It's not one of the best RPG found for the console, but its woth playing, why not?

User Rating: 6.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age PS2
The Lord of The Rings game is a standard Role Playing Game-type. You walk over the stages (which include from forests and caves to open wide fields and ruined castles) bumping into some gangs of enemies (most of the time orcs, but you’ll meet with goblins, some wild-humans, big bad-looking well-armored trolls, wild monsters or flying Nazguls, that are nothing but dragons without the flamethrower skill). As you become victorious on the battles, the members of your group gain points, subsequently leveling up (Your group firstly start with Berethor only, acquiring more warriors to join the protagonist afterwards), and is up to you to decide what status are going to be increased (just like Strength, Spirit, Dexterity and so on. All of the status values resound on your battle performance, and once they are put on a specific area, they become unchangeable). Many trunks can be found during the game on all stages (most of them hidden by the scenery) containing items and new equipment for everybody. Well, this is the Lord of the Rings dude. Now let’s talk not as a reviewer, but as a player, just like you.

This game is for people who like RPG, and only for them. If you are a dynamic fellow, I guess you’ll find this game too stationary and actionless… I like the genre, but I sometimes found myself fretful and restless. You know, I like games that make you turned on all the way long, and LOTR (Lord of the Rings, for the ill-advised ones) are not on the list. It’s a nice game, let’s be honest. The story hidden behind is spectacular! (I’ve been reading the book for several days and I’m enjoying it a lot) the graphics are amazing too, with a lot of effects during the battle (specially from your party and their skills). High-detailed environments (the textures are worthy attention, even though sometimes the textures palettes look pretty similar each other, probably due to the ashy and grayish environment, chiefly in the castle stages) and an acceptable music makes the game even better. Some cutscenes are unlocked as you keep progress on the game’s story, showing deeper details about the game’s peculiar background. The controls are amazingly basic (most of the time you’ll be choosing among attack-options or moving your character forward and pressing the ‘X’ button to open some chests and nothing else), and I personally labeled it ‘Stupid’. And what about the game’s general difficulty? I played the game on the Medium difficulty, but I should had changed this value before starting the very first level. Believe me, this game is not a hard s***, I handled it without critical problems (I hadn’t even died!).

In a few words, this game is nice. I didn't enjoy THAT much and finished it too, but it’s not one of the best, if this is what you want to know. Try it out and withdraw your own opinion about it.