- Publisher: Sierra Entertainment
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2002
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 2
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60Then there's the TERRIBLE fight sequences -- the book's magic may not be as flashy and constant as a Final Fantasy game, but at least the hack-and-slash could have been more engrossing.
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21The entire game is so unpolished and full of bugs that it's unfathomable how it ever passed quality assurance in the first place.
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59What could have been a nice game for LOTR fans instead became a lesson in frustration because of the bugs.
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I found the interface to be more problematic than most games of this genre.
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I think I'd rather have Gandalf turn me into something unnatural - like a hairy newt - rather than play this game again. [Dec 2002, p.150]
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40Remarkably enough, the controls are worse than the graphics...If you're looking for a great Tolkien experience, go to your local library and read the books.
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70Most distressingly, inventory management is a total nightmare; identifying and using a healing ’shroom is an amazingly laborious process.
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60Delivers much of what fans might want from an RPG. And the graphics and music are sweet. But there's a lot here to make players sleepy as well.
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Rings strikes me as a game where the developers seized on the most immediate details (that of the visual scenery and all the supporting cast) and suddenly lost scope of the entire game.
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Rather than pressing left to walk left proportionately with the landscape, you must mash the diagonals, ultimately wearing an indelible groove into your thumb. [Nov 2002, p.103]
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It ain't particularly exciting, but it ain't exactly bad, either. [Dec 2002, p.272]
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20One of the buggiest games ever released for the GBA, if not one of the buggiest games ever released, period. One flaw even makes it impossible to complete the game.
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Features characters and situations that are missing from the recent film adaptation. [Dec 2002, p.222]
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A few small sub quests (such as delivering a message for someone) do not lift the title out of the sea of mediocrity it’s floating in.
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15One of the worst games I have ever played. It is an underdeveloped, bug-ridden title that is an insult to Game Boy Advance owners and Lord of the Rings fans alike.
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It is slow, annoying and simply boring.
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65While LOTR hits a lot of highs, the overall quest and gameplay are just a little better than average. It's a strong rental. [Spring 2003, p.40]
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It’s plagued by poor design, flooded with glitches and fails to capture any of the drama or emotion present in the book or the movie.
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Masterchief2The worst game i ever played has about a thousand glitches.
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JohnR.8Great following of the story line decent graphics(especially for an RPG) but the fighting and glitches dont make it special.