The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

 Game Boy Advance
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 18
  3. Negative: 6 out of 18
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  1. GamePro
    70
    Most distressingly, inventory management is a total nightmare; identifying and using a healing ’shroom is an amazingly laborious process.
  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    65
    It ain't particularly exciting, but it ain't exactly bad, either. [Dec 2002, p.272]
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  3. Pocket Games
    65
    While LOTR hits a lot of highs, the overall quest and gameplay are just a little better than average. It's a strong rental. [Spring 2003, p.40]
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  5. IGN
    60
    Then there's the TERRIBLE fight sequences -- the book's magic may not be as flashy and constant as a Final Fantasy game, but at least the hack-and-slash could have been more engrossing.
  6. Game Over Online
    60
    Rings strikes me as a game where the developers seized on the most immediate details (that of the visual scenery and all the supporting cast) and suddenly lost scope of the entire game.
  7. G4 TV
    60
    Delivers much of what fans might want from an RPG. And the graphics and music are sweet. But there's a lot here to make players sleepy as well.
  8. Play Magazine
    60
    Rather than pressing left to walk left proportionately with the landscape, you must mash the diagonals, ultimately wearing an indelible groove into your thumb. [Nov 2002, p.103]
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  9. Cheat Code Central
    60
    I found the interface to be more problematic than most games of this genre.
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  10. GameZone
    59
    What could have been a nice game for LOTR fans instead became a lesson in frustration because of the bugs.
  11. TotalGames.net
    57
    A few small sub quests (such as delivering a message for someone) do not lift the title out of the sea of mediocrity it’s floating in.
  12. Nintendo Power
    56
    Features characters and situations that are missing from the recent film adaptation. [Dec 2002, p.222]
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  13. Game Informer
    50
    I think I'd rather have Gandalf turn me into something unnatural - like a hairy newt - rather than play this game again. [Dec 2002, p.150]
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  14. GameSpy
    40
    Remarkably enough, the controls are worse than the graphics...If you're looking for a great Tolkien experience, go to your local library and read the books.
  15. Nintendophiles
    30
    It is slow, annoying and simply boring.
  16. GamerWeb Nintendo
    25
    It’s plagued by poor design, flooded with glitches and fails to capture any of the drama or emotion present in the book or the movie.
  17. GameSpot
    21
    The entire game is so unpolished and full of bugs that it's unfathomable how it ever passed quality assurance in the first place.
  18. Yahoo!
    20
    One of the buggiest games ever released for the GBA, if not one of the buggiest games ever released, period. One flaw even makes it impossible to complete the game.
  19. netjak
    15
    One of the worst games I have ever played. It is an underdeveloped, bug-ridden title that is an insult to Game Boy Advance owners and Lord of the Rings fans alike.
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Awards & Rankings

98
#98 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2002
19
#19 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2002

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User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 5 out of 13
  1. VLG
    Aug 24, 2023
    7
    I might be one of the few people that actually like this game. Its atmosphere is fantastic and something ive not seen anywhere else. SuperI might be one of the few people that actually like this game. Its atmosphere is fantastic and something ive not seen anywhere else. Super relaxing. The music is also pretty good. It has many, many flaws, obviously.… Full Review »
  2. Masterchief
    Dec 21, 2006
    2
    The worst game i ever played has about a thousand glitches.
  3. JohnR.
    Feb 13, 2004
    8
    Great following of the story line decent graphics(especially for an RPG) but the fighting and glitches dont make it special.
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