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Summary: Graphics, characters, it's got it all, except....
Review: Now, when you start out in this game, you think 'what are they doing? They start me out in the shire, where nothing happens.' Where is the hack and slash? It comes later, right now, you get familiarized with the theme, which is bogus because 90% of people buying the game have read the book. You have to find your walking stick and steal a few seed-cakes. Exciting stuff, right? That is what I said. Then you realize it isn't so simple. You get caught by a couple of chickens, and you lose the game. Harsh. Not only that, but yoiu have to jump up waterweels and over cliffs to...take a hammer from a kid. Wow. You have to get the hammer so you can fix a bridge over a river that is 2 In. deep. Then after you "beat" that level, you start with the hack n' slash. Once you get into it, the game, you start to realize that combat is a part of the game. I like the fact that the bodies of the dead creatures are not shown. As the story gets going, I realize something. They didn't put the game in chronological order. Firstly, you shouldn't get Sting in the troll caves, but in Mirkwood. Secondly, the level under the mountain, you run into 3 goblins in the Book, not 3000. Below, I list the pros and cons of the game. Pros:
1. graphics
2. character depth
3. combat sequences
4. lack of gore. Cons:
1. differs from book
2. tricky camera angles
3. lack of gore If you like: 1. RPGs: depends on if you like Tolkiens works.
1st person shooters: must have. flight sims: stay away.
sci-fi/action: get it now! I hope I have influenced your decision on whether or not to spend your hard-earned cash on this game.
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Summary: hated it!
Review: Perhaps it's because I had just finished "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and was looking for more of the same...but I hated this game. First I had to install and uninstall it three times to get it to work. That alone was terribly annoying. My system is NOT ancient, but this was ridiculous. I will admit that I didn't get very far into it. I got immediately bored picking up jewels on the road. I disliked my character's movement. I disliked the environment and what you have to do to move ahead. I'm not an expert gamer, but this was too much work for so little fun. If I have to sweat, sure would like some decent results. My advice? Buy Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, instead.
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Summary: THIS GAME IS GREAT
Review: THIS IS A WELL DONE GAME BY SIERRA. IT HAS GREAT GRAPHICS, GREAT MUSIC, GREAT VOICES, AND GREAT GAMEPLAY. IVE READ OTHER REVIEWS AND THEY SAY THAT THE CAMERAS ARE MESSED UP, BUT THERE PERFECTLY FINE. IF YOUR THINKING ABOUT GETTING THIS GAME YOUR MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE IN GETTING IT. ONCE YOU START TO PLAY YOU DONT WANT TO STOP. ITS AWESOME BECAUSE YOU GET TO USE THE RING TO MAKE YOURSELF INVISIBLE DURING THE GAME, AND YOU GET TO USE A GLOWING SWORD NAMED STING. I RATE THIS GAME FIVE STARS BECAUSE ITS TOTALLY AWESOME, AND ANY BOZO WHO DOESNT THINK THAT IS AN INSIGNIFICANT BUM!!!! Ethan Newcomer
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Summary: patience makes perfect
Review: This is the first PC game I've bought for myself, usually I buy kiddie-level games for my 5-year old. Being an avid Tolkien fan, I thought it would be fun to try. In a word, I really enjoy this game a lot. It has a good mix of hack and slash plus puzzle-solving. But, let me warn you, there are times you have to die many dozens of times before figuring out how to get through, around, or just plain run away from some baddie. My daughter has watched me play and gets frustrated at me for dying so much, but I think it's a good lesson for her in patience when she sees me eventually figure it out.
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Summary: Merely a Poor Console Conversion to make a buck
Review: What the company did here is paid big bucks to get the movie name and rights to the characters, then no follow through. Not trusting the company is the reason for a demo. More demo's please. Recall the game, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"? Is was a beta for this game. Now they have better rendering on the characters, but they forgot to put color on the ground and walls. Everything is black. Super annoying. One player. "How do I get up there?" If you hate jumping games, you'll hate jumping games more that they don't finish making. Keyboard - Extra long jump Left-Ctrl key+direction key+jump key+you can't see because they didn't render the ground or the walls in act 2...it's black. Major design flaw (act1) with invisible barriers - If you push the butter churn to the fence near the hay stacks, standing on it to jump over, you can't jump back. You can physcially jump higher than the fence, but they never thought you'd do that and were using an invisible vertical barrier, so you couldn't get there in the first place. If you liked the book, don't purchase this game or you'll even find the book frustrating.
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Summary: Not a PC game fanatic- but I loved this!
Review: WOW! I am in no way a big PC game person. I prefer to play solitaire or go on cartoonnetwork.com. But when my younger brothers brought this home, I was definitely intrigued by the things you had to do in the game.
As soon as I got to play it, I was immediatly hooked. As an amateur, my brothers had to help me at several points, but I was able to figure most of it out on my own. I'm not a Tolkein freak, I just enjoyed the movies, so I can't complain about the storyline, because there definitely is one in this game. There is no bad language nor is there blood, which was a plus for me, as I am a female and I just don't enjoy those things. Of course you have to defeat villians, but it's not gross.
The graphics are awesome, too. There are excellent details and lots of movement. The look and feel of the levels all vary thus far, which makes it so the game doesn't get boring.
I highly recommend this game to anyone- even if you don't like PC games.
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