The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Good
Not much really... the music was nicely worked out and very suitable for the world you actually play in. You do feel like you are in Middle Earth. The graphics are dark, mysterious, even creepy with moments. The fighting styles are acceptable but could have been worked out a lot deeper for a game which purely focuses on battle.

The Bad
Firstly, I finished it in about 5 to 6 hours, even the first time I played it. Secondly you can only play in 3rd person because in 1st person the game appears to be buggy (very slow speed and trembling view when running on non-horizontal surfaces). Third: the AI simply sucks. Enemies are totally predictable and can always be killed by the same repetitive attack pattern. 4th: For a combat game, the possible moves of the characters are too limited.

The Bottom Line
It's a game you play once and then leave it on the shelve to collect dust. I would not recommend it. Other Lord of the Rings games (the Hobbit, Return of the King, War of the Ring) are far better than this one.

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 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...