Lord
of the Rings the Two Towers
EA GAMES
$49.99
1 player
No Xbox Live Support
Released: 12/31/02
By
DevilsAlias
Two
Towers is an excellent game. Many
people wanted to see EA or Viviendi come out with an expansive RPG that was more
like Neverwinter Nights than Golden Axe. Well
folks, this isn’t it! Lord of the
Rings Two Towers from EA GAMES is a slugfest, hack and slash, war game. No strategists, role players, or people with really short
attention spans need apply.
Beautiful cinematics that
have DVD clips from the movies built in, to enhance the experience.
The backgrounds and character models are great and have an accurate look
and feel of the movies. The game
begins where the Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings begins.
The war of Elves and Men against Sauron’s forces.
It moves quickly on from there through the important battles and
confrontations of the Fellowship of the Ring into the major battles and
confrontations of the Two Towers. Playing
the game for the first time many gamers will see the difficulty curve rise
sharply once you get about half way through the game.
Most gamers can complete
this game in the time of an average rental between 5-7 days. However, to unlock
EVERYTHING in the game it’s going to take a little longer.
The game allows you to play
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. Or if
you prefer the human, the elf, and the dwarf.
You can also unlock Isildor if you beat the game with the other three.
The
game can get boring, frustrating, and at times painful.
Some of the advanced combos used repeatedly on the Xbox controller can be
painful. Although the PS2
controller is no better in these circumstances.
I would say if you have small hands use the S-controller if you have
larger hands track down the original Xbox controller.
One of the good features of
the game is your ability to upgrade your character after each level.
You have an overall range of experience you can receive from poor to
perfect. If you don’t get a fair
amount of excellents in the later levels you will have a very hard time.
Finally, the wonderful
beautiful music in this game which comes directly from the movie, keeps you from
turning it off and the sound effects are wonderfully immersive.
Rating: 5 out of 5
