Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

by Electronic Arts

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• ASIN: B00008JO4E
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a 14 year-old gamer from maryland, April 28, 2003

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Justin (Hyattsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Video Game)

This review is for the return of the king. I have found this imformation from the game maker's themselves in a chatroom. This game has no definite due date but so far it is in October 2003. You can play as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Sam,and you can unlock 2-4 hidden characters. The smallest level is at least 2 times the size of the biggest Two Towers level. Also, unlike the Two Towers, it is 2 player, so you can play with a friend. And, you just don't play the parts from the Return of the King, but parts from the fellowship and the two towers. There are more enemies, such as mumakil(the giant elephants from the two towers movie), Haradrim(wicked men from the South),the Army of the dead, and mountain trolls instead of cave trolls. There will still be Uruk'hai and orcs but no goblins. Also, the enemies will be much smarter then the Two Towers. Lastly, expect everything from the Two Towers video game and more....

2.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, June 6, 2005

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Don Gibbs - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Video Game)

EA should take the Cinematic cameras in Return of the King, and shove them up their ???. They only succeed in hindering game play. This is purely a 'reflex' fighting game, with strategy thrown out the window. Nothing more.

Forget the so-called 'Combos' and special moves... they are not only frustrating to use, but totally worthless in combat.

The only reason I award it the score I did was for the excellent graphics, soundtrack and cinematics. The rest of the game is worthless.

Fortunately for me, I bought the game as a 'pre-owned' title at a local store, at a drastically discounted price. I'm sure glad I didn't buy it new at full price.

Save your money for The Third Age.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Return of The King, May 13, 2003

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a gamer (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Video Game)

"The battle of Helm's Deep is over....the battle for Middle-Earth is about to begin..." The video game "The Two Towers" leaves us on such a note. The Return of the King, will be, no doubt in my mind, will be the most ground-breaking video game anyone has seen. The Two Towers was unbelievably on the money for what a movie-made-into-a-game should be like. A hack and slash game, it did not only have realistic and believable situations but the characters and their moves were authentic and true to the movie. So what, do you ask, were the faults of this game? I'm sorry did I say faults in a plural sense. In my mind, there was only one fault to the game. Unexplorable environments. And guess what...The return of the king compensates for that. Wish granted. It also presents 3 new characters to the list: Gandalf, Frodo, and Sam. Such diversity in choices can lead two ways: Absolutely a superb game, or a weak spread "butter over to much bread" game. Hold the toast, thank you very much....because the game is not going to be a weak undeveloped game! The Return of The King will also present co-op play which will make the adventure so real and authentic to the book (especially if you have friends are named Frodo and Sam!) All in all, this will be the game that we will play over and over and over again and still not get sick of the adventure!