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best game ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 17
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

ive played all three games and id hafta say this one is definetly the best. The gameplay is awesome and the character are ritgeous. If i were you id reserve my copy for this game

Best game from a film

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 41 / 42
Date: July 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Having just come from Comic-Con where it was available for visitors to play, this is a great game. I've greatly enjoyed the Two Towers game, but this one beats it hands down. The graphics are superior in every way: The environments are rich and natural (wait until you see Minas Tirith in flames) and the characters are much more detailed, even down to fabric and hair texture. The fights are just as engaging as in Two Towers (cave trolls everywhere!) and as in TT the original actors' voices are used extensively.

But here's the best: There is team play! You and your significant other (who obviously wouldn't be your significat other if they didn't love LOTR) can now play right along side of your character. Legolas and Gimli back to back fighting trolls as the city burns around them! (And in one full screen -not some disorienting split-screen.)

Sorry, you will have no choice but to buy this game - and you will never see the light of day again.

Great game from a movie

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: September 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well I havent actually played the full game but I played a demo and it rocked so I guess the game will be a million times better!

Finally Bought It!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought the Two Towers game for Xbox about two months ago and absolutely loved it. I saw an ad for this game, and I knew that I would have to get my hands on a copy as soon as it came out. I've played the demo, and the demo kicks butt! All I have to say is if you haven't preordered yet, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!!! HIT ADD TO CART NOW!!!

Goin to be awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is going be to by far be one of the top games this year, its going to have 10 playable characters including gandalf, the old characters from the Two Towers,frodo,sam, and many others. sick of taking turns with a friend on The Two Towers? now their coop play so you can form your own Fellowship and go on the quest with a friend! you will also be able to shoot catapults, roll boulders, ect. i'm gettn this game the first day it comes out.

GET THIS GAME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The demo was great and to be quick and to the point if the demo was good then the game must be much better so GET THIS GAME!!!

The Battle for Middle Earth has truly begun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 24 / 29
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I picked this game up the day it came out and immediately went home and played up until the last 2 levels. The next day I finished those and started going back through the previous levels with the new characters and building up my others. I was somewhat worried about the game before it came out because I had heard a new development team would be working on this title, rather than the one who did The Two Towers - which I thought was just a tremendous success as not only a LoTR fan, but a gamer as well. Turns out my fears were laid to rest as soon as I watched the opening movie and started the first level back at Helm's Deep. The controls are even better than before (althought at times your timing for moves has to be spot on) and the AI is much improved. The choice of characters is great and you never feel like you are playing the same characters over (except for the case of the secret ones which I must say disappointed me.) I can't wait to see the movie even more now after seeing how Jackson has interpreted some of Tolkien's work. My favorite parts of the game were probably the later levels (mostly because I had plenty of moves to dispatch my foes with.) The battle of the Pellenor Fields and The Black Gate are two of the most challenging and impressive levels simply because of the onslaught of orcs and other enemies that pour over your character and allies. I haven't tried the co-op mode yet, although I can't imagine it being much different than the single player game. I do look forward to pairing up the characters in some fun combinations : (i.e. Sam and Gimli hacking their way through Cirith Ungol to find Frodo, or Gandalf and Pippin defending the beseiged walls of Minas Tirith from the waves of Uruk attackers.) Good fun for all, and I couldn't recommend this title more. Only complaints lie in the length of the game (in which I just never wanted it to end) and the lack of more interesting secret characters (although I appreciate them for being there, I really would have liked to play as some other characters...but I won't spoil the surprise for anyone and hope that I haven't already.)

Very Good Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok, for starters this game has a very good layout. You can interact with many things on each of the levels. The graphics are outstanding and the levels are very detailed. Also the game play runs much more smotthly than the two towers. Its not just hack and slash you get more flow when you do those things in this game.
+ On the posstive side the game has great levels and alsome graphs. Also there are many levels with very hight detail and texture. There are many unlockabkles and the chachters are very graphic with smooth movements. Another thing that is great is the co op play. Its fun to fight along side someone else the isint a computer bot. You get a lot better scores in co op also with getting pass levels easier. Also the upgrades are really neat. There are alsoem moves to but. Like Legolas you can buy an upgrade where you can shoot to arrows at once. Its very cool.

- On the negative side the levels can be extermely hard. You have the same levels on co op and single players so its very hard to play on just single. Also the levels can be a little long. A level usually takes at least 15 minutes. So it takes a while to beat the game. The camera angles can be pretty bad to at some times.
=I preored this game thinking it would be just another average game with repetive levels. But I got a above average game with great charcters and levels. This game is defiantly worth buying or at least renting a couple(100) times.

Fantastic but not perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Graphically this game is a solid A, very nice rendering of light elements and textures. The transition between storyline vignettes and actual gameplay is fantastic throughout. Often you are dropped right into the middle of a scene, almost taking you by surprise (sometimes you might be in the middle of a battle!). Kudos to the design team for this type of play. The characters are rendered very well and move fluidly. The fighting is pretty straight forward and the AI is pretty good for most enemies. The level ups and moves available are also excellent. The game follows the plot of the movie/book for the most part and you are hurled into epic battles and other missions such as protecting frodo. Different levels require various characters whose abilities you develop in typical RPG fashion (ie experience points for defeating enemies). The wrinkle here is the rating you get for dispatching your foes. You can get "fair", "Good", "Excellent" or "Perfect". You gain more experience points for better executed attacks. These points are spendable in between rounds as upgrades for either your character or the entire party. The only thing stopping this game from being a complete home run is that, while it is fun and entertaining, it is way to easy to conquer.

The bonus featurettes (sort of DVD style - unlocked after certain levels are beaten) are also a nice addition, expecially for a fan of the series in general.

THE BEST GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is honestly the best game I have EVER played that is based on a movie. Actually, Halo is the ONLY game out there that is better than this game. Its the BEST. If you are a fan or maybe even not. This is the game for you. You will be hooked on it for hours beyond hours plaing it. ITS THE BEST!!!

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