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Xbox
Company: Electronic Arts
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Genre: Adventure
Reviewer: antisocx
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers promises to let players join the fellowship and experience all of the action from the first two blockbuster movies in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Step into the roles of Aragorn the Ranger, Legolas the Elf, and Gimli the Dwarf, each with their own set of upgradeable attacks and combos. Battle Sauron's minions including an army of 10,000 Uruk-Hai on the walls of Helm's Deep, hordes of Orcs on the plains of Rohan, and even the monstrous Cave Troll in Balin's Tomb. With scenes from both movies, and exclusive interviews with the stars from the films, you'll have everything you need to determine the fate of Middle-earth. Yet the title of the game is misleading. The game doesnât only include âThe Two Towersâ. The game starts out in âThe Fellowship of the Ringâ with the first war where Isildur gets the ring.
The graphics get more impressive the farther you progress in the game. Every battle more and more characters appear on screen and still the frame rate remains steady. The cut scenes switched from animated to real scenes from the movie and back. The final battle in the keep of Helm's Deep is the most impressive thing in the whole game. There are swarms of orcs, Uruk-hai, men of Gondor, and the three hero characters battling it out in a rainstorm while flaming arrows shower the playfield and catapults launch explosive projectiles into the courtyard. One thing I noticed though is on the character selection screen, Legolasâs eyes are messed up.
The sound is just as impressive as the graphics and most of it is taken from the film. Music from the soundtrack is most always playing in the background and the actors did their characterâs voices.
The gameplay, in my opinion, isnât as impressive as the graphics and sound. The characters each come with their own variety of moves, but you canât move the camera around. Sometimes you are at strange angles and it makes it hard to fight. Also you donât realize sometimes that you are out of a cut scene. One cool thing though is you earn experience and can buy new moves.
There are many levels starting from the first battle when Isildur gets the ring to the keep of Helmâs Deep. Also there are many bonus features like interviews, behind the scenes, production art, secret levels, etc.
The very fitting background music, menus, and cut scene transactions from game to movie help bring you into and really experience the game. The HUD could have been designed better though.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers sounds great and has pretty
good graphics. It has really neat cut scenes that go from game
to movie. It voices are of the actual actors. Itâs gameplay
is pretty fun and it really brings you into the game. It is
a pretty well-rounded-game on the whole, but if I were you,
I would just rent it. |
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