Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Electronic Arts EAN: 0014633144710 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Electronic Arts Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Model: 14633144710 Platform: PlayStation2 Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: June 15, 2006 Sales Rank: 2953 Studio: Electronic Arts
Features:
Enter the pastoral world of Middle Earth where strangeness and magic abound, and danger lurks in every twilight shadow
As Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas, you'll be encouraged to balance and utilize each character's unique moves, skills, and weaponry in order to complete your quest
Use strategy and magic to fight your way past Orcs and monsters as you make your way to the Cracks Of Doom
Fully interactive 3D environments that will immerse you in the magic of the Silmarillion as you journey to fight the ultimate battle against evil!
Product Description: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers lets you experience the intense action of the classic novel&new movie!
Amazon.com Review: Dear Peter Jackson and company: Please accept this thank-you for making the last couple of weeks feel like Christmas. Your game The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is such an unbelievable treat that we've been playing it nonstop. Every person who has seen the spectacular graphics agrees: whereas others may have created a crappy movie tie-in game, you folks have made a game that captivates and frustrates us in all the right ways. It was especially nice of you to let us play as either Aragorn, Gimli, or (our favorite) Legolas. Having the actors--including Sir Ian!--voice all the battle cries really makes a huge difference. The first time we got to unlock one of the video extras (an interview with Elijah Wood), we thought, "This is as much fun as eating candy."
We apologize for the rumor that seems to be sweeping game sites--we're not sure how it got started. There's no way to play the game in four hours, unless maybe you set it on "easy," but probably not even then. (We are playing through with all three characters, of course.) Maybe Diablo fans are unimpressed with the skimpy inventory management, but we think that's just nitpicking. But don't think we write fan mail every day! There are some things we would have done differently: while we like movie scenes interspersed with game scenes, we are really tired of watching some of the intro cinematics over and over again. And why can't we trade in some of the skills we bought for new ones? By level 9, we really wished we had bought differently. And what was the deal with the ending--couldn't afford the real actor's voice for the final scene? That seemed distinctly out of character with the rest of the game.
But we love being able to tear into a crowd of Orcs, as well as the nuances of certain timed and more strategic missions. While it may not be a game we play repeatedly once we're done, we'll treasure the fond memories of the time we had together. As with everything associated with LotR, the magic touch for fans is in the details. It's great to look into the stream in Fangorn and pick out the reflection of Treebeard; we wish every game got it the way this one does. Thanks again for your terrific title.
Best wishes, The Amazon.com Video Game Editors --Jennifer Buckendorff
Amazon.com Product Description: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers action-adventure game will allow players to take control of the trilogy’s action heroes--Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli--with other members of the Fellowship taking an active role during gameplay. Players will battle a variety of Orcs and square off against vicious boss monsters including the Cave Troll and Saruman. A tactical gameplay system will encourage players to react quickly and be strategic with their selection of characters, weaponry, and combat moves.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Overpriced in a $3.99 bin
How to describe this game-- let's start with what we were looking for. My wife and I enjoy playing co-op RPGs like Baldur's Gate and the Champions of Norrath series. On the advice of our local Gamestop Guy we decided to give this thing a whirl.
And it was bad. REALLY bad. I've noted that several of the reviewers have commented on how cool the cutscenes interface with the game. "Seamless!" "Perfectly!"
I'd like to give a different take on things. There is nothing cool about a six minute movie clip that seamlessly interferes with your ability to play the game. You cannot advance past or skip the cutscenes. You just sit there and watch them, hitting button after button to try to get past the dang things and back to the game you're trying to play.
Probably the dumbest feature of this game was the requirement that you play for some thirteen minutes (not including two seven minute cutscenes that I didn't want to watch in the first place but had to sit through anyway) in order to get to the main menu so I could select two player mode. Really. That was smart thinking Mister Game Designer. Because everyone wants to sit and watch someone ELSE play a game for more than half an hour before they can join in. By the time my wife was able to join the game she was more interested in finishing the book she was reading than playing.
The special moves are also way too complex for a hack and slash. Playability, folks. Why are 'Castle of the Winds' (run a web search) and 'Ultima III: Exodus' so much more fun than these modern games? Because the authors didn't have great graphics and had to concentrate on a decent storyline and the ability to upgrade your characters with weapons and armor. You already had a story with a decent, although not overwhelming, plot. Your lousy interface and confusing controls ruined what could have been a good game.
This was just not a fun experience. After that thirty minutes of being swarmed by orcs for no readily apparent reason and trying to fight my way through Helm's Deep I finally decided this one is going back to the store. Single players might like it, but if you're trying to play with a friend you can expect at least one of you to be bored while the other one fights to the main menu, and you can BOTH expect to be bored as the game forces you to sit through cutscene after cutscene for a movie you probably already have on DVD.
Rating: - Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
I won't make any bones about it; this game is old. Compared to what we're used to, the graphics are a tad shoddy. That being said, it's a lot of fun. I bought it just a couple weeks ago because I wanted to relive some of my college days. My roommates and I spent many happy hours with this game.
Rating: - Sauron's best
This game is so bad that it looks like Sauron itself was the programer, no twist to the story, super hard levels, (even on easy setting), looks good but better watch the movie, and the rewards are not worth the effort to finish it, stay away from this Ork.
Rating: - good. in the middle of playing it
i love how they use the movie and then it goes to the game i think that is soo kool. they actually had the actors from the movie this time. that was great, really felt like were there. graphics were good, could be better, the faces of the charcters are somewhat fuzzy. i didnt like how they went back to the first one nd made me do moria again. but it was alot diff in this one. this game is VERY challenging. because u cant save in the middle. if u die u have to do the whole level over. gets a bit frustrating. it came ok packaged it wasnt in an actual case more like a paper made for floppys but the game was fine.
would highly recommend this seller.
very fast delivery
Rating: - what is this.......
wat were they thinking when they made this game i would have more fun watching the clothes in a laundry machine go up and down
- Overpriced in a $3.99 bin
