Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers videogame preview
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To start, you have to choose between Gimli the dwarf, Aragorn the ranger, or Legolas the elf, each with their own special moves, attacks, and power-ups. Gimli uses his powerful axes to attack in close range combats, and throws his axes to attack from long distances. Aragorn uses his mighty sword to attack in close range combats, and throws arrows from his bow to attack from long distances. Legolas uses his cool swords (two of them) to attack in close range combats, and uses arrows from his bow to attack from long distances. These weapons can be up-graded while you progress in the game. For example, the arrows can be up-graded into fire arrows, which give more damage. Each character has his stats in a different way: Legolas is the fastest in throwing arrows and attacking, but he is the weakest (if an enemy attacks him, he will lose more life than the rest of the crew). Gimli is the strongest, but he is the slowest of all. Finally, Aragorn is all-round, which means he has all his stats equal or similar.
Once you begin your journey, you will have to battle two mayor events from the Fellowship of the Ring: The Mines of Moria and the final battle against the trolls (at the end of the movie). The game has 12 levels, plus one secret. It is a bit short and has no mulitplayer mode, you will beat it in about 7 to 10 hours max, but the game has lots of things to return for. I would have like to play as Gandalf, but you can't. Even though you can't choose him, he participates on the battles as a CPU AI.
The game might be short for some, but the replay value is great. Plus you can unlock a secret character after beating it(Isildur). For the fans, this game is a most!!
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If you took star wars battlefront ,and added lord of the rings this what you would get . The sound is great , but the graphics leave a little to be desired . the locations are fairly good . One of the things that I like is clips from the films . There are 3 different main unit classes , and several sub classes including ents and more .there are many heroes in this game . In conclusion if you liked star wars battlefront , you should like this game , if not I think it would hold your interest for awhile .
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In this game you are not any of the characters from the movies. You do fight alongside them like Gandalf for example. In this game you visit all of the areas that the Fellowship travled to like Moria, Helms Deep and other places. I thinl the story is bad that you are just following the Fellowship and you are not actually those characters. This game can also get kind of boring because you choose how to attack, or defend, or heal instead of running around and fighting people. This game was a little bit of a dissapointment but I still play it to relax and have fun.
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this game is one of the greatest games around that is my opinion and all my mates opinions if you like action packed games this is the game for you the graphics make you feel like you are in gandalfs or aragons shoes bye it now while stocks last
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In my opinion, one of the best RPGs launched this year. I'm looking forward for the other supplements and accessories to be launched in the future. If you are a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, this is a "must buy" product! By the way, I should have bought the Loremaster Screen together with it when I had the chance, dammit.
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I am a big Lord of the Rings fan, and also a big RTS fan, so I was thrilled when I found out that there would be a LotR RTS game. I played the first Battle for Middle Earth, and the only thing I didn't really like was the fact that you can only build buildings on certain build plots. When I heard that there was going to be a second BfME game, and that players could build anywhere to design their own castle, I was once again very excited. I promptly bought BfME2 as soon as possible, and while it is an incredible game, it does have some drawbacks. I am the type of player who does not like running out of resources, so the fact that the resource buildings produce less if they are too close to each other is a pretty big complaint I have about the game. I also do not like that walls can only be built within a certain distance of your fortress. I like to contain my opponent and protect my outlying resource buildings, but I find myself limited by the building restrictions that were not supposed to be present, even on small, two player maps. I enjoy everything else about this game, and it is really good for any LotR or RTS fans, but these negative features I mentioned earned this title a 4 star rating.
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Shadow of Mordor is basically the Arkham City of Lord of the Rings. You play a Ranger assigned to the Black Gate before it is captured by Uruks and you and your family are killed. You are resurrected by the ghost of a long dead elf Lord and start on a quest to undermine Saurons army and get vengeance on your families killer.

Combat is fairly tight if a little bland. There's very little surprises outside of the larger monsters you encounter. Counter, combo strike and instant takedowns are the basic order of combat. Stealth mechanics are well put together, and archery allows you to remove a good size number of enemies prior to main combat that really helps with odds and the overall strategy. The fact that you can take down officers with stealth kills is a really nice touch as well as it gives you a lot more latitude in terms of planning that you know you have to slog through every captain you see.

The side missions are a little odd. While I enjoy the herb gathering and the hunting missions, I iwish there was a reason for them. Similar to the artifact and the elvish script finds, they just don't tie in well with the central plot, despite how nicely polished they may be.

The main mechanic of this is the systematic destruction and takeover of Saurons army. The great point of this is any Captain can be taken out at any point, without needing a fully developed arsenal in your back pocket prior to making an attack. You get scaleable rewards based on the "Power" of the Captain you take out, but they're mostly window dressing.

Overall, a great game. Well done tried and true combat, enjoyable environments and story, and an entertaining army mechanic. I just wish it had opened up like a flower similar to Arkham Asylum rather than "Here's your open world. Now GO!" Basically some rewrites of a handful of the sidebars and this would've been near perfect.
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I recently purchased the One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild Roleplaying Game. And I must say, I am very impressed! It is a tabletop RPG set in the immediate aftermath of the events detailed in the Hobbit, and allows player to adventure in the area around Mirkwood and Lonely Mountain. And this is also the first (and only!) RPG that actually simulates the LOTR world correctly. It has rules for fighter types mostly, with wizards rightly kept to the background. And there are detailed rules for madness and other mental ailments that could drive your character over the edge! Highly recommended, if you are into that sort of thing!
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If you like turn based RPGs or Lord of the Rings, I would highly recommend this game.
This game has turn based combat, which allows you to decide what move would be most effective, and give you time to make strategic moves.  The graphics and combat are pretty good for a PS2 game.

I do like the fact that you can customize armor and weapons as you pick them up.  It is also possible to have extra heroes in your party (3 heroes in combat, 3 on the 'sidelines') and you can switch them out mid battle as the situation changes.  Haven't found another turn based RPG anywhere close to as good at LOTR: The Third Age!
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Awesome game to play, very graphically dynamic.
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This game is amazing didn't now wht it was at first found out its from lord of the rings cant beleave how greet this game looks even gameplay is off the wall,open world wow please make another one best game i played yet for as adventure and action would love to see another one in the making just as good,if u don't own this game u need to soon as u can.
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Nice not so good on the graphics but very good game Can't wait for part 2 to come out
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Yor're often suprised which games are the good ones, and this is one really good game. During all the levels, your constantly fighting, so the fighting controls give you the feelling that your actually fighting. ROTK isn't one of those games where you
stand there mashing the attack button hopping not to get hit. ROTK really puts it to YOUR skill. If your good, you can go through a whole level and not get hit once, but if your really bad, you'll die at the hands of the first orc you meet. Despite this its surprisingly easy to play (especialy with Legolas).
 As you finish each stage, the experince that you got in the stage to Level-up (10 Levels) goes to buy move up-grades. It is a good system, and it is quite fun to just sit down with a character and start hacking your way through enemies. There's just something addictive about the fighting.
 Another thing I should mention, is that the characters fight much the way they do in the movies. Sam and Frodo attack only to get past. Gandalf uses his great power to devistate many enemies,
Aragorn fights standardly with his sword, Gimli fights powerfully but slowly with his axes, and Legolas loses none of his speed. Legolas is easily the best character especially in co-op, as you can slice up enemies, with your twin elven sabres, and in the split second it takes the next enemy to attack, you can turn around, fire and arrow at an orc trying to ambush your partner, and turn back around to smash that next enemy, all in the blink of an eye, and your controling all of it. One warning though,
once you finish a level, you can't play it again with the same character untill you finish the last level (frodo's battle with gollum above mount doom) so make sure you do it right the first time, or in the case of the path of the king(Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli) play the level with your favorite character last, so they will get the better rating and experience.
 One more thing, Enemies are worth more experience the better you are fighting, there are four experience modes(Fair, Good, Exellent, Perfect), and the latter ones give A LOT more experience( in Path Of The Dead, one kill in Fair mode gives 75 EXP, but the same kill in Exellent mode gives 10,000 EXP)(or something like that)
 Lastly, the nine characters are Frodo, Samwise, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Farimir, and GANDALF(about frigging time).
Graphics - 4.5/5 (occasonal frame skips during cutscenes)
Sound - 5/5 (brilliant, right out of the movies)
Controls - 4.5/5 (no jump, and playing co-op can be frustrating)
Overall - 4/5 (the first half, and most of the movie-segments, are out of the two towers not return of the king, but that is only the first half and it sticks to ROTK in the second half)
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As I wrote in review for The Two Towers, I was happy to find The Lord of the Rings in audio format, and looked forward to listening to the first in J.R.R. Tolkien's  series as I had enjoyed reading them in book-form years ago.
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Fans of the Witcher video games will love to immerse themselves in this book. A quick read of 300+ pages fills in much of the backstory of Geralt and why he is call the Butcher of Blaviken as well as his meetings with key characters of the story. Excited to buy the next book and learn more about this monster hunter.
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There are many great points to this game.  One, it is incredibly fun, as it's made in the same style of Star Wars: Battlefront, with a "you control the action" game play.  Two, this game is based on the Lord of the Rings series, even having a campaign where evil wins the war of the ring!  Furthermore, the controls are very simple and can be understood by nearly everyone- even my dad can play this game (and that's saying something)!
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This game was amazing!. You Play as Aragorn,Legolas,Gimli,gandalf,Sam,Frodo. When you beat the game you unlock two secrets levels three interviews and 3 characters (1 of them is Pippin! The other two you can get yourself!)
The levels are much larger than its predesesor the two towers. The game is more challenging but with the same beat em' up style play! Graphics are much improved from TTT. The levels you play are - The Road to Isenguard - Minas Tirith Top of the Wall-Minas tirith Courtyard - - Paths of the dead - King of the Dead - The southern Gate - Pellenor Fields - The Black Gate - - Escape frome Osgiliath - Shelobs Lair - Cirith Ungol - THE CRACKS OF DOOM! Thank you for reading my review.