The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Xbox)

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Product Features

• The evil wizard Saruman has built is building a tower that he hopes will connect to Suaron's tower in Mordor. The Fellowship must lead the charge to stop him, before Middle Earth falls.
• Enter this pastoral world where strangeness and magic abound, and danger lurks in every twilight shadow
• As Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas, you'll be encouraged to balance and utilize each character's unique moves, skills, and weaponry in order to complete your quest
• Use strategy and magic to fight your way past Orcs and monsters as you make your way to the Cracks Of Doom
• Fully interactive 3D environments that will immerse you in the magic of the film, as you journey to fight the ultimate battle against evil!

Product Details

• ASIN: B00007E1OB
• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,237 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers action-adventure game allows players to take control of the trilogy's action heroes--Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli--with other members of the fellowship taking an active role during gameplay. Players battle a variety of Orcs and square off against vicious boss monsters including the Cave Troll and Saruman. A tactical gameplay system encourages players to react quickly and be strategic with their selection of characters, weaponry, and combat moves.

Product Description
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers lets you experience the intense action of the classic novel & film!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tolkien enters the world of console gaming!, January 24, 2003

By A Customer

For a true Tolkien fan, this game is a masterpiece. It focuses on hack and slash action (nonstop, except cutscenes) based on the first two new line cinema movies.

Graphics: Player models are good, sometimes funny to look at though. The game beautifully blends scenes from the movies with the graphics from the game.

Sound: Soundtracks from the movies, combined with all the original actors voicing the characters. Dolby Digital 5.1 makes this a realistic experience, swords clashing all around you. It doesn't get much more like the movie than that!

Story: Exactly as Tolkien made it. The game is told by Aragorn talking to Eowyn (I think) and telling her of his adventures.

Gameplay: Excellent, I couldn't be more pleased with the tremendous action that makes you feel like a part of the Fellowship. You upgrade your weapons (and life) and earn more moves by purchasing them with upgrade points that you earn after each level. The better score you got in the level, the more upgrade points you recieve. I would have liked for the game to not be so restrictive. Some of the time it feels like an old fashioned side scroller, for you can only move left and right, even though the "real" world is still untraversed. The parts which allow you to move freely are small, I would be more pleased if the game allowed you to go more places.

Replayability: Excellent. This game is beat on "easy" in very little time, but you can unlock a bonus mission and a secret character with more playing. There is no multiplayer :( I would have liked cooperative. The thing I like about this game most would be that whenever I feel in a "Tolkien" mood, I just put in the Two Towers and enjoy the storyline and action sequences over and over again.

Great game! Kept me by the TV for a long while, but rent if you have any doubts about it.

27 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holy cow--this game alone justifies an XBox system purchase!, November 29, 2002

By	fair_deal_guy "BB" (Prior Lake, MN USA) - See all my reviews

I played the first Lord of the Rings game for the XBox and was a little disappointed. The graphics were good--nearly everything on the XBox exceeds what you can get on the other platforms--but there was something about it that felt "ported" from another platform. As a result, I felt like the potential of the game was never reached.

On the other hand, Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers is DAZZLING! The game play is noticably improved, and the graphics are literally jaw-dropping. I have never seen a graphical adventure game that has the resolution, color and quality of Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. I think this will be one of those rare video games that people hang onto for years and stays in demand well down the road as so-called "newer and better" games and systems come around. In this regard, I would think the purchase of Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers is a pretty smart investment!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Two Toweres is action-packed, and full of excitement., March 11, 2003

By A Customer

Oh yes. The video game based after The Two Towers movie is here on Xbox! Play as characters Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, as they fight their way through orcs, goblins, and trolls. Unlock the secret mission and secret character! Also buy new upgrades and advance levels with your expeirience points! This game is very challenging, and may take you a while to beat a level. But that's part of the fun, isn't it? If you think the price is to [spendy], and the game won't last you a day, listen to this! I am a pretty expierienced gamer, and it took me more than a month to beat this game! All in all this game is great. Did I mention the graphics? Breathtaking. If you are a Lord of the Rings fan, you would be dumb not to buy this game.