The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

72 2004-11-02 • RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy • EA Redwood Shores

About the game

As you fight to destroy the one ring, you will interact with the different characters on your team, take individual assignments, and travel through familiar and little-seen lands -- utilizing the unique turn-based fight system all the while.

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Time to beat

23 h 35 minAverage completion time
21 h 36 minMain
23 h 55 minMain + Sides
25 h 39 minCompletionist

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Genres
RPG • Strategy • Turn-Based Strategy • Tactical
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
Third person • Bird view / Isometric
Platforms and release dates

XBOX • PS2

2004-11-05

NGC

2004-11-12

GBA

Developers
EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
Electronic Arts
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Ratings

75
Metacritic38 ratings
 75
IGDB4 ratings

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Description

As you fight to destroy the one ring, you will interact with the different characters on your team, take individual assignments, and travel through familiar and little-seen lands -- utilizing the unique turn-based fight system all the while.

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.

Details

Genres
RPG • Strategy • Turn-Based Strategy • Tactical
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
Third person • Bird view / Isometric
Platforms and release dates

XBOX • PS2

2004-11-05

NGC

2004-11-12

GBA

Developers
EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
Electronic Arts
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age