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[Wario64]

7.7

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/tlotrthethirdage/review.html

"The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age molds Middle-earth into a traditional turn-based frame, and while the results aren't all that great, the game carries some pretty good features and should appeal to fans of the source material."

 

[duderon]

7.9-.2 Dissapointing

Come on Gamespot! You know we want the magic numbers!

 

[jenov4]

It should be called LOTR-X2

The graphics are real pretty though.

 

[AeroGod]

Im Halfway through Moria now, I like it alot. Good character customization and i like how new pieces of armor and items actually appear on your characters. As for the game being easy, if you put it on hard it can be pretty difficult sometimes.

 

[siamesedreamer]

Picked it up and its pretty cool so far.

WTF is the deal with your character walking alone and then the other characters only showing up in battles?

 

[Uncle Dukey]

That's pretty common in RPGs..

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Picked it up and its pretty cool so far.

WTF is the deal with your character walking alone and then the other characters only showing up in battles?

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Final Fantasy. Cutscenes and battles, baby. Cutscenes and battles.

 

[M3wThr33]

Picked it up and its pretty cool so far.

WTF is the deal with your character walking alone and then the other characters only showing up in battles?

See, other consoles like the GameCube, PS2, and GBA have things called RPGs. While you spend time justifying KoToR, Morrowind and Fable as replacements for them, you are lacking the crucial Japanese RPG selection. These games have been in creation since early NES days with Dragon Warrior/Quest and Final Fantasy.

I'm sure you are tempted to return your copy of this EA title to Wal-Mart now as you have just determined the original idea is not of American descent.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

This is a crap RPG. If anyone else than EA had made it (and if it had had another license or just some generic fantasy story) it would have marks around 4.0. Don't bother.

 

[Mejilan]

I'm liking it a bit so far. Nothing spectacular, but it's got fun combat and a great sense of character empowerment, what with the skills, level bonuses, and abundant equipment.

Question regarding a possible hidden area in Chapter 1's Eregion:
Anyone know how to get that chest RIGHT in the beginning of the first chapter, Eregion? You start off near a broken bridge. On the other side of the span is a glowing chest, and if you zoom your radar map out, you can definitely see some paths here. I'm in Moria now, and even tried to travel back to Chapter 1, but I still cannot find a way to access this particular section of Eregion.

For the record, I did 100% of the chapter 1 quests... but that chest! Argh! Thanks in advance...

 

[BastardSamurai]

This is a crap RPG. If anyone else than EA had made it (and if it had had another license or just some generic fantasy story) it would have marks around 4.0. Don't bother.

In fact, it did have an equivalent of a 4.0 for someone else...

 

[acklame]

In fact, it did have an equivalent of a 4.0 for someone else...

that sounds about right

 

[Mejilan]

The Balrog fight was just about perfect. Damn, was it beautiful...

 

[ManaByte]

The Balrog fight was just about perfect. Damn, was it beautiful...

I have a feeling that's where most reviewers stopped playing the game...

I'm 6 hours in right now and in Rohan.

 

[siamesedreamer]

How the hell do you switch up which three characters join in on the battles? Ever since the dwarf joined me the archer guy has sat out every battle. How do I get him back in the mix?

 

[Gattsu25]

white button on the xbox controller











the game is a FFX rip-off in so many ways I can't help but laugh....it's more true to FFX than FFX-2 was

 

[Mejilan]

In many ways it IS RPG-lite, like most of the reviews say, but I'll be damned if I'm not having fun, flaws and all.

 

[fennec fox]

I have a feeling that's where most reviewers stopped playing the game...

I'm 6 hours in right now and in Rohan.

I played through the game, and I'm afraid I must disagree with you -- I found the graphics and battles fun, but the game itself to be very linear and plotless.

 

[Gattsu25]

It's also easily exploitable

 

[siamesedreamer]

fannec fox, what was your finish time?

 

[demi]

WTF is the deal with your character walking alone and then the other characters only showing up in battles?

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