| 93 |
Game Informer
A tremendous game. [Feb 2003, p.105]
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| 92 |
Gamer's Pulse
The movie license is fully exploited and used brilliantly, the production values are outstanding, there are cool unlockable features, and the fighting action is intense.
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| 88 |
Armchair Empire
A very good game in its own right [and] the best movie-to-game conversion in recent memory.
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| 87 |
GameReviewer
It may have its flaws, but at the same time LOTR:TTT is a hundred times better than the rest of the regurgitated flotsam that constitutes licensed gaming as a whole.
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| 86 |
AtomicGamer
It's hard to believe, but EA has finally done a great job in taking a movie license, converting it to a fun game, and then delivering it to all the major consoles roughly in time for the movie's actual release.
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| 85 |
Electronic Gaming Monthly
The Orc-hacking gameplay has you tapping more than just one button 90 times a minute. [Feb 2003, p.154]
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| 80 |
GameSpot
Fans of the films will definitely want to pick this one up, but those who enjoy action games in general will also find a lot to like about it, in spite of the game's short length.
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| 80 |
Official Xbox Magazine
While the action is good, it's also incredibly short. There are only a dozen missions, plus an unlockable thirteenth, but you're looking at six to eight hours tops on this one. [Feb 2003, p.66]
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| 80 |
GamePro
You can’t beat the game’s presentation—the glorious visuals, real cast voice-overs, and Howard Shore score are so faithful to the film it’s frightening.
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| 80 |
Xbox Nation Magazine
Everything in Two Towers - from the rich, lush environments to the lovingly rendered boss monsters - comes impressively close to matching its cinematic counterpart. [Feb/Mar 2003, p.76]
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| 78 |
TeamXbox
There are big monsters, countless enemies to place the hurt on and an epic adventure to go along with it.
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| 77 |
GameSpy
There are absolutely no differences between this, the GameCube, and the PlayStation 2 versions, aside from some miniscule tidying of the jagged polygons from the PS2 original.
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| 76 |
IGN
I'm somewhat disappointed in this decent beat-em-up, which comes with far too many limitations and nagging annoyances to be worthy of quite such high praise that's been thrown around.
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| 75 |
GameZone
The only other real problem I have with the game is its length and lack of replay value. One trip through the game takes only a few hours. It can be beaten with a little determination in less than a day.
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| 70 |
GMR Magazine
The only real knock against Two Towers is its limited replayability. [Feb 2003, p.68]
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| 60 |
Cheat Code Central
Essentially Gauntlet without the magic. You can't even play as Gandalf here.
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| 60 |
TotalGames.net
The problem is that you have no control over where the camera is pointing so 50 percent of the time you’ll be aiming at something off the screen.
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