Summary
The video game adaption of the acclaimed film of the same name, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a follow up the well received adaption of the first two films in the trilogy. The game expands on what The Two Towers accomplished, with the action and adventure sequel introducing three separate story lines from the movie: one following Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, as The Two Towers did, another following Gandalf, and a third following Frodo and Sam, with Merry, Pippin, and Faramir serving as unlockable characters. Gameplay features were also expanded upon, including multiplayer.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Pentium III or Athlon | Pentium 4 or Athlon XP |
| CPU SPEED | 700 mhz | 1.5 Ghz |
| VRAM | 32 MB | 128 MB |
| RAM | 128 MB (256 MB if using Win XP) | 256 MB |
| OS | Windows 98/ME/2000/XP (95 & NT not supported) | Windows XP |
| Graphics Card | A Hardware T&L capable 32 MB Video Card with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver (GeForce2+ / Radeon 7500+) | A Hardware T&L capable 128 MB Video Card with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver (GeForce4+ / Radeon 9000+) |
| Direct X | 8.1 (included) | 8.1 (included) |
| SOUND CARD | Yes | Yes |
| HDD Space | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| CD-ROM | CD-ROM (This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD-RW and virtual drives.) | CD-ROM (This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD-RW and virtual drives.) |
| Note | MS compatible mouse Keyboard | |
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The Lord of the Rings Game Series [View The Lord of the Rings Full Game Series]
- The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game
- The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest
- The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
- The Hobbit
- Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Duplicate
- Lord of the Rings: Game One
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Guardians of Middle-earth
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- A Good recreation of the movie with your expected LoTR musical score.
- Combat is fluid.
- Gandalf is awsome to play as.
- Replaying the levels with other characters are pretty fun.
- Pelennor Fields is a bastard of a level if you do not know what to do.
- Said level is also extra difficult with hobbits, as they have the weakest projectiles.
Gamecube version.
LoTR: the Return of the King is a solid action and hack ‘n slash game following the events of the movie. The campaign is divided in three parts, where of you can choose to advance each path as you unlock levels. You gain experience and level up after you complete a level, and can then purchase skills with the points you have earned depending on how good your kills are.
The game’s difficulty is fair, but it ramps up quite a bit once you get past half way through. Although mastering the different ‘bane’ skills each character has will make it a lot easier to progress. Overall, the maps are nicely designed, the graphics are pleasent and have aged rather well, though there are some performance hits on the last level.
Once the campaign is complete, you can re-play all the levels with any character, and naturally it will be a lot harder playing the hobbits on non-hobbit levels since they deal less damage, and their attack combos are not as quick.
I strongly recommend this to any LoTR fan, or just anyone who likes easy to pick-up action games.