The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Good
The atmosphere was pretty good, and the handling of the characters was pretty fun, especially the "finishing moves" executed by Gandalf or Aragorn whereby a fallen enemy is stabbed through vital organs and killed.

The Bad
I completed it in one day, no jokes. In the end I brought it back to from whence it came. Also, the plot was atrocious. GAME SPOILERS IMMINENT At the end of this game (which is supposed to be the first book), the Fellowship is attacked by the Witch-king who, for some reason, kidnaps Sam. Am I the only one who missed that bit in Tolkien's Novel?

The Bottom Line
I'm a LOTR fanatic, and still couldn't glean much joy from this hack 'n slash. Don't waste your money.

The Good
The versatility of being able to play multiple characters from the novels and films in several favorite settings is the game's biggest appeal... and once you've actually played the game, you realize that that is the game's one and only appealing aspect.

The Bad
There is no single aspect of this game that is good. Unless you are a complete Tolkien completist, avoid it like the plague. Even Sierra's atrocious The Hobbit is better.

The Bottom Line
Play the later two games in the trilogy instead, especially Return of the King. Or put your hand through a meat grinder. Either option is better than playing LOTR:FOTR.

The Good
The first parts of the book are well transferred to the game, you can notice that in the dialogues from the book that arise from time to time (bear in mind that this game has the license of the book, not the film) also there were some parts where you had to complete simple but amusing quests and there were lots of optional dialogue, so it's not all about killing stuff, and that's good for me.

I liked the music, it's sometimes similar to the one from the film, not so epic but good and fitting.

The Bad
The game tried to take profit from the film while not having the license to it and feels a bit unfinished and made without much care in some levels because some of the places are very simple and could have used some more detail, a bit more of interaction in some bits would have been welcomed, it's also a bit short.

The Bottom Line
I have seen some very bad reviews about this game, but I think this game it's not really that bad...