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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 89 Ratings

Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age roleplaying game is an epic quest in which players take on the roles of new characters choosing their own path through Middle-earth while interacting with the heroes and villains of the trilogy. Based on New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson's acclaimed film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age videogame allows players to adventure through Middle-earth, building a party of heroes as they journey. Players battle on the side of the Fellowship, but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of Sauron as they progress. In the game, players interact with the characters of the Fellowship in a unique structure, taking on individual quests while intersecting the major events of the film trilogy that drive the story forward. Parties traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle system as they fight, encountering the demonic Balrog in the Mines of Moria, defending the fallen city of Osgiliath, or trying to destroy Helm's Deep. [Electronic Arts]
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Rating: T
Developer: EA Games
Genre(s): Role-Playing, Console-style RPG
Number of Players:1-2 Players
ESRB Descriptors:Violence
License:Movie
Offline Modes:Cooperative
Cast Credit
Austin Ellis Programmer
Stephen Goss Designer
David Yee Programmer
David Chen Programmer
Michael Becker Screenwriter/Designer
Russ Brown Technical Director
John Salera Producer
Bill Fowler Programmer
Todd Growney Programmer
Laurent Betbeder Programmer
Chris Ferriera Designer
Billy Delli-Gatti Producer
Ian McKellen Vioce: Gandalf
Michael Kirkbride Designer
Todd Arnold Senior Producer
Steve Papoutsis Producer
Eric Vaughn Senior Development Director
Mike Hurst Designer
Paul Mathus Designer
Steven Szakal Jr. Designer
Ben Walker Lead Battle Designer
Bernd Raabe Programmer
Mike Roca Programmer
Rahul Gupta Programmer
Dean Grandquist Programmer
Stas Bondarenko Programmer
Rodney Huff Programmer
Ewen Vowels Programmer
Chris Tremmel Lead Designer
Rachael Bristol Producer
Carble Cheung Designer
Jon-Paul Dumont Designer
David C. Hill Designer
Egan Hirvela Designer
Benjamin K.B. Johnson Designer
Paul Pattross Designer
Omar Skarsvåg Designer
Jason VandenBerghe Designer
Dom Regan Lead Programmer
Russell Borogove Programmer
Jeff Brasket Programmer
Benjamin Guihaire Programmer
John Khoo Programmer
Junici Kimura Programmer
Leo Lee Programmer
Eugenia Leu Programmer
Colm O Riain Programmer
Jim Petrick Programmer
Yuri Syrov Programmer
Steve Gray Executive Producer
Omar Skarsvåg Designer
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