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WOW!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 16
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is TERRIFFIC!!! Great graphics, music, gameplay!
Well there might be a few things that are bad about the game...
like the all charachters & all rings & gems
cheat it takes 15 minutes to enter!!! And ya the battle system
is pretty [bad] but everything else is GREAT!!!
It would brighten any Toliken fans day!!!
If you like it you also might be interested in the
Forgotten Realms games of mabey even Diablo!!

The best game in the world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 24
Date: November 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best games ever played and I heard a rumor that the company that created this game had only made 20 copies of the game and I have one of them. For all of you gamers out there if you like a good fantasy role playing game then this is one you want to buy right now!!!!!!!

Weird, But Very Good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I really love both the movies and the book, and I wanted to see how a 1994 game was alike the Lord Of The Rings games who are now coming out by Electronic Arts. Well, the first thing I've noticed was the soundtrack, it's one of the greatest soundtracks for the SNES. Sweet melodies while in the Shire, darker ones while in some kind of caves, more misterious while in some fields. Very good, indeed. Well, as I've noticed other people saying in here, this game's graphics are indeed impressive, very good, both the characters and the landscapes are well-designed. So, technically, the game is very worth your money.
Now, the game is a little weird, unlike EA's. You play as Frodo in the beggining of the game, I don't know if you can change your character, because I'm really at the beggining of the game. Frodo's health isn't very large, I don't know, but I think you get power-ups throughout the game. I'm kind of stuck in the first ten minutes of gameplay, because I don't really know what I'm supposed to do. Look for Sam's glasses? Help Pippin to get out of those fields? I still don't get my objective. But, even though this game is a little weird.. It's one of the greatest for the SNES. Worth you money if, unlike me, you can figure out what to do. Hope my review was helpful.

Worth the Money

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: January 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the most engrossing and well done games I have ever played. I wasn't able to stop playing it! If you like older rpg's such as Secret of Mana, or any of the Final Fantasy series, you will be happy to have bought this game, it would be an excellent addotion to any collection.

Tolkien spins in his grave...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

....every time someone plays this game. While based on the classic books, which defined modern fantasy fiction, the game itself takes liberties with the story to the point where it is barely recognizable. Substandard graphics (even for the time that the game was released,) slow gameplay, and poor sounds detract even further from the enjoyment of the game.

could of been better but still excellent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It could of been better but it was still really good. Maybe it was just because I like the movie and the book?but probaly not. If you are debating wether to by it or not, because it is expensive or because you just can't decide then trust my opinion, You should defiantly by it!

could of been better but still excellent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It could of been better but it was still really good. Maybe it was just because I like the movie and the book?but probaly not. If you are debating wether to by it or not, because it is expensive or because you just can't decide then trust my opinion, You should defiantly by it!

its ok

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 21
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i think is ok the music is alright i give it a four because of its graphics

"Clouded, this game's future is..."

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 29 / 35
Date: September 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Why the Yoda reference, you ask? Tolkien has absolutely nothing to do with Star Wars. However, Interplay's attempt at a Tolkien game seems to have suffered from the same problem as LucasArts' attempts at Star Wars games. Awesome concepts, wonderful stories to work with, but ruined by poor execution.
First off, this game does have wonderful graphics, especially considering that it was an SNES title. Some of the music is also amazing, capturing the mood of Tolkien's story perfectly, in my opinion. That title theme, and the song that plays in the Shire... excellent. The caves and dungeons are dark and eerie, just as they should be, and the forests are very lush and realistic. The sound of that wind blowing in the cave is simply chilling if you're really into the game.
Unfortunately though, there are some major flaws to this game which, in my opinion, make it unworthy of a purchase. For one, the multiplayer aspect is very poorly done. Like Secret of Mana, this is an action RPG with real-time battles. However, instead of being able to give instructions for the CPU to follow (like Mana's Action Grid), you must hold a button to guide their actions, which results in your controlling ALL of the allies at once--press Left for one person, and your entire party moves left, press Attack and everyone swings. Do not even consider relying on the CPU to guide them. They sometimes stand perfectly still and let an enemy attack them without even attempting to defend themselves. Or, even more often, they become utterly foolish and go wandering off alone into some odd parts of the woods. They are usually killed by an orc out there before you can find them.
That leads me to another flaw: characters cannot be revived. If someone falls in battle, they are gone permanently for the rest of the game. If Frodo falls, the game is over.
A third flaw is that the game, for some strange reason, uses a PASSWORD system instead of a battery save, with long and tedious passwords to boot. This is just completely impractical for an RPG.
Finally, there are two last things that really kill the game. One is that there is too much dungeon crawling--WAY too much. In fact, that is pretty much all you do for the entire game. The other is that there are too many odd events added to this game that are totally inconsistent with the book. This usually doesn't bother me too much, but this game just takes it way too far. They've made all sorts of completely unacceptable story twists, just to give an excuse for you go wandering into all these dungeons.
Ultimately, this game could have been an excellent addition to the Super Nintendo's already impressive list of RPGs, but it fails badly. I'd say stay away from this game, but get the soundtrack if one exists.

For Ben Richardson...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 21
Date: October 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is for Ben, the guy with the Yoda quote: George Lucas has stated in countless interviews that his main influence when writing STAR WARS was Tolkien and "The Lord of the Rings," and even went so far as to say that STAR WARS was pretty much the Lord of the Rings in space. Surely you can see the parallels in the stories?

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