The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

"Simply Amazing"

Gameplay:

This is like your ordinary action/adventure game. You get to choose to play either one of three characters: Gimli, Aragorn, or Legolas. You begin the game as fighting orcs at Mount Doom in Mordor. There are many levels that are both easy and hard. Although you get to play as one of the three best characters in the game, I would've liked to see you play as either Gandalf or Frodo (mainly Frodo for his journey to Mount Doom). The leveling up system in this is simply amazing! While you fight the monsters like orcs, and more orcs, you get a rating on the kill that you made. After each level, all ratings are added up and you gain your experience that way. It may seem like a silly way to level up, but that way you can't overpower the game. My rating for the Gameplay is 10/10.

Story:

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers follows Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. It pretty much follows the first movie, The Fellowship of the Ring, and it follows the Two Towers. It starts with you playing as Isildor at Mt. Doom. Then it goes to the end of the Fellowship of the Ring, and goes to the end of the Two Towers. My rating for the Story: 10/10

Audio/Video:

Lets see here... Which to praise first? Sound or Video? Well both are extremely well done and you will really be pleased with the videos. While you are playing the game, you will see the characters speaking. This is actually the actors in the movies doing the voices! Also, there are videos that show parts of the movie, and then it switches back to the game characters. I was pleased when I saw this and I was like, ''Wow!'' My rating: 10/10

Replayability:

Once you've beaten the game, you are wondering what to do next right? Well go play another character in a higher difficulty and bash some more Orcs! Go ahead and replay the game just to slaughter it again, I'm not stopping you. My rating: 9/10

To buy or to rent?:

Buy this game! It is an amazing game that you will want to play over and over again! Go ahead and buy it!

Overall Rating: 10/10

My friend had actually been raving on about this game and how easy it was, so I decided to see if that was true. Well when I rented it, not only did I think it was a little easy, I had thought that the graphics were too good to be true.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/24/02, Updated 11/24/02