After what seems like a decade trying to get through this game due to a frustrating single-player experience, I have finished (outside of two Act II levels, which I will grind through at some point) with all three trophies. The heist/stealth/puzzle aspects are addicting when the design elements do not conflict with what was meant for cooperative play. That piano score and the graphics, too, please when chaos erupts from an alarm or a guard sees the player. Hopefully the sequel will make both sides of play balanced where this is lacking.

This is how you adapt a film with absolutely not enough development time while focusing on gameplay that just works. Featuring four distinct characters (I prefer Legolas and Aragorn), The Two Towers renders the two films with shocking devotion to atmosphere and a population density which seems shocking during the Helm's Deep level. It's too easy to cheese the combat, but you get what you get with some complexity and plenty of replayability. I might have to finally play The Return of the King to see if that's the improvement I hear it is.