The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age User Reviews (PS2)

DeathKnight's Review
Jan 14, 2005

Written by DeathKnight

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THE BAD:
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SUMMARY:
Story/Concept
EA Games really slacked off in this department. Rather than start another game that simply followed the quest of the Fellowship, EA came up with a new idea: Lord of the Rings JV Squad. This game features six characters including Berethor the Gondorian, Idrial the Elf, Elegost the Ranger, Hadhod the Dwarf, and others. The latter two, Elegost and Hadhod, bear strange likeness to the household favorite ranger, Aragorn, and the dwarf of the fellowship, Gimli, respectively. Gandalf steers you through the entire plot of the game. Players see much of the movies through cut-scenes called "Epic Scenes." There are 109 of these available, but if you've seen the movie plenty of times these become quite old after a while.

So the first question one should ask himself when playing this game is why didn't Gandalf introduce his apparently not-so-cool friends in the...

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King of Universe's Review
Dec 29, 2004

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Written by King of Universe

THE GOOD:
The good is that it's the original voice-act from the "known characters", over half a million different weapons, the (FFX) battlesystem and that it has good graphics.

THE BAD:
The only bad thing is that it's short!
I finished the game in three days, with 99%.

SUMMARY:
Well, I love RPG-games, so when LOTR;TTA came out I bought it right a way.
And I loved the game, until i finished it.
After you finish it, it has NO replay value AT ALL!!!
Sure you can level up, but there's no point.
And it is impossible to get 100%, 'cause you can't save at the end of the game.
Nontheless, I do think the game is really good.
I would recomend to rent it, not buy it, unless you are a BIG LOTR-fan like me.
But a really cool thing is...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

User reviews for The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

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“Way to bastardize Lord Of The Rings, guys!”

“Seems to me that EA doesn't know the first thing about RPGs...Aside from flashy turn-based combat.”

“The Third Age”

“It's coooooooooool!”

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