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There are good things in this game: the RPG mechanics are fine (at various points in the story you play as Frodo, Aragorn, and Gandalf), the visuals are beautiful in parts, and certain aspects of game design are fantastic (Gandalf's magic-casting stands out). Little touches make it appealing to true fans, like when Aragorn receives the repaired Sword of Elendil, and it glows during fighting. It would be a great game for even non-LOTR fans to play, since a good deal of backstory is provided in lengthy cinematics throughout the game. Fellowship's greatest asset, of course, is the story itself, as well as the bevy of villainous creatures that provide great boss-fight material. I'm sure many other games wished they had a Balrog to offer.
But the story deviates strangely from the book in order to satisfy the format of an RPG game. The final boss-fight (which we won't spoil here) is completely unrelated to anything devised by J.R.R. Tolkien, and it seems hollow, strange, and unsatisfying. The puzzles sprinkled throughout the game are random and often frustrating, as is your first encounter with the Ringwraiths (inevitably, you die many times--too steep a difficulty curve right out of the gate). This game is still strongly recommended, but with many caveats. Proceed with caution and you're likely to enjoy yourself. Expect a masterpiece and you'll be wishing you saved your money for a different PS2 title. --Jennifer Buckendorff
Pros:
- Great story and great characters (of course)
- Missions that require problem-solving as well as combat
- Gorgeous maps
- Getting to play as Gandalf
- Painfully long cutaway scenes
- Cheesy ending
- Often-tedious fights
| PLATFORM: | PlayStation2 |
| AGE GROUP: | 12 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | Vivendi Universal |
| ESRB RATING: | Teen |
| FEATURES: | Introducing Legolas as a playable character, Play as Hobbit Frodo, Magician Gandalf, Aragorn, or Legolas, Missions require problem-solving as well as combat, Gorgeous maps, Play the greatest story ever written |
| TYPE: | Video Games, PS2 (PSX2), Sony Playstation (Play station) 2, Playstation2 (Play station2), Action, Adventure, Role Playing Games (rpg, rpgs) |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| ACCESSORIES: | |
| UPC: | 020626716048 |
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Customer Reviews of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
OK... and?? I was excited to see this game come out, and even more so when I heard it followed the book more than the movie. I was a fan of the books long before the movies came out. Props to Surreal for throwing in the Barrow Wights and Tom Bombadil. BUT, that was all that earned this one any stars. If you really are a hard-core Tolkien buff, you may want it, but not as a challenging game. Even strays from the story QUITE a bit in some places (i.e., the ending). Final ending was short and corny.
I'll admit it was fun, but WAAAYYY too easy. After I got past Lorien in 4 hours, I thought I might slow down. Entire game beaten in under 5 hours - and I was taking time to enjoy it.
Getting past the ringwraiths in the beginning was tricky, but easily done after you see the patterns. Fighting never got harder after the first enemy. My biggest complaint is that it seems as though they may have rushed it to get it released before EA's Two Towers. There were only one or two cut-scenes that were high-quality animation, and those stuck out as unusual because the rest of the cut-scenes were of the same polygon animation style as the gameplay. Gameplay was way too easy - hardly every had to use Gandalf's spells except with the Balrog. And just as you thought it was going to get to a tough part of the story, like crossing Caradhas (sp), a cut-scene would pop up with Gandalf just narrating, "So after a failed attempt of crossing Caradhas, we entered the mines of Moria."
Not very good as an RPG, should have had choice over which character you wanted to use when, would have liked to have seen (or even have control over) the whole fellowship at once, way too easy, and WAY too short. They ought to have just waited and make one long game of the whole trilogy. But, the fan that I am, I will probably go out and get EA's Two Towers soon. I hear it's much better, and covers the important parts of FOTR anyway.
This isn't the same as the XBox game!
I don't know how people can review this title when they haven't played it or based on what they've heard about the XBox game.
This game was developed by a different company. It has none of the bugs that plagued the XBox version. It has a much better combat system that really brings you into the action, and fewer of the tomb-raider like puzzles from the XBox title. No gauntlet-style monster generators, either, and many of the character models have been improved over the XBox versions.
This is much more of an action-adventure title than an adventure or RPG title, and makes good use of the PS2 controller. You take turns playing Frodo, Aragorn and Gandalf, and since each of these characters has a different play style (sneaking around with Frodo, all-out fighting with Aragorn, and a cool magic/fighting combo with Gandalf) it's fun to play all the way through.
It's also great to visit some of the people and places in this game that were missing from the movie adaptation! Tom Bombadil and Barrow Wights, 'nuff said!
Vivendi GO HOME, EA knows how to make a game
This is absolutley terrible, what were they thinking? The graphics alone rank! I shouldn't even refer to them as graphics but rather "cartoon" graphics. The mission and storyline are bogus and lame. I dare anyone who says this is a great game to play EA's Two Tower or Return of the King then play this one.
If you don't mind wasting your money, then go for it and buy it, but if you want great games that enhance the LOTR book and movies, go and buy EA's Two Towers and Return of the King.