Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 18
  2. Negative: 6 out of 18
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  1. 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.
  2. It is slow, annoying and simply boring.
  3. 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.
  4. The entire game is so unpolished and full of bugs that it's unfathomable how it ever passed quality assurance in the first place.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

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#19 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2002
User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. 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.