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Summary: Simply Awful
Review: The best thing I can say about this game is that it is mercifully short (believe it when you read reviews that say 4-6 hours of gameplay max). The user interface is terrible, the quests require no real strategy or gameplay skill, and the story was pointlessly altered. Even the cut scenes were bad. Half the scenes are animated, and half look like they were taken from that wierd 70's LOTR movie/cartoon. This is a cash-in on the LOTR franchise. Avoid like the plague.
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Summary: this is not a review, more of a question
Review: Can you play LOTR: TFOTR the whole way as Aragorn or, "Strider"?
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Summary: One Frustrating Roadblock After Another...
Review: This game was the most frustratingly annoying purchase I have ever made. After carefully confirming that my computer met or exceeded all of the listed requirements, I happily trundled home from the store with my new game, ready to install and play. But NOOOOO. First, I learn that the README files require XP users to install SP1 for DirectX 8.1b. That took me 144 minutes to download. Then I had to download the patch from the technical support web site. Another 33 minutes. BUT IT STILL WON'T RUN! So I email tech support and they tell me that LOTR runs heavy on Hardware T&L technology, and my video card doesn't support this. What garbage! My computer is less than a year old and I have to buy a whole new card to run a game? Come on, Black Label Games, please make products that work for the general public and their average computers, not just for geeks. The upshot for my sad story is that I will be returning this game and getting my money back, asap. Unless you have a video card that loves Hardware T&L, I suggest that you don't buy this product, it will only lead to frustration and wasted time online. Too bad, too. I really looked forward to playing this game.
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Summary: Poorly Designed and Too Short
Review: The good parts of the game:The graphics in this game aren't bad, the equal of other games of this type. They're nothing special, though, considering the system requirements on the game. The best part, however, is that you get to "step into middle earth", and that's wonderful for a die-hard LOTR fan like myself. You get to walk about the Shire, Barrow Downs, Bree, and Moria. You get the chance to play parts of the game as Frodo, Aragorn and Gandalf. The bad parts: The game is very short. It took me about 4 hours to complete the whole thing, and much of that was re-playing the hard parts until I could get past them. The areas, aside from the Shire and Moria are not very extensive. There are, for example, only two rooms in all of Lothlorien. Only one in Rivendell. This is sad because exploring the world of middle earth was the most compelling part of the game. This game is a strange cross between the movie, the book, and a script written specifically for the game. For example, do you remember the four hobbits beating up spiders with sticks? Me either, but it's in the game. How about when Sam was snatched by a flying Nazgul? Frodo never has a conflict with Boromir, and Boromir never dies. Galadriel, acting as the narrator, simply says that "The fellowship was successful, it brought the ring bearer to the edge of Mordor." The dialog between the characters, especially in the cut scenes, is not very well written. I got the impression that it was written for children. Of course, all of the plot points of the story are done in cut scenes. After all, you couldn't allow Frodo to escape getting hit by the morgul-blade, or allow Gandalf to continue past Moria, that would change the story completely. This unfortunately, will leave you playing parts of the story that aren't that interesting. The game engine has some serious problems. The angle of the "virtual camera" frequently leaves you in positions where you can't see what's going on. In combat, that can be a real problem. You can switch to "First Person Perspective" but that only allows you to shoot missile weapons and move, nothing else is allowed in that mode. When trying to escape the Shire, you have to sneak past all of the Nazgul. The problem is, if they see you, a cut-scene plays, then you get a screen saying you've lost. Then you go back to the main menu, where you have to choose "Load Game" to start again. Since it's so easy to be spotted, you end up going through that whole sequence over and over and over again until you get things exactly right. I found this to be frustrating. When you are travelling with the Fellowship, certain members will only be there for the cut-scenes. For example, in Moria, only Gandalf and Gimli are there for most of the game play. But, when the cut-scenes play the entire fellowship is there. Or, when fighting the Nazgul at the end (a game-only thing) you play the part of Aragorn, and when you hit it with the last arrow, suddenly the cut-scene begins and Legolas brings it down. You do all the work, and Legolas (who wasn't even there to help you) gets the credit. I'd only recommend this game to die-hard Tolkien fans. It's not very well designed, and it's very short. It's only worth paying for if you REALLY like the story.
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Summary: Waste of a good title
Review: I've played many different Lord of the Rings based computer games over the years and this one is really disappointing. The graphics of the game are quite good, the story isn't bad, but there is something lacking. If I had to say where the game went wrong I'd have to say that it was to fast. Also, the AI is very poor, you can sit and shoot monsters with your rocks (Frodo), arrows(Aragorn), or spells (Gandalf) from a distance and they will stand there without moving until they die. If you want a real LOTR game go and find a copy of Interplay's LOTR and the Two Towers (see if you are strong enough to defeat the Balrog without losing Gandalf), ebay may have them (make sure they have the manual w/ them). The one plus about this game was I picked it up for 25, @ gogamer.com which wasn't that much of a waste of money as it would have been elsewhere.
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Summary: lord of the rings pc
Review: Looks good. have not gotten to play it yet but have done alot of research on it. You get to play as aaragorn, gandalf, and frodo.
from what i've heard the game is really short for advanced gamers, but that shouldn't be a problem for me because i reek! lots of blood. camera views stink. graphics are awesome. {for me anyway.} Frodo is very agile and can sneak past opponents, Aaragorn is very strong and has good fighting skills, and Gandalf has powerful magic. in the first few levels you have to be frodo but you move on to Gandalf and Aaragorn later in the game. I wouldn't reccomend it for experienced gamers but it looks good for amauteurs.
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Summary: This is a good game!
Review: Hey guys, I know a lot of you are complaining that "this game is too short" but think about it: The Lord of the Rings is about being on a journey with some dangers along the way, but mosty it's about traveling. It really isn't such a small game in terms of map size. The problem is you run through it because there aren't as many monsters to fight as in other games. Look at Dungeon Siege. You can't walk five spaces without having another band of monsters to fight. Every bit of space in Dungeon Siege is filled with monsters. Same with most other battle games. The Fellowship of the Ring is different. There are large open spaces and places to travel without montsters. I don't think of this as a disadvantage. Sure the game is only 5 or 6 hours long in terms of gameplay but at least I immerse myself in middle earth during that time! I think there is replay value in this game especially if you love the stories and you want to revisit middle earth. However if you're looking only for fighting in every inch of the map there are tons of other games that offer that. Few games give you middle earth! This game delivers on that! Give it some credit!
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Summary: Don't bother
Review: I'll keep it short--Don't bother. Compared to other recent games like Jedi Knight 2, etc, this game is 5 years behind the times. The game engine is a clunker and the controls do not allow you to respond at the same rate as your adversaries. The Tolkien Estate should be ashamed...
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Summary: Let down
Review: Gameplay was fun. But it was short. I was thinking about getting the two towers version of this. Now i'm not. I felt like they watched the movie, picked out THREE key parts, made those into levels and that was about it! You've got, get out of the shire, get through moria, and then the game basically ends after you kill some orcs. NOT worth the money. I feel like this game played on the fact that there are tons of tolkien fans out there who would like to play a LOTR game. They capitalized on it, and were just out to make money. Should have rented it and beat it I guess. So what game play there was, was good. It was way to short. You don't even get to use legolas gimli boromir, or anyone else. What would have been cool is something more along the lines of zelda(freedom to travel around) and having some sort of team battle, where you could switch who you wanted to control. The computer takes over for the others. I was disappointed in this game. I will be looking at other peoples reviews on the next two... So sad.
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Summary: Lord of the Ripoffs
Review: Don't waste your money on this game. I bought it based solely on how it looked on the tv commercials. The game only took me three days to beat and it seemed like it was out of the blue. I had no idea I was near the end. Besides that the plot was horrible. The fighting was ok but "The One Ring" played absolutely no role in the entire game; I never had to use it once. I might have enjoyed the game a little more if it hadn't been so terribly short. Save your money unless you want to buy it from me. (joke)
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