well worth your money to buy, even if all you want is a game to pass the time.

I highly reccommend this game to other curious, intrepid, brave, whatever gamers that lurk out there. Yeah, you.

Give it a try, it might just turn out to be better than you thought. And don't just stare at it with diehard LotR comments and opinions in your head, clear it out and give it a try.

If you absolutely hate it, try to return it or give it to a nearby cousin or Goodwill or Salvation Army or whomever, just TRY IT first. After all, you can't judge a book by its cover or title. Same goes with a video game.

Waste of money...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: February 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game thinking that it was as cool as "the return of the kings" but honestly it isnt.. I have this friend and we are video game freaks... We thought it would be a nice co-op game, but two players dont appear on the screen at the same time... This is a freaking waste of money... And besides in battle, it is like hit and receive hit... well not my type and maybe not your type...

DO YOU GET THE FEELING YOU'VE BEEN CHEATED?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 19
Date: November 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

What happened? After waiting for 11 months since the release of "The Return of the King", I am left feeling cheated, disappointed, ripped off, bamboozled, tricked, deceived, duped, hoodwinked, swindled and defrauded. This game plainly sucks!!!

EA has brought shame to The Lord of the Rings Gaming Franchise. What kind of bleeping blank is this? There is no real interaction with the characters. The game is played in a "stop and go" method. You confront your enemy, then you choose what your plan of attack is, then you execute your attack. The enemy stays put while you hit him once then you run back to where you started and now it is the enemies turn to hit you. You don't even get to play as the main characters just some no name character. I make none of this up. What happened to the combinations, blocking, banes, gambits, rush attacks, death charges from the other great games?

I challenge anyone to play EA's Two Towers and Return of the King then immediately play this bleeping game and call The Third Age a great game.

EA, you idiots really know how to screw a good thing up. Good one bro', go smoke another one.

a little effort could've gone a long way

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I am a fan of the Lord of the Rings, I am a hard core fan of RPG's, and I like adaptations that aren't afriad to branch away from the original stories. The Third Age has all of this. When I first picked it up I thought it was great, apart from the fact they blatently ripped the battle system directly out of Final Fantasy 10, but I can live with that. The sound and graphics were great, and the environments , claustrophobic as they were, didn't seem bad in the beginning of the game. However, when I got through most of the Mines of Moria, I realised the harsh truth that I had experienced the high point of the game, That the game wasn't going to get any better cuz it really did suck this bad, and that that Claustrophobic linear environments were all this game had to offer. I wanted to finish the game and I wanted to see what they were going to do with the story so I chugged through the rest of the game. What they ended with was a game that grew more monotonous as it went on, and the story revealed itself as a pale outline of a possibly good story. But they decided to drop the ball on a good story, and make all of the characters remain as pale as they were when they arrived, delve into a love triangle where they were truthfully only two people in it but in the end they decided to throw the guy together with a random wench you meet along the way which makes no sense, and they decided to end the game with a climatic battle with Sauron on the top of Barrad-Dur which is the most random ending they could have had. The dumb ass main character decides, "Hey I'm gonna romance the random wench." then the screen fades away into a confrontation and suddenly you're fighting Sauron's eye on top of the tower. When the player gets to this point in the game (if you play it long enough to get there), all of the gameplay and story elements come together and you open your mouth and fill the air with a resopunding WTF!!!!!

It's sad cuz this could've been a good game, a little more effort would have turned this piece of crap into a decent RPG contender. But hey it's the movie game market, just sell the product even if it sucks

Not bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm always surprised how most games have people that loved it or hated it. I thought this one was good. Not great.

The graphics were good. I liked the animation and art style a lot better then a lot of the games in this genre. Just my opinion. The cut away scenes from the movies were cool. and like someone else said, they were optional.
The combat system is very similar to FFX. Maybe a bit of a ripoff, but I like it.
And the plot line does follow the journey of the fellowship pretty well, but it works. I don't mind a pretty linear game.

I do have a few problems with this game though.
1. No shops in the villages. I hate having a ton of weapons that I never use. Selling them would be handy.
2. not much interaction with NPCs. I think having this would help because it helps develop the characters.
3. I have never played a game like this where the heroes miss so much when trying to attack. It gets REALLY frustrating.

But overall it was still fun. Not a lot of thinking involved. And other then a few boss fights, not too hard.

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