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EA Games
Release Date:
November 2, 2004
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Summary
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Starring:
Austin Ellis, Stephen Goss, David Yee
Developer:
EA Games
Genre(s):
Role-Playing
# of players:
1-2
Cheats:
On GameFAQs
Critic Reviews
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Positive:
17
Mixed:
16
Negative:
2
Game Chronicles
With a familiar world to explore and many ways to do so, you play The Third Age over and over.
GameBiz
It’s not quite the free-range RPG that we’ve been hoping for where we can prance along the fields on horses playing as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli permanently, but its close enough to make for a great game.
GMR Magazine
Frustrating but not impossible, The Third Age brings genuine LOTR authenticity and a believable RPG together - a fellowship that works. [Jan 2005, p.112]
Just RPG
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.
PSX Nation
The cakewalk difficulty, absence of key characters from the book/movie and uneven control schemes (turn-based battles geared toward melee combat) overwhelm one’s gaming senses more than the detailed visuals (character animations are off though) and stellar audio.
GamePro
It takes more than formulaic adventuring and dusty turn-based combat to craft a role-playing title worthy of the LOTR name.
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
While the battle system is solid, the battles themselves are dreadfully boring.
User Reviews
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Positive:
14
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
Jun 14, 2012
Nov 8, 2004
Jan 2, 2005
The best RPG to date.
Nov 10, 2004
I liked it.
Jul 27, 2007
Awesome game. It shouldn't have been turn based but it's still very good!
Jan 3, 2005
It´s a RPG of good game, not equal to Final Fantasy but very good.
Sep 7, 2014