Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
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NOTE: This is a two disc game, but it only counts as one disc against your rental plan.
Based on the classic J.R.R. Tolkien book and Peter Jackson's award-winning movies, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age takes us well beyond the page and the screen. This time out, you can build your own company of heroes, and take them through Middle-Earth, intersecting with the original Fellowship and events in the original story, as you adventure in your own Middle-Earth tale! A special turn-based battle system also allows for more epic battles and strategic attacks, as you go up against the Balrog or defend Osgiliath.
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User Ratings (418)
User Reviews (15)
8
A great game for strategy/lotr fans.
Firstly I'd like to clear a few things you may be wondering about the game. You cannot personalize your own character's physical appearance; but you can configure stats, armour, and skills they learn.<br><br>Secondly, this is not a third person slash/stab game. You explore in third person, but the battles are fought like a strategy game such as final fantasy. Don't be expecting this game to work like lotr the two towers by EA. This game requires thinking and planning.<br><br>At first, the game can feel quite dull and repetitive. You may be tempted to send it back and receive your next game in your queue. If you wait however, the game keeps progressing as you unlock new characters, enemies, evil modes (Fight for the other side), armour, skills, areas, stats, etc. The more I played, the more addicted I became to it and the more complex and interesting the battles became. This game is worth the wait.<br><br>The two things I disliked about it was the fact that they strew hours worth of product placement for the movies into it. This I have no doubt was because it was created by EA.<br><br>Next the battles can get furiating towards the end. They make you fight near impossible battles, then give you no place to save before they throw you into another near impossible battle. Safe to say, if you lose the second battle you have to restart from the first battle you barely passed and have to miraculously win again. This may leave you shouting curses at your television. This only makes it more satisfying when you beat it though, and I highly recommend this game to final fantasy fans. Good luck saving the world.
(member since 2006)
reviewed on 6/21/06
7
A surprise!
The Third Age was a surprising treat. Unlike most games based on movies, this game is fun and, though it couldn't be called original, takes a unique and fulfilling approach. You're basically a band of assorted characters more unique and diverse than the Fellowship, and travel through Middle-Earth cleaning up the unspoken messes left in the Fellowship's wake, occasionally teaming up with Gandalf or Aragorn or someone else just as nifty. The battles play a lot like a traditional Final Fantasy game, which is fine. It's tried and true and there's no initial frustration period learning the battle system. There's not much depth in exploration. Go off the beaten path and you're sure to find a new piece of weaponry or a potion of some sort, but don't worry about getting lost...off the beaten path is usually just a short hole in the map, save for the Pelenor Fields, where it's easier to get turned around.<br><br>The Third Age won't knock you off the couch, but it's great if you just need a quick and easy game that ends in a mild satisfaction of fulfillment.
(member since 2005)
reviewed on 5/26/06
10
This game is a must have for LOTR fans! Whoo!
This game makes LOTR 2 the video game look boring. Because this was pretty much a behind-the-scenes game. I mean, it's cool how your playing as Berethor who's trying to find Boromir, and then meets Idrial who has to get back to Lorien to warn Galadriel. If you like the movies, then your gonna love this!! Like I said, you must buy/rent this game if you've liked the games and loved the movies! You won't be disappointed.
(member since 2006)
reviewed on 8/12/08
2
YUCK
Ok, I'm not a full on "gamer" like some of the other reviewers, but I do know that I HATED this game. It bored me to tears and that's all there was to it.
(member since 2008)
reviewed on 8/4/08
9
Great Turned Based RPG
If you are into the turn based RPG games you will be very happy with this game. You are constantly levling up and finding new items which keeps you interested. The game is pretty long, took about 40 hours of game time to complete. My only complaint, the video sceenes that keep popping up constantly, get annoying after awhile. You can choose to ingnore them though and just concentrate on the game play if you like.
(member since 2007)
reviewed on 4/26/07
9
Surprising
I hate the LotR movies. That said, this has to be the best turn based RPG I've played
(member since 2013)
reviewed on 8/15/13
7
Great for someone new to RPGs
This was a great game for someone new to role playing games. The interface is quite good and there is explanation of what everything means. The effects during battle are quite nice. I would have rated it a 8 or 9, except the game had a fatal glitch: DO NOT TRAVEL BACK TO OSGILIATH ONCE YOU REACH MINAS TIRITH. You will lose one of your most powerful characters. I was thus unable to finish the game since I didn't use multiple save slots.
(member since 2006)
reviewed on 1/10/07
10
lord of the rings 3rd age
we are a true LOTR fans and we will buy this game for sure
(member since 2008)
reviewed on 9/21/12
1
THE LORD OF THE RING=THE THIRD AGE
My brother,tryed to play this game but it would just go through the story of it in the begining and just cut off afterwards. He told me he tried and tried,and i went over to his house to see what it was doing. It was the same thing he was telling me it would tell the story of it and after that it would just cut off. He tried everything when i was there sometimes it would not even tell the story just cut off....So i am very sorry he had to send this one back due to damage of the 1st cd,i do not know about the second cd. But this is the worst game he has ever had to get to work and still could not get it to work....he sent it back on the 11/01/2011 700a.m.in the morning......
(member since 2011)
reviewed on 11/4/11
2
Definitely not a good game
This game just basically bad. I played it for a half hour and that was it.
(member since 2006)
reviewed on 11/1/06
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