Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age

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What if the Fellowship had company on the road? The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age follows a second band of heroes whose journey runs in the shadow of the films, crossing paths with famous events while telling a story of its own. Gandalf serves as guide and narrator, with Ian McKellen recording new narration, and clips from all three of Peter Jackson's films stitch the adventure to the moments you already know.

The party is made up of characters created for the game, led by Berethor, a soldier of Gondor, and joined by companions such as the Elf Idrial and the Dwarf Hadhod. Familiar faces including Aragorn, Éowyn, Faramir and Gothmog cross your path along the way. The route covers a huge stretch of Middle-earth, from the road to Rivendell through the depths of Moria, the defense of Helm's Deep and on to Minas Tirith and the Pelennor Fields, so the scale of the films carries straight into the adventure.

Battles are turn-based in a style that will feel instantly familiar to Final Fantasy fans. Each hero has a distinct role and skill set, grows stronger with every level, and the order in which you act can change the outcome of a tough fight. Lining up a party around the right mix of warriors, archers and spellcasters is where the strategy lives, and boss encounters against the creatures of Middle-earth make good use of the film-era designs and Howard Shore's sweeping score. Finishing chapters also opens an Evil Mode, which lets you replay battles from the side of Sauron's forces.

EA Redwood Shores made this during the peak of the film license, when most Lord of the Rings games were hack-and-slash action. The Third Age took a different path and gave Tolkien fans a party-based RPG built on the look and sound of the movies, a rare combination on the original Xbox and a satisfying long adventure for anyone who loves exploring Middle-earth one battle at a time.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2004
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Developer
EA Redwood Shores
Players
Single player, Multiplayer
About the game

The Lord of the Rings:The Third Age introduces entirely new characters which aren't mentioned in the books or movies. The game does relate to the movies by including scenes from all three movies, with new background speech by Ian McKellen (Gandalf). There are seven playable characters in the game which have been created specifically for it, as well a small appearances by characters such as Gandalf, Aragorn, Eowyn, Faramir, and Gothmog. The game covers events in all three movies/books, mostly with references to major events shown through cut scenes, or the scenes from the movies with Ian McKellan's narration. A classic RPG game, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age has gameplay elements similar to Final Fantasy, where you have a party of characters, each with a different set of skills and attributes, who gain levels, making them stronger as the game progresses. Battles are turn-based, and let the gamer make different decisions on what they want to do to change the outcome of the battle. The game travels through many areas throughout Tolkien's Middle Earth, including The Pelennor Fields and Moria.

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