A brilliant and strong effort for a LOTR action game. Definately pulls you in with cinematic influence and melee combat.

User Rating: 9.3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King PC
By Cablestein | Review Date:
I didn't expect to encounter a LOTR game fleshed out like this, and I was extremely impressed. Although the demo ran pretty slow on my machine, the full version seemed smoother and optimized.

Graphics - This game is pretty much one of the most detailed you can get without delving into DirectX 9 stuff. The atmosphere and art of LOTR is hit dead-on, although I wish there would have been more massive field battles... but that is attributed to hardware limitations.

Audio - Incredible music and sound effects.

Gameplay and Controls - The game has a very intelligent camera system making sure you are always in 3rd person and the focus is on the the task you need to do. Controls are great and melee combat is very intuitive.

Variety of characters, missions and skills can give you days of gameplay.

All in all, a fantastic game.

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