This game will make your brain bleed.
Okay, so let's see. What are the good qualities of this game....
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Well it stays somewhat more true to the books than the movies did...
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Okay, I can't think of anything else.
Now let's look at all the BAD things about it:
1. THE GLITCHES! OMB, the glitches! You can't even get out of Moria without doing a special cheat to actually get out.
2. Horrid gameplay. The fighting is supposed to be turn-based, but lacks action to back it up.
3. Crappy music. My ears felt like they were raped.
4. The game is mind-numbingly boring. No wonder I went into severe depression after playing this game...
One tactic they use to get you to buy it is because "it has a collectible card inside, and if you get 'The One Ring' card, you can win a leather bound copy of LOTR." Well, guess what? Not even THAT redeems the game (we won't go into the fact I think the contest was a hoax, since I never got my card back (they said they'd send the card back autographed if you didn't win.). So Black Label Games SUCKS).
The game is nothing more than a company trying to hit off of a franchise. Except when companies do that sort of thing, they usually aren't THIS bad.
I'm SO glad I got this game for free. If you come across this game in a bargain bin, for heaven's sake, run the other way! Don't even breathe the air around it, as I'm fairly certain it poisons the air.