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Great fun always ends soon

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love tactics games and LOTR, so bought this one by instinct without reading any review. The game didn't disappoint me, is very fun, fast paced and the animation is amazing, besides the strategy and planning your moves you will enjoy just by looking the characters executing the attacks and spells.

The only negative is the fact that you will complete all the levels relatively in a short time (maybe with more levels I wouldn't get enough either) so after completing it with the bad guys, I tried to start again with the Fellowship, and you get the same missions but on the other side of the ring. I have to admit that playing with Sam and Frodo is not closely fun compared with the Witch King attacks, so really don't went too far with the good guys. I guess I will be playing again from the start but trying to win in less moves or getting different skills and items to slain the good guys faster (sorry for my sadistic side).

Finally a PSP game worth buying!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have had a PSP for a few months now, and 6 games that suck, besides the Namco Museum (for Pac-Man of course). Finally, a good game has come out. If you are a LOTR fan, you'll love being in the battles that take place on Middle Earth. It takes some thinking to play this one (kind of a chess match), so don't be ready for some mindless sword slinging.

Oh well

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of tactics games. For that and only reason I bought this game.This is a good game for short term simply because it's too short. All you can do is follow the movie story (the movie was damn long one) no alternatives. Dissapointing.

Great Game for PSP!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for PSP. This is an underrated Fire Emblem Type game. It's in the middle of an RPG and an action game ( I think). The graphics are great and the cutscenes from the movie, right before each mission is awesome and sets the scene. You have many infamous LOTR charectors, and this being the first LOTR game I've ever owned, I have to say, it is pretty addicting. However, this game has no replay value, and freezes up at random times during a mission :( It's also different than the first 3 Lord of the Rings games if you think it's going to be anything like that. It's learning curve was about half an hour for me, but some parts are just too hard to understand. The controls are simple, which is perfect for a kind of game like this. The music is the LOTR theme song most of the time, and if you're like me, nothing can beat it :D

This game would be great for anyone, and it's a little expensive when not on sale... So, Rent it, because it took only a few hours to beat it.

Any LOTR fan should own this....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I must say....This game is all that! It resembles the game releases on PS2, but at the same time, is so different. I highly recommend this game. There is a slight freeze problem that will occur every now and again, but simply pop out your disc and put it right back and you are off again where you left off. The game is so addicting. Especially if you are a fan of LOTR. I was lucky to catch this on sale at Best Buy at $39.99 for the week it dropped in price, but now it's back up to $49.99 there and is well worth even that. It is basically chess with the LOTR characters. Strategically position your characters to meet the objective. I was a bit confused when I did the tutorial, but after I tried it, I figured it out and have been tearing the computer up for now. I'm sure it will get tougher though. Different levels and difficulty levels will keep you entertained for a great while. I could not put this thing down when I started playing it. It is truly worth every penny.

EA has screwed a good thing up again!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Overall it's a good game that keeps you wanting to play the next mission. It's also fairly difficult which is a good thing (I usually have to play each level twice before beating it). But BEWARE, EA has not done their quality assurance checks again (as in the major malfunctions with the Madden 06 for PSP game). This game has often froze up and turned my PSP off right in the middle of a mission. So frustrating... I smell Class Action! I'm about to boycott EA games. Well, if you want to keep playing this game, please remember to save often!

Good effort by EA

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for the psp. For those of you that are Final Fantasy fans this game plays like Final Fantasy Tactics.
You can play either the side of Moria or the Fellowship. Some reviews call this a short game. If you only play it once with out getting everthing for your heros, it is. However I'm taking the time to get everthing and the memory stick claims I have about nine hours play time. I still don't have all the Moria skills. I still need to lv the side of the fellowship and get there skills. I belive you could spend 20+ hours to get everthing.
The graphics on this game is the best i've seen on a handheld. The sound is great as well. The game also has clips from all three movies.
Now the down side. As you work your way through the game, all your heros gain exp. It don't matter if they was in combat or not. However, you still have spend the credits on your heros skills. The highest lv you can go is lv 15 which = 8,700 exp.
Over all this was a great effort by EA.

could be a bit better but is very good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: November 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I give this game five stars because it is very enjoyable although a couple small things would have made it so much greater. The game has great graphics, good sound and shows alot more video from the movie than i expected. The only problem i really have with it is the thing one of the other reviewers mentioned: it doesnt really have any in-game story. Sure it shows video to progress the game but there are no in-game cut scenes or voice overs like the other LOTR games. It is a great strategy game and is really a PS2 looking version of 'LOTR the third age' for GBA. Any reviewer that gave the game a really low rating obviously had no idea what the game consisted of and probly expected the game to be like the ps2 versions. Although it could have been better, it is a great game.

Good Looking Fast-Paced Tactics Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For a tactics type game, this one has bigger, better looking, more realistic graphics than most. Because enemy and hero units move simultaineously, and it is simpler than most tactics games, it is faster paced than most as well. It features skills/spells and items similar to "LOTR - The Third Age", which must be purchased in-between battles. All "Heros" gain experience from each battle, even if they were not in it. Not a game for purists, if you would like to battle it out as LOTR Heros with a horde of Orcs in turn-based combat, you'll like it.

The only downside is that the game consists of battles only, there are no story line descisions to direct the course of the game. It does feature clips from the LOTR movies that introduce each battle, but they really do not give the game a feeling of continuity.

I am basically comparing this to FF Tactics and similar games. I would hesitate to call it an RPG.

Great Game...1 Downfall though.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well If you are looking to buy this your already know what Lord Of The Rings Is. So let me start with the Pros.

Pro's -

- Enviroments - Nicly done.
- Attacks - Normal and Bow attacks are nicly animated.
- Spells - Most you will want to see more then once, very few are boring and lame.
- Story - Well it's Lord Of The Rings for a handheld, it's good but nothing more.
- Length - Well let me say it's not a short game, but not a 40+ hour game either, you will get a good 15-30 hours out of it mattering how much you play and what you do.
- Battery - Really good, last a good 3-5 hours.
- Loading times - maybe 10-15-20 seconds at most, but the nicly done loading screens will atleast be there.

Con's -

- Character Models - Well i know it's PSP and it's a handheld but must games have low looking versions of a ps2 while this has PS1 gphrics *Sorry For Any Spelling Mistakes* for models.

Yeah it's not a big Con but somtimes with these nicly looking spells you wanted those ps2 G's to kick in. Owell this game is still great and probebely the best RPG out there as of now 11/11/05...Hope you enjoy! :)

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