Kind of weird and tedious.
I'm sure this was a decent turn based RPG but I quickly traded this in for the Finding Nemo PS2 game when I was a kid. I was pretty messed up like that.
Basically a Lord of the Rings fan fic. It did get my little brother and his friends into turn based RPGs so that was pretty neat.
Final Fantasy cosplays Lord of the Rings. What The Third Age may lack in difficulty and tactical depth, it more than makes up for in its creativity, visuals, and engaging adherence to it's theme.
Play as budget Boromir, generic elf, and not-Gimli as you follow in the footsteps of your favourite Fellowship - jumping in to assist at a few crucial moments - all the way from Moria to Minas Tirith.
The tactical combat is on the easier side, even on the highest difficulty modes, and can be gamed in a couple of days but it is always interesting and levelling up your characters and developing their movesets gives a great sense of progress.
Excellent visual design (plucked directly from the films) and strong animations for its age make this a game thats still enjoyable today for fans of the series
Play as budget Boromir, generic elf, and not-Gimli as you follow in the footsteps of your favourite Fellowship - jumping in to assist at a few crucial moments - all the way from Moria to Minas Tirith.
The tactical combat is on the easier side, even on the highest difficulty modes, and can be gamed in a couple of days but it is always interesting and levelling up your characters and developing their movesets gives a great sense of progress.
Excellent visual design (plucked directly from the films) and strong animations for its age make this a game thats still enjoyable today for fans of the series
It's an FF X clone with a LotR skin and a fan-fic story. If that sounds like a fun time to you, you should play it. I love this game a lot.
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The final boss is you literally on top of Barad-dûr fighting the eye of Sauron. I wish I was kidding.
Actually a super solid FFX clone that has a story you could blink and miss, still a really fun time for any RPG-lovers and LOTR fans alike.
Great game until I had to fight the final boss. I could never do it.
A bizarre but strangely charming FF X inspired RPG in a LOTR setting.
I think we rented this from Blockbuster briefly and I remember enjoying it while also being very, very bad. I was very young so I think I served more as a hinderance to my brothers than anything.
final fantasy x but epic
This game isn't actually as bad as I remembered. It became monotonous and intrusive towards the end though. It also reminded me of FFX (which isn't a bad thing as I like that game). All in all, it's an okay game.
Huge nostalgic trip with this game. My friend and I in high school sat down one summer and decided to focus on two games. PSO Ep. 1 and 2 and this gem. We played this no-stop until completion and loved it. Think of this as an easier Final Fantasy for the time. Combat was basic, but fun. The evil mode as well was very fun and unique. Playing as the bad guys to stop the Fellowship.
Recommended if you are a Lord of the Rings fan and Final Fantasy fan!
Recommended if you are a Lord of the Rings fan and Final Fantasy fan!
Loved this game as a kid
A turn based rpg that takes place during (slightly behind) the events of the films and books. Very derivative of the original source material, but it's not a bad thing. Visuals are great and set piece battle and boss fights are epic.
sixth gen mystic quest.
Excellent turn based RPG following the path of the Fellowship of the Ring. Characters all have their own unique fighting styles and powers. Boss fights against the great villains and monsters of Middle-earth are fun and challenging. 'Evil Mode' reverses the gameplay as you assume the role of villainous creatures and bosses to kill the heroes which unlocks rewards in the main game. Only major downsides are the random difficulty spikes, lack of side-objectives and the sudden, unexplained jump to the final boss.
My first JRPG experience
This game is no mere clone of FFX. Its combat system is genuinely better.
Really, it's a game that was attempting to capitalize on FFX, let's be real here. It's not bad, but it's pretty simple.
primeiro rpg de turno q joguei e foi uma merda
Really amazing turn-based RPG from the studio who would later give us Dead Space. Covers some iconic moments from the film adaptations. I remember it being pretty challenging, I'd love to play it again someday.
one of the funniest clones of a video game ever created
This was actually pretty good but weird to me as a kid because you couldn’t play as frodo
Elgost is my guy
An actually surprisingly okay JRPG made by...er...Redwood Shores? It's not particularly challenging and there are objective "best" strategies that carry you through every fight but its hard not to find enjoyment in doing JRPG shit in fucking helms deep or whatever. It's also the loudest game i have ever played in my life, it sounds like they put every single audio clip through the most aggressive compression possible and then put an extra 2 on the master just in case. The game also has easily the worst equip menu of any RPG i've ever played.
Hysterically fanficcy in spots, like making your party fight with Gandalf on the bridge while ignoring the fact that the entire fellowship was watching him drive the balrog back during that scene, or the final boss which has to be seen to be believed.
Hysterically fanficcy in spots, like making your party fight with Gandalf on the bridge while ignoring the fact that the entire fellowship was watching him drive the balrog back during that scene, or the final boss which has to be seen to be believed.
Finished multiple times with my ps2 in 2005, i was trying to get new record every time. I remember it took me 72 hours for first time to beat the game fully. Next gameplay was about 34 hours long and than it got a lot faster. Nice memories.
Recently replayed this game for the first time since I was a kid and definitely got further than I did back then! I love that is uses the same battle system as Final Fantasy X, which is my favorite, but with a Lord of the Rings skin to it. Haven't done the co-op but it's pretty simple and fun so a friend can play along with you.
I never want to hear this game mentioned in the same breath as FFX again please, thankyou