The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Traverse the haunted Paths of the Dead of Minas Tirith, as one of 8 characters
• Play as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Sam, and Frodo with exclusive voice-over provided by the films' actors
• Twelve interactive levels players will challenge you to swing from ropes, fire catapults, kick boulders, as you face Sauron's hordes
• Fight vicious foes including Shelob, the Witch King, the Dark Lord Sauron, and many more
• Team up with a companion in all-new co-op Multiplayer mode-fight side-by-side to defeat Sauron and ensure the destruction of The One Ring

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00062VFH4
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,165 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King brings the incredible adaptation of the classic Tolkien novel to life. Become the heroes who determine the fate of Middle-earth as you defend Middle-Earth and destroy the One Ring. Return to Middle-Earth in the only Video game based on the epic final chapter of the highly-acclaimed movie trilogy!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Film, Pretty Good Game!, July 6, 2005

By 

MSUKate (Troy, MI) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (DVD-ROM) (CD-ROM)

The game follows the plot of the Lord of The Rings: Return of the King, where you can follow the plot line of Gandalf, who starts off fighting his way through Orcs to Isengard, Frodo and Sam as they escape from Osgilliath, or as Aragorn, Legolas or Gimili as they run through the Paths of the Dead.

True to the films, all the charachters fight with differnt weapons and have slightly different abilities.

The control for the game (I play without a controller on PC) was a little much for just a mouse, but after a few tries it gets pretty easy.

Moving though the game can be a little difficult. You can only save a checkpoints, for most of the game its pretty much just a hack and slash. Albeit it was a very beautifully rendered with excellent sound and voices (done by the film actors), its still remains a pretty standard hack and slash.

I found the game a little absurdly hard. Just when you think you are done with a level, it just continues, and you kill more things that you think are possible. Also it seems that the spawn points for bad guys dont really go dry. So, for me at least, progress was kind of slow.

The only real saving grace is that included with the game, are some behind the scenes stuff, little movies etc, which are unlocked as you move higher in the tree.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short but fun fast moving game, February 24, 2007

By 

Douglas Ballinger "ironhawk" (Scotts Mills/ORE) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (DVD-ROM) (CD-ROM)

I think this game is a overall awesome game.The only bad thigs about this game is that when start a level you have to wait about 3 minutes for the cutscene to end. I was playing 2player with a friend and on last level with frodo and sam when you launch the missle at the tower and "try" to go over the bridge 1 person goes over unschythed but the other one falls of when the bridge breaks.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slam-daddy spankin game, August 4, 2006

By 

Matt Deronda "Matty D." (GA, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (DVD-ROM) (CD-ROM)

It's a solid game... gameplay is difficult, but not impossible or so tough it's not fun.

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