The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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The lord of the rings the return of the king

Intro: As I get in the front door game in my hand I begin to play for five hours straight until I look up at the clock and stop for tea. That’s just how great this game is. Well near enough…
Graphics 10/10: The graphics on this game are truly excellent. The animations are nice and smooth and the detail is good to for a hand held game. You start of with six characters all with unique abilities. Really? Well no all them have some unique abilities all well animated though some have been repeated. But that doesn’t matter. There are a whole range of bad guys orks, goblins and uruk hai, all well designed. The graphics can get a bit repetitive at times with the hackin and the slashin but its no biggy.
Sound 9/10: The in this game brings the whole story to life and adds an atmosphere to the air to give it a unique feeling. An area of the game which you should take a mark off if you don’t listen to da music
Game play 10/10: The game play on this game rocks. Its just so addictive. You start of with six characters all with there own mighty spells and special abilities. Including the all mighty spell using gandalf with spells that shake the halls of mordor. And Frodo, the ring bearer with nimble moves to dodge the goblins fire. You also are able to unlock secret characters but I wont spoil the surprise. The game also has sent of an rpg factor in to which allows to increase your characters stats and abilities.
Storyline 9/10: The lord of the rings? If you don’t know it go rent the movie now.
Lifespan 10/10: This were the game really starts to shine. Each character has around about 60 levels. Even though some characters story line are repeated such as Gimli and Legolas. But even once completed the game once it allows you to play it again with all your characters stats. Which is fun because you can kill all the bad guys with ease. There’s also a multi player mode, which allows you to link up with a friend and play in bonus maps in story co-op.
Buy: yes. If you don’t have this game and you own a game boy advance you starking mad or have a screw loose. Go buy it know!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 02/15/04