The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

Description

Unlike the Game Boy Advance version of the game, the console version of The Lord of the Rings:The Third Age introduces entirely new characters which aren't mentioned in the books or movies. The game does relate to the movies by including scenes from all three movies, with new background speech by Ian McKellen (Gandalf).

There are seven playable characters in the game which have been created specifically for it, as well a small appearances by characters such as Gandalf, Aragorn, Eowyn, Faramir, and Gothmog.

The game covers events in all three movies/books, mostly with references to major events shown through cut scenes, or the scenes from the movies with Ian McKellan's narration.

A classic RPG game, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age has gameplay elements similar to Final Fantasy, where you have a party of characters, each with a different set of skills and attributes, who gain levels, making them stronger as the game progresses. Battles are turn-based, and let the gamer make different decisions on what they want to do to change the outcome of the battle. The game travels through many areas throughout Tolkien's Middle Earth, including The Pelennor Fields and Moria.

Alternate Titles

• "Wladca Pierscieni: Trzecia Era" -- Polish title
• "The Lord of the Rings: Uchitsu Kuni Daisanki" -- Japanese title
• "LOTR: 3rd Age" -- Common abbreviation
• "Le Seigneur des Anneaux: Le Tiers Age" -- French title
• "Il Signore degli Anelli: La Terza Era " -- Italian title
• "Der Herr der Ringe: Das dritte Zeitalter" -- German title
• "A Gyűrűk Ura: A Harmadkor" -- Hungarian title

Part of the Following Groups

• J.R.R. Tolkien games
• Movie-inspired games
• Physics Engine: Havok
• PlayStation 2 greatest hits releases

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User Reviews

A shamelessly derivative RPG with a tantalizingly cinematic feel. Fans of the films take note.	PlayStation 2	The Cliffe (550)
If this game was a singer, Simon Cowell would shoot it!	Xbox	M.Allen (76)

The Press Says

GameZone	PlayStation 2	Dec 01, 2004	9 out of 10	90
IGN	PlayStation 2	Nov 01, 2004	8.5 out of 10	85
Nintendojo	GameCube	Nov 23, 2004	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	GameCube	Nov 08, 2004	7.7 out of 10	77
Just RPG	PlayStation 2	2004	72 out of 100	72
GamePro	PlayStation 2	Nov 10, 2006	3.5 out of 5	70
GameSpy	GameCube	Nov 04, 2004		70
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Nov 05, 2004	13 out of 20	65
Netjak	Xbox	Feb 06, 2006	5.8 out of 10	58
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Xbox	Jul 07, 2005	3 out of 10	30

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Trivia

Inclusion of stories and themes from the books could not be put into the game, since EA owned the rights only for the movies, and not the books. Therefore the game could only include ideas not shown in either the books or the movies, or have them tied in some way to the movies. Both of these were done in creating the game.