The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: EA Games
  • Release Date: Nov 2, 2004
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Metascore
73 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age roleplaying game is an epic quest in which players take on the roles of new characters choosing their own path through Middle-earth while interacting with the heroes and villains of the trilogy. Based on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson's acclaimed film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age videogame allows players to adventure through Middle-earth, building a party of heroes as they journey. Players battle on the side of the Fellowship, but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of Sauron as they progress. In the game, players interact with the characters of the Fellowship in a unique structure, taking on individual quests while intersecting the major events of the film trilogy that drive the story forward. Parties traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle system as they fight, encountering the demonic Balrog in the Mines of Moria, defending the fallen city of Osgiliath, or trying to destroy Helm's Deep. [Electronic Arts]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 35
  3. Negative: 2 out of 35
  1. Game Chronicles
    98
    With a familiar world to explore and many ways to do so, you play The Third Age over and over.
  2. IGN
    85
    This combat heavy RPG delivers the goods, although some die hard RPG fans may be put off by its overly streamlined approach. The action is fast, with no lulls in gameplay from beginning to end.
  3. Just RPG
    72
    While the game does a nice job of allowing the player to view Middle-Earth, it just doesn't seem to work well in other areas.
  4. G4 TV
    40
    The characters and the trials they face simply aren’t cut out for the game they inhabit, and the game feels shallow and incomplete as a result.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. TiffaniR.
    10
    I love it!!!!
  2. John
    10
    The best RPG to date.
  3. GeoA.
    10
    I liked it a lot because it was so realistic it felt as though you were living the trilogy.
  4. adamsfall
    10
    Picked this game up again after 7 years and it still feels fantastic. It aged well and I am having just as much fun with it this time around. Buy it. Just do it.… Expand

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