The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (PlayStation 2, 2004)

The Lord of the Rings The Third Age (PS2) has excellent graphics, gameplay, and storyline. The game utilizes Final Fantasy style combat but incorporates Lord of the Rings characters and locations. You'll get to fight through the Mines of Moria, on the Walls of Helm's Deep and even in the streets of Minas Tirith,as well as numerous other Middle Earth locations. Although you'll fight alongside several key characters such as Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, etc, you'll be playing the majority of the game as previously unknown characters. Each of these charcters has different skills and attributes you'll need to utilize and develop to win. Each different location presents new and more difficult enemies to defeat so the game gets more difficult the farther you get.

A nice feature of the game allows you to customize your hero or villain. After you gain enough experience points your level will increase and you can then upgrade your character. You can increase everything from his ability to use ranged weapons to his resistance to magic to his strength etc. Also, during the game you'll find lots of weapons, armor and magical items that can help your character develop. Many of these items will be very familiar to any Lord of the Rings fan. Remember, even if an item can't be used by one character in your party, don't discard it because it could be of use to another character.

Lord of the Rings Third Age is also very free roaming as you can wander around quite a bit and see the world of Middle Earth. There's a lot to explore and many of the missions will be very familiar to fans of the films. There's a large amount of familiar bad guys to defeat ranging from Orcs to Trolls to the infamous Balrog and even Sauron himself if you live that long.

One of the best features of the game is that after you complete each location challenge with a 100% rating, you unlock a mission in which you can play as the forces of Sauron or Saruman. The game is also visually appealing but not tiresome as the backgrounds continually change. But don't forget to keep an eye out for treasure and enemies because they're hiding in every corner. Also many of the voice overs are done by the actual actors from the movie which adds a nice touch to the game.

Overall this is one of the better Lord of the Rings Games released for the PS2 platform thus far and will provide hours of enjoyment for any fan.

The graphics are amazing for a PS2 game. I'm not a very big fan of turn based RPG's but I liked this one, though I think the order of turns changed a little too quickly for having to scroll through spells to use. Some of the spells take a little too long to acquire. Overall a great buy, considering I'm getting HOURS of play out of it, and I only paid $12 for it.

If you're a fan of turn based games, and "Lord of The Rings", you'll probably like this game. The characters and battles scenes are cool. The graphics are ok too. The story follows the movie, I guess. ( I never seen any of the movies.) What you basically do is go on diffent quests, fighting baddies along the way. You aquire weapons and armor upgrades throughout the game. You can also toss a little magic around, here and there. Each character has their own special thing they do. It helps in a pinch. So go ahead, get the game (at a cheap price). If you don't like it, then just add it to your coaster collection. Hope this helps.

This game is different that the previous LOTR games. It is mostly battles. But still good! You battle with your friends you "win" along the way. Game is fairly easy, and could definitely be played by a younger age group.

I bought The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age game for my four kids ages ranging from 7 to 14. They all enjoy playing it. It isn't to hard for my youngest or to easy for the oldest. I would recomend this game for all ages.

I would rate this purchase as poor because when I received the product it would not work in my PS2. I did not notice it was from the UK and it was formatted differently. It was my error for not noticing it beforehand. I now have to buy an adapter so I can play the game. I bought this particular game because it was available to "buy now" and the price was good in comparison. A lesson well learned...

I liked The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age on Nintendo's Gamecube, but could
only get so far. I wanted to beat the game and found out that cheating devices
were made for the Playstation 2. After I got a Playstation 2 I bought The Lord
Of The Rings: The Third Age and a cheating device.

Only after I bought the Playstation 2 game and sold the Gamecube game did find
out a cheating device was made for the Gamecube. Plus the Playatstion 2
version has one disk, the Gamecube version has two disks.

I don't like that I bought a "Greatest Hits" version of the game with the red
on the case insert and the disk.

I are received my game at somenthing weeks, the game are spetacular, very nice.
Nice graphics ,easiliy gameplay and great interactivity.

Don't like that the characters are not from the movie, and really don't like the "turn based" battle style. We have the game "LOTR: Two Towers" and like it,expected this one to be better, it's 2 years newer, but no. Maybe "Return of the King" would be more what I wanted?
We'll play it more and see if the turn based system indeed does lend itself to more strategy, and if we can unlock the aleged characters from the game, but on first play, my daughter hated it.

I like the fact that I can get reasonable prices for a used item that actualy works, thanks!! Anyone who has grandkids would love the easy way to buy many games instead of just one New game. Try ebay!!!

Good game play and ease of play map could be better. In the lord of the rings era of game but not with charactors from movie.

If you like the Lord of the Rings movies, or if you like games like Final Fantasy or Pokemon, then you will definitely love this one. I was skeptical at first, because I usually don't like the turn based rpg's very much, but I am a huge fan of the movies. It keeps you entertained enough with all of the power ups and abilities that you upgrade yourself to that it makes this one worth while. While I prefer some of the other LOTR titles like Battle for Middle Earth or Conquest, this one is well worth the price tag.

I had to buy this game being the lotr fan that I am, and after playing the Two Towers and Return of The King, this was a must have. I have to say it is well done, and has numerous adventures and a team that allows a new turn-based fighting style. I really enjoyed it and would recommend to any one.

+ Uses original voices and a lot of footage from the movie.

- Terrible graphics
- Terrible controls
- What kind of action title like Lord of the Rings is TURN-Based?
- The movie footage probably takes up so much disk space that the in-game videos REALLY SUCK!

DO NOT BUY, I couldn't play this game for over 20 minutes!

I was looking for Lord of the Rings video game in excellent condition with orginal package and this item was just what I was looking for. The seller had a excellent rating and the shipping was within normal limits.

I don't like how you don't fight the enemy yourself!!! you just click on attack and the computer battles for you!!! I was wishing for a game just like the two towers but this game isn't even close!!! The graphics are good so if you like a world of warcraft style game this is for you!!!!

I bought the LOTR The Third Age but recieved LOTR The Two Towers. Didn't catch it in time before son opened it so my bad in a way. Other than that, service was good and recieved item in timely matter. Thank you.

I bought it for my nephew as he is a big fan of Lord of the Rings. He loves the game. He says it is a compilation of other movies.

Amazing game!!!!
Have been a lotr fan for ages now.
Also love the whole playing experience.
Makes you learn more about the book and the movie.

I love that the game is very long, so you get to play it for hours on end. I like the new characters, though I also dislike that you don't get to use the old ones very often. I love the evil mode, you get to fight as the bad guys (orcs, the octopus, trolls, nazgul, the balrog, etc.). I'm not a big fan of RPG (I think that's what they are called) games (where you take turns attacking), though it does allow you to be more than one person at a time I feel like it's too easy. But all in all it is a good game.

excellent game for teens or adults, 2 player option makes it fun. We just loved playing this game! Highly Recommended

Opening on a Gondorian captain following Boromir, the Lord of the Rings: The Third Age gets off to an impressive start. The Third Age also incorporates adventure and battle modes,so you can complete various quests at moment, and battle Nazgul, orcs, or wargs the next. It may take some time to get used to, but once you do, you'll find it quite exciting. Occasionally, you will also recieve "epic scenes from Middle-Earth", scenes from the movies, narrated by none other than Gandalf himself. Once in a while, you'll fight certain battles alongside heroes from the movies, like Gandalf, Legolas, and Gimli. With likeable characters, epic scenes form the movies, and a parallel plot to the movies, this game doesn't disappoint.

I bought this game for my 13 year old son. He loves the movies, and really wanted to play the game. He plays it constantly. There is nothing negative at all that I can say about this game. Great characters, and challenging.